Tesla
TSLAMarket price data through October 22, 2026.
Performance
Oct 2021 – Oct 2026
Track record
How this pick has done since Benson first called it.
- Benson Return
- +73%
- How much this stock is up since Benson first picked it — measured from the price at the time of that first pick, not from today.
- First pick price
- ~$216
- Roughly what one share cost when Benson first picked this stock. This is the starting line for the Benson Return.
- Tracking since
- September 2024
- The month this stock first became a Benson pick.
- Tracking duration
- 25 months
- How long Benson has been tracking this pick.
About Tesla
Tesla makes electric cars, but the bigger story is what comes next: self-driving software, robotaxis, a humanoid robot called Optimus, and giant battery packs that power homes and the electric grid. Think of Tesla as a car company today that wants to be an AI and robotics company tomorrow. Its latest quarter showed car sales still edging up, while the lineup now leans almost entirely on two models.
The case for and against
Both sides of the story, in plain English.
- Volume Keeps Rolling
Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles in the third quarter of 2026, up from 480,126 the quarter before. It built 464,391, so once again it sold more cars than it made and cleared out cars already sitting on lots. Selling more than you build is a healthy sign that buyers keep showing up.
- Battery Backbone
Tesla deployed 13.7 gigawatt hours of energy storage this quarter, up a bit from 13.5 the quarter before. These giant battery packs store electricity for homes, businesses, and the power grid. As AI data centers use more and more power, demand for storage is not slowing down.
- Two-Car Bet
The Model 3 and Model Y made up 478,237 of the 486,532 deliveries, about 98%. Every other model combined fell to 8,295, down from 12,364 last quarter. If shoppers cool on those two cars, there is very little else in the lineup to catch them.
- Thin Profits
Revenue slipped about 3% over the past year, and Tesla keeps less than four dollars of profit from every hundred it brings in. Yet the company is worth roughly 1.5 trillion dollars, so most of that price depends on self-driving, robotaxis, and robots working out. That bet is why the stock tends to swing almost twice as hard as the overall market.
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How to read this page
This automated research summary uses Financial Modeling Prep market data through 2026-10-22. Model signals, scores, and risk labels can change and may be incomplete or wrong.
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