Tesla stock
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Recommended for past gains and robotaxi upside; critics agree the valuation is far above fundamentals, with a P/E near 375.
Recommended for past gains and robotaxi upside; critics agree the valuation is far above fundamentals, with a P/E near 375.
18 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 13
- approval share
- 28%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Long-term holders stayed invested and profited
“16 years ago when Tesla IPOed, people still bitched about it just the same way”
Comment from 2 Jun 2026 in “Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?” “Meanwhile I've been laughing and buying all the way to the bank.”
Comment from 29 Nov 2025 in “Electric vehicle sales are booming in South America – without Tesla” “I owned a bunch of Tesla stock since around 2017.”
Comment from 14 May 2026 in “New York, California pension leaders oppose 'extreme' SpaceX control structure”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Valuation far above fundamentals
“literally nothing has gone well for them in years and yet the price is still outrageous”
Comment from 2 Jun 2026 in “Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?” “Now they're overvalued, have lots of visible competitors eating their lunch.”
Comment from 7 Sep 2026 in “It's time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta” “Is Tesla "worth" a P/E ratio of 385? I personally don't think so”
Comment from 5 Jun 2026 in “Elon Musk is stealing your retirement” - Comment from 4 Jun 2026 in “The SpaceX IPO Will Be the Theft of the Century”
- Comment from 18 May 2026 in “Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI”
- Comment from 31 Dec 2025 in “Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO after six decades”
- Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “The Hateful Eight is 85% of S&P 500 Decline”
Hype and speculation over fundamentals
“This is a stock devoid of any connection to reality, fundamentals, products, anything.”
Comment from 18 Feb 2026 in “Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Netherlands, 93% Norway” “The stock lives purely on hype, and with the EV market going down the tubes”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “Tesla sales fell by 9 percent in 2025, its second yearly decline” “TSLA exposure is a call option on Musk succeeding regardless of reality”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Tesla's 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%” - Comment from 30 May 2026 in “Danish pension fund excludes SpaceX citing governance and valuation”
- Comment from 31 Dec 2025 in “Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO after six decades”
- Comment from 4 May 2026 in “How Monero's proof of work works”
Recent product and CEO failures
“literally nothing has gone well for them in years and yet the price is still outrageous”
Comment from 2 Jun 2026 in “Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?” “despite no new models, the Cybertruck failure, the Robotaxi failure”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters” “I sold those shares include not only the CEO's failures to deliver”
Comment from 9 Nov 2025 in “Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk's $1T Pay Package” Competitors and falling EV market
“Now they're overvalued, have lots of visible competitors eating their lunch.”
Comment from 7 Sep 2026 in “It's time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta” “The stock lives purely on hype, and with the EV market going down the tubes”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “Tesla sales fell by 9 percent in 2025, its second yearly decline”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Hathaway Class B stock (BRK-B) | 16 | 3 | 84% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Tesla stockThis page | 5 | 13 | 28% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 19 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Now they're overvalued, have lots of visible competitors eating their lunch.”
“Is Tesla "worth" a P/E ratio of 385? I personally don't think so”
“Comparing with MSFT and AAPL makes TSLA look even more insane.”
“16 years ago when Tesla IPOed, people still bitched about it just the same way”
“literally nothing has gone well for them in years and yet the price is still outrageous”
“Tesla is not and never has been a good investment. Its a gamble.”
“TSLA currently has a P/E of ~375. That's extremely overvalued.”
“I owned a bunch of Tesla stock since around 2017.”
“Ponzi currencies like Tesla stock”
“It's a meme stock with a 323.88 price to earnings ratio.”
“despite no new models, the Cybertruck failure, the Robotaxi failure”
“This is a stock devoid of any connection to reality, fundamentals, products, anything.”
“Now I would rather have some stocks in tesla than holding on to volkswagen.”
“The stock lives purely on hype, and with the EV market going down the tubes”
“completely divorced from fundamentals since at least 2020”
“TSLA exposure is a call option on Musk succeeding regardless of reality”
“Meanwhile I've been laughing and buying all the way to the bank.”
“I sold those shares include not only the CEO's failures to deliver”
“Tesla is closer to a viable robotaxi, and grid scale energy arbitrage business than they ever have been”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.