History has been made – Tesla has finally overtaken Toyota to be the world’s most valuable car brand by market value, which currently stands at US$205 billion (RM878.5 billion). Toyota, the second largest carmaker with an annual production of over 10 million cars, trails behind with a market capitalisation of US$200 billion (RM857.1 billion).
Tesla’s rise to the top of the stack is explosive. Its shares multiplied fivefold in the last 12 months, from US$230 (RM986) to US$1,100 (RM4,714). That’s a big turnaround, considering that the electric car brand was just weeks away from death, CEO Elon Musk said in November 2018.
However, with debt included, Toyota is still worth more at US$284 billion (RM1.22 trillion) compared to Tesla’s US$207 billion (RM887 billion) enterprise value, according to financial data provider Sentieo.
To put that into perspective, Toyota’s shares trade on a multiple that values the business at 16 times its earnings, but Tesla’s shares trade on a multiple of almost 220 times the company’s profits. That’s way ahead of any other auto business and nearly double the multiples by tech giants such as Amazon, the Financial Times reports.
Analysts are baffled by Tesla’s meteoric rise in shares, despite producing only 500,000 cars this year and barely making a profit. Musk even tweeted that the company’s share price of US$775 (RM3,321) last month was “too high,” but that didn’t slow its valuations. If Tesla breaks even in the April-June quarter, it will be the first time the business has been in the black for four straight quarters.
For traditional automakers, their values have slid due to the coronavirus pandemic. Toyota’s shares fell by more than 12% since February, after being forced to shut down factories and showrooms around the globe. Last month, it revealed that operating profits could reduce by 80% and warned of a steep decline in vehicle sales, but vowed to remain profitable after the fact.
So far, analysts expect global car sales to fall by 15% this year, while demand for electric vehicles – backed by tighter regulations in Europe and China – continue to rise. Tesla expects sales to continue growing despite having more competitors in the field today.
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Tesla on borrow money and barely making profit.
No so easy. TESLA not building entry models like VIOS and AVANZA. And, VW also gearing towards full-electric soon.
Not or left out the potential of their battery production and solar power which part of Tesla’s business
German Benz and BMW never been No.1 Spot for the past 5 years
Now Japanese Toyota and American Tesla catched up rapidly
Where is Honda?
Honda fanboi is proud Honda no 1 in Malaysia. Err, last year.
Err.. Non national.
Toyota no value anymore. Ha ha ha ha ha
Luck and fortune never always up. Sometimes down oso. Syukker x 10000 we have P1 and P2 with mampu-beli prices…
The value in this context is the stock price a.k.a. each share price. This is merely speculative. Proton used to have low valuation for each stock price compare to the assets it own. That’s where and when DRB-HICOM jump in, to take the assets (land in Subang Jaya and Shah Alam) especially at a real bargain.
Tesla beats Toyota to become most valuable carmaker!!! Tesla’s quality cannot make it leh…still very far to beat up Toyota!