TSLATesla, Inc.

Consumer discretionary · Automakers · Nasdaq

We are focused on bringing artificial intelligence (“AI”) into the real world, through products and services like Full Self-Driving (“FSD”) (Supervised) and Robotaxi, as well as working to develop and commercialize AI robots (“Bots”) (including Optimus). 10-K, Item 1

Headquarters: Austin, TX
CEO: Elon Musk
Next results: around Jan 1, 2027

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The biggest changes in the 10-K filed 2026-01-29, this fiscal year against the last, and the sentences in the MD&A (Item 7) where management explains them, quoted word for word. Tickdelta picks sentences that name the line, a direction and a cause. It does not write explanations of its own.

Net income

-46.5% Big change FY to 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31

“In 2025, our net income attributable to common stockholders was $3.79 billion, representing a decrease of $3.30 billion compared to the prior year.”
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“Our effective tax rate increased from 20% to 27% in the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily due to changes in the mix of our jurisdictional earnings, a decrease in foreign income deductions resulting from lower taxable income attributable to the OBBBA and the remeasurement of our deferred tax assets related to net controlled foreign corporation tested income (“NCTI”) under the OBBBA.”
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Operating margin

7.2% → 4.6% (-2.7 pts) Big change FY to 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31

The MD&A has no sentence that names a cause for this change. That can be worth a question: ask about the filing.

Revenue

-2.9% FY to 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31

“Automotive sales revenue decreased $6.66 billion, or 9%, in the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, due a decrease of approximately 8% in cash deliveries and a lower average selling price per unit driven by sales mix and higher customer incentives such as attractive financing options.”
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“Services and other revenue increased $2.00 billion, or 19%, in the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily due to increases in paid Supercharging sessions, non-warranty maintenance services and collision revenue, used vehicle sales volume and automotive insurance business revenue.”
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Gross margin

17.9% → 18.0% (+0.2 pts) FY to 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31

“Gross margin for total automotive decreased from 18.4% to 17.8% in the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024 primarily due to a decrease in regulatory credits revenue as well as the changes in automotive sales revenue and cost of automotive sales revenue, as discussed above.”
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“Gross margin for total automotive & services and other segment decreased from 16.9% to 16.2% in the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024 primarily due to a decrease in regulatory credits revenue, partially offset by an improvement in services and other margins.”
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Cash from operations

-1.2% FY to 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31

The MD&A has no sentence that names a cause for this change. That can be worth a question: ask about the filing.

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