Blue Lotus China New Economy Research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Eric Wen

Blue Lotus China New Economy Research

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>1211 HK/TSLA US/1810 HK/NIO US/LI US/XPEV US/ZK US/9863 HK:In the 46th week of 2024, market demand is booming and new brands gain market share.(///////////////)</li>
<li>XPEV US: Xpeng's vehicle revenue and gross profit margin exceeded expectations in the third quarter, but service revenue was lower than expected, resulting in lower-than-expected profits.(/)</li>
<li>LKNCY US: Luckin Signs Memorandum for Brazilian Coffee Bean Purchases.(+)</li>
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1211 HK/TSLA US/1810 HK/NIO US/LI US/XPEV US/ZK US/9863 HK:In the 46th week of 2024, market demand is booming and new brands gain market share.(///////////////)
XPEV US: Xpeng's vehicle revenue and gross profit margin exceeded expectations in the third quarter, but service revenue was lower than expected, resulting in lower-than-expected profits.(/)
LKNCY US: Luckin Signs Memorandum for Brazilian Coffee Bean Purchases.(+)


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Founder & CEO Bond Angle, LLC, Bond Angle, LLC

Vicki Bryan

Founder & CEO Bond Angle, LLC

Bond Angle, LLC

Insightful commentary and analysis on bond markets and market movers, including financial, economic, and industry catalysts and management shenanigans. 

High yield market investment research

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Plunging sales &amp; growing losses, severe price cuts &amp; layoffs, failed FSD, M2 dropped for Robotaxi, and more, confirm that Elon Musk won't fix Tesla's most serious problems—which he created.</li>
<li>He still demands his "unfathomable" pay package be restored, and his feckless, captured Tesla Board is doing exactly what he wants.</li>
<li>But what Tesla’s Board should do, what it should have done years ago, is fire Elon Musk, the single greatest risk to Tesla’s future.</li>
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Plunging sales &amp; growing losses, severe price cuts &amp; layoffs, failed FSD, M2 dropped for Robotaxi, and more, confirm that Elon Musk won't fix Tesla's most serious problems—which he created.
He still demands his "unfathomable" pay package be restored, and his feckless, captured Tesla Board is doing exactly what he wants.
But what Tesla’s Board should do, what it should have done years ago, is fire Elon Musk, the single greatest risk to Tesla’s future.


Tesla's Won't Fix It's Worst Problems With Elon Musk In Charge

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

<ul><li>Tesla Inc.'s first-quarter earnings for 2024 offered a critical and insightful update on the electric vehicle manufacturer's strategy and financial performance.</li><li>Tesla appears committed to its strategic focus on vehicle autonomy and digitisation, with CEO Elon Musk stating that the company should be viewed primarily as an AI (Artificial Intelligence) and robotics firm, underlining its commitment to Full Self-Driving (FSD) as a key future revenue stream.</li><li>Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.</li></ul>

Tesla Inc.'s first-quarter earnings for 2024 offered a critical and insightful update on the electric vehicle manufacturer's strategy and financial performance.Tesla appears committed to its strategic focus on vehicle autonomy and digitisation, with CEO Elon Musk stating that the company should be viewed primarily as an AI (Artificial Intelligence) and robotics firm, underlining its commitment to Full Self-Driving (FSD) as a key future revenue stream.Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.

Tesla Inc.: Growth As An AI Company And Its Future in Power Generation and Distributed Computing! - Major Drivers

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>Tesla Motors (TSLA US) sold one car in January 2024 in South Korea. In comparison, Tesla sold 1,022 vehicles in December 2023 and 13,885 units in 2023.</li>
<li>The key reason for the sharp plunge in vehicle sales in January has been due to the government's slashing EV subsidies for vehicles with Chinese LFP based batteries.</li>
<li>Furthermore, many consumers avoided buying Tesla vehicles in January as they waited for the government's announcements of new EV subsidies. </li>
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Tesla Motors (TSLA US) sold one car in January 2024 in South Korea. In comparison, Tesla sold 1,022 vehicles in December 2023 and 13,885 units in 2023.
The key reason for the sharp plunge in vehicle sales in January has been due to the government's slashing EV subsidies for vehicles with Chinese LFP based batteries.
Furthermore, many consumers avoided buying Tesla vehicles in January as they waited for the government's announcements of new EV subsidies. 


Tesla Sold A Whopping One Car in January in South Korea

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<li>Q1 Deliveries trailed plunging market consensus, my even lower number, and Tesla's expectations as sales crashed while it overproduced to a new record cumulative excess inventory which jumped 70% y/y</li>
<li>This doesn't square with Tesla's explanation that sales were hurt by ongoing production issues—much like when the company used the same excuse for the disappointing Q3 2023. </li>
<li>This time deliveries were much lower, the miss versus market expectations much worse, and the deep well of unsold inventories even more formidable.</li>
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Q1 Deliveries trailed plunging market consensus, my even lower number, and Tesla's expectations as sales crashed while it overproduced to a new record cumulative excess inventory which jumped 70% y/y
This doesn't square with Tesla's explanation that sales were hurt by ongoing production issues—much like when the company used the same excuse for the disappointing Q3 2023. 
This time deliveries were much lower, the miss versus market expectations much worse, and the deep well of unsold inventories even more formidable.


United States

Tesla Inc. operates as a multinational automotive and clean energy company. The Company designs and manufactures electric vehicles, battery energy storage from home to grid-scale, solar panels and solar roof tiles, and related products and services. Tesla owns its sales and service network and sells electric power train components to other automobile manufacturers.

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Vicki Bryan

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[Blue Lotus Daily]:1211 HK/TSLA US/1810 HK/NIO US/LI US/XPEV US/ZK US/9863 HK/LKNCY US

​Market demand is booming in 46th week of 2024, new brands gaining share; XPEV's Q3 revenue exceeds expectations but service revenue disappoints;...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Tesla's Won't Fix It's Worst Problems With Elon Musk In Charge

As I warned, Elon Musk's next move is typically worse than the last. News today reports he axed Tesla's supercharger group, new product...

Vicki Bryan

Tesla Inc.: Growth As An AI Company And Its Future in Power Generation and Distributed Computing! - Major Drivers

Tesla Inc.'s first-quarter earnings for 2024 offered a critical and insightful update on the electric vehicle manufacturer's strategy and...

Baptista Research

Tesla Sold A Whopping One Car in January in South Korea

Tesla's laying off more than 10% of its global workforce is likely to further negatively impact the major rechargeable battery names in Korea...

Douglas Kim

Tesla Q1 Deliveries: Look Out Below

Severe job cuts coming at Tesla Inc after wildly overproducing Elon’s “appreciating assets” even as a year of drastic price cutting + expensive...

Vicki Bryan

Market demand is booming in 46th week of 2024, new brands gaining share; XPEV's Q3 revenue exceeds expectations but service revenue disappoints;...