TSLA Earnings Challenge — Guess the close and win cash!
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.$Tesla(TSLA.US) reports Q3 FY2026 after the US close tonight — the numbers land around 04:05 SGT Thursday morning, with the call at 05:30 SGT. ⏰
Here is what makes this one unusual. Q3 deliveries of 486,500 are already public and beat expectations. Energy storage of 13.7 GWh is out too. So revenue is more or less known before Musk says a word. One line is still sealed: gross margin. That single number is what the entire reaction hangs on. 🔥
And it arrives on the strangest possible day. This morning SpaceX posted its first-ever profit — US$4.4B on US$14.6B of revenue — and Musk immediately confirmed that special committees are weighing a Tesla–SpaceX merger. Tonight's call is the first time he takes questions about it.
🚦Tesla earnings in three scenarios
Consensus gross margin is 17.9%. Q2 came in at 16.8%. Three ways this goes:
| Gross margin | What usually follows | |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 Beat | above 18.5% | TSLA +6–10% after hours · Nasdaq futures lean bullish |
| 🟡 In line | around 17.9% | ±3.7%, mixed — direction gets left to the call |
| 🔴 Miss | below 17% | TSLA −6–10% · Nasdaq futures pull back |
The real unknown is how far price cuts and AI spending have pushed margin down. Barclays expects automotive gross margin to fall quarter on quarter with free cash flow still under pressure — and that is precisely where the market splits.
📊 Where Tesla Stands Going In
Last close | US$373.71 · about −20% so far this year |
Consensus EPS | about US$0.45 |
Consensus revenue | roughly US$28B |
Already known | Q3 deliveries 486,500 (beat, about −2% YoY) · energy storage 13.7 GWh |
Capex | above US$25B this year |
Track record | missed revenue estimates in 6 of the last 10 quarters |
Analysts | 47 covering · 21 say Hold · average target US$398, only about +6% away |
Target range | US$128 — US$600 |
Options implied move | about ±7.5% |
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