Tesla returns to the $1 trillion club after Musk says stock sales are done

Dow Jones2021-12-23

Tesla stock jumps more than 7% and retakes $1 trillion market capitalization, $1,000 share price after CEO tells satirical website that he has completed his stock sales.

Tesla Inc. is once again worth $1 trillion, after Chief Executive Elon Musk said he is done selling shares.

Tesla shares roared 7.5% higher to $1,008.87 Wednesday, pushing share prices higher than $1,000 and the electric-car company's market capitalization -- the value of all shares -- past $1 trillion. After first topping that plateau in October, Tesla fell lower than that mark on Dec. 13, part of a slide that put the volatile stock into a "bear market" for the third time this year. The shares will remain in a bear market until they move 20% higher than their most recent low, which would mean a share price of $1,079.93, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

The stock's gains followed Musk's pronouncement in a Tuesday interview that he is done selling shares. Musk had promised to sell 10% of his stake, which at the time stood at roughly 17 million shares; filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission show that Musk has sold about 13.5 million shares for roughly $14 billion.

"I sold enough stock to get to around 10% plus the option-exercise stuff, and I tried to be extremely literal here," Musk said in an interview with the satirical website The Babylon Bee.

There could be more SEC filings detailing more share sales that have not been publicly posted yet. Musk has also been exercising options as he sells shares, which could actually leave him with more shares than he had when he pledged to sell the shares after asking his followers on Twitter Inc. about the possibility -- the latest filing as of Wednesday's market close in the U.S. showed Musk held 174.7 million Tesla shares.

Beyond Musk's pronouncement, there wasn't much positive news for Tesla on Wednesday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA, publicly declared it is investigating the company for reportedly installing a videogame into its cars' touchscreens that drivers can play while actively driving the vehicle, adding to two other active investigations into Tesla's "Autopilot" and "Full Self Driving" features.

Tesla is one of only six publicly listed U.S. companies to crest a $1 trillion market cap, joining five large tech companies with much higher revenue and profit totals -- Google parent company Alphabet Inc.(GOOGL), Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp. and Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. (FB). All but Meta currently are worth more than $1 trillion, with Apple and Microsoft topping $2 trillion.

Tesla shares have increased 42% so far this year, as the S&P 500 index has gained 23.8%.

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  • HengHuat
    2021-12-23
    HengHuat
    When he talks, things happen.. Unbelievable 
  • Jialatsia
    2021-12-23
    Jialatsia
    Meep
  • 13jsan
    2021-12-23
    13jsan
    Nice
  • ET2697
    2021-12-23
    ET2697
    Wow...
  • BenGI
    2021-12-23
    BenGI
    Woohoo
  • LimLS
    2021-12-23
    LimLS
    Please do note that he is only 80% done from his initial planned 10% sales. He mentioned that he sold enough but did not said he is done with selling. The media interpret as such. I think Elon will still sell more, but at a slower pace. Good or bad, it's up to individual to judge. 
    • maroketo
      Elon is really good. In addition to Tesla, he also founded Paypal, SpaceX, and so on. I suspect that he is not from the earth. He nearly went bankrupt three years ago, but now he is the richest man in the world. No matter what he does, I will choose to support him. I hope he will lead Tesla to continue to be brilliant.
    • huuou
      Tesla's a great company and has taken the global car industry to the EV era. The current valuation of this company is too high to buy or hold.
    • uuunited
      No matter what he does, there is nothing he can do to change Tesla's high valuation.
    • BecauseOfYou
      Elon is a great entrepreneur. Whatever he does is right.
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