Tesla stock rises as monster rally, 8-day win streak look set to continue
07/08/2024 21:32Tesla shares dip 2% as car maker set to snap 8-day rally.
Tesla's stock (TSLA) nudged higher Monday as the EV giant tried to extend an eight-day rally in which shares have ballooned about 37%.
The stock's winning streak has erased year-to-date losses in a remarkably quick turnaround. Shares have gained more than 75% since 52-week lows hit in April.
The extended rally comes as the car manufacturer beat on quarterly deliveries last week. Aside from production and delivery results, Tesla bulls have also highlighted the company’s fastest-growing segment — its energy storage business.
"Tesla started its Independence Day celebration early with a positive 2Q delivery beat, 33k lower inventory and a large storage beat to remind investors it's not just an auto company," wrote Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas in a recent note.
Tesla slumped in the first half of 2024 amid tough competition abroad from its Chinese counterparts and some waning demand for EVs in the US. In an effort to reduce costs, the company embarked on a plan to cut more than 10% of its global staff earlier this year in what some analysts saw as a signal of tough times ahead.
The company also slashed prices last year to spur sales.
"There is still the risk of further price cuts ahead, and there [are] still further questions on fundamentals, we are still facing somewhat of an EV winter on demand," Barclays senior equity research analyst Dan Levy told Yahoo Finance last week. "So, good result. But I think the fundamental macro backdrop is still the same."
Levy has an Equal Weight rating on the stock and a $180 price target, which implies a near-30% drop from current levels.
The car maker will report its quarterly results on July 23 after the market close. Analysts are also looking ahead to Aug. 8, when the company is set to unveil its much-anticipated robotaxi.
"The key for Tesla's stock is the Street recognizing that Tesla is the most undervalued AI play in the market," Wedbush managing director Dan Ives wrote in a note this week as he raised his price target on the stock to $300 from $275 with a new bull case of $400 for 2025.
Ives added the company's robotaxi event on Aug. 8 "will lay the yellow brick road to [full self-driving] and an autonomous future."
Ines Ferre is a senior business reporter for Yahoo Finance. Follow her on X at @ines_ferre.