This article was originally published on Fool.com. All figures quoted in US dollars unless otherwise stated.
This article was originally published on Fool.com. All figures quoted in US dollars unless otherwise stated.
What happened
The Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) share price jumped on Tuesday, rising about 3.5% as of 2:30 p.m. ET.
The stock’s gain was likely primarily driven by an upbeat day in the overall market — especially for growth stocks like Tesla.
So what
Capturing optimism in the overall market on Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up 1.5% at the time of this writing. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite, however, was up more than 2.1%. Many growth stocks like Tesla were up several percentage points or more, rebounding some from a sharp sell-off earlier this month.
Tesla stock’s gain today represents a bit of a rebound from a steep sell-off recently. Even including today’s gain, the stock has slid 25% from a high of more than $1,243 just a few months ago.
Now what
As the year wraps up, Tesla investors have the company’s fourth-quarter vehicle deliveries to look forward to. While the challenging global supply chain and logistics environment that Tesla is operating in makes it difficult to forecast the quarter, analysts are expecting record deliveries during the period. But a wide range of outcomes is possible.
Tesla delivered 241,391 vehicles in its third quarter, representing 73% year-over-year growth. For the current quarter, analysts generally expect 260,000 or more deliveries. This would put total deliveries for the year at over 887,000 — far higher than the 500,000 vehicles the company delivered in 2020.
The company usually posts its quarterly deliveries within three calendar days of each quarter’s end, or somewhere around 1-3 January for Tesla’s Q4.
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