[USER]

Buying tesla shares at 250USD for 50k USD.
Good or bad decision?
Long term?

I’m considering investing $50,000 in Tesla stock at a price of $250 per share. Given Tesla’s market position, growth potential, and volatility, do you think this is a smart decision for the long term?

Would you expect Tesla’s stock to appreciate significantly over the next few years, or do you see potential risks that could make this a poor investment?

I’d love to hear your insights on Tesla’s future, possible risks, and whether this price point offers a good entry for long-term investors.

[Russell]

Assess it without emotion or personal politics. How’s it look?
The stock is massively overvalued compared to comparable companies relative to sales volume.

Tesla had a major boost from a first mover advantage in EVs. The market is now crowded.

The brand itself faces major brand erosion from anti-Musk sentiment.
The target demographic of their product has been actively antagonized by their CEO.

The company faces widespread boycotts and the primary customer base is unlikely to quickly return with other options now available.

The CEO is courting an alternative demographic…that widely doesn’t believe in climate change and dislikes EVs culturally.

So unlikely to pick up significant customer growth in that demographic even if the White House lawn is being used as a showroom.

Tesla’s revenue has been largely dependent on sale of carbon credits…a tool to address climate change that the current administration and policy makers claim not to believe in.

That source and similar incentives cannot be relied upon going forward.

In recent weeks, numerous major shareholders at Tesla have offloaded large positions, including Musk’s brother.

[Mitchell]

I’ve always been told, don’t try to catch a knife while it’s falling.

[Nicole]

Tesla is wildly overvalued because it’s treated like a tech company/meme stock combo, not a car company.

If you look at other car manufacturers selling similar amounts of cars you will see they all trade significantly lower than Tesla.

[James]

There’s no basis for Tesla to stay above 200. There was never a case for them to be worth as much as other auto makers, and it’s even worse now that public opinion of their target audience is as bad as humanly possible.

There’s no recovery in Tesla stock in the foreseeable future

[Kasper]

Would not even think about it!Almost no one is going to buy a Tesla in Canada or Europe, the sales are dropping like a rock!

No trade deal by Trump is going to change that.

And in China sales are falling do to cheaper home made cars!

[Jeremy]

Good decision! Tesla will be the most valuable company in the world by 2035.

[Aaron]

Good…. don’t listen to the haters who got their emotions in the market

[Matt]

If you are not digging in deep to a companies Financials, goals, and debts you should not be investing in single stocks.

Just because a stock plummets it doesn’t mean it’s not for good reason or that it will come back up.

Plenty of large companies have gone under over the years.

[Kurt]

The whole market is in a correction right now. You might want to wait to see where it bottoms before pulling the trigger.

Also, might be a good idea to dollar cost average the 50k over a period of weeks or months.

I own Tesla and follow the company and the stock EXTREMELY closely. IMO, long-term, you’ll be happy you bought the stock as they have a ton of growth ahead with FSD, robotaxi’s, Optimus robots, energy storage, etc.

People saying it’s extremely overvalued or calling it just a car company don’t understand the company at all.

[Mike]

Once he started talking politics a while ago idk how you all stayed in Tesla stock

[Tracy]

Depends. A lot of stock activity in TSLA is/was always driven by emotion. In the past that helped the stock. Now a days, half the country hates him.

And a lot of the world who will have to start taking care of themselves and not rely on the U.S.

for everything are looking for someone to blame and hurt. They can’t hurt Trump so they’re going after Elon and selling off TSLA shares. No one knows how long the hate will last.

TSLA stock I believe was used as collateral to fund the purchase of Twitter/X.

Once the stock price gets to a certain point, he may face margin calls and at that point it’s a potential free fall unless something/someone intervenes.

Id say to never bet against Elon. So, I would invest but just know all the risks beforehand and don’t put all your eggs in that basket.

[Matt]

Depends on if their autonomous car is viable. Wouldn’t base my purchase on car sales though…

[Antara]

I wouldn’t buy Tesla even if it goes for pennies.
It is still owned by Musk and it is his brand.

People are not happy and I don’t believe public memory will fade away soon with what Musk is doing with the whole DOGE thing and aligned with Trump.

Disclaimer – I hate politics.

I just wrote the above from investment point of view

[James]

Aside from the market pull back the bad press Elon’s getting lately isn’t going away anytime soon.

There’s so many stocks on sale to choose from.

[Heather]

Pretty hard to get people to forgive Nazi associations especially if the person won’t even acknowledge what he did was even close to a Nazi salute and apologize.

Elon gets worse by the day and a lot of people no longer want to support that.

[Jeffrey]

I would agree with some of the others. Maybe 10-20k investment? And if somehow it really does go close to $100 a share purchase a little more.

But keep in mind TSLA is not just based on its cars.

Energy has a big play in it as well.

[David]

I think TESLA is massively overvalued. Even with the current drop, I wouldn’t touch that one.

There are a lot of reasons that one could go way lower.

[Steven]

The problem with Tesla as a stock is it’s priced very high and doesn’t have a dividend. $250 is about what it was trading at in November or October.

It’s still valued more than the market cap of GM, Ford, Stellantis, Toyota, Honda, and VW combined.

The market cap is staggering. P/E is 118 now. It’s an expensive stock even with this discount.

The problem I see with their products is the early adapters got what they wanted.

The tax credits are about run out. The charging network and electric grid aren’t there to support everyone going electric, and probably a lot of people that wanted to go electric have.

It’s like, how many flat screen TV’s do you need?

[Drew]

I believe in the future of Tesla but you’ve got to be ready to take a ride.

From robotaxi to Optimus robot to energy production and storage and licensing the technology including charging and their self-driving.

They have the most data and most robust AI, the barrier for entry for ANYBODY else is enormous.

They are so far ahead of everybody else, I truly believe that self-driving cars are the future and if/when that happens it will be licensed Tesla technology as many others have already thrown in the towel.

It is priced like a technology disruptor and it is a tech disruptor.

In ten years this will be seen as a buying opportunity but who knows, in 10 months it could be down to $100.

I say all that to say, buy if you believe in the company, don’t try to time the market and don’t buy if you don’t believe in the tech.

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