特斯拉加入标普500指数“指日可待”
本周三，特斯拉正式公布财报，宣布连续四个季度盈利，可谓是疫情期间电动汽车行业的领头羊，加入标普500指数指日可待。
此前，华尔街金融分析师曾悲观预测特斯拉将营收54亿美元，亏损近2.5亿美元。然而，财报显示，2020年第二季度，特斯拉营收逾60亿美元，净收益1.04亿美元，远超分析师预期。
虽然分析师先前纷纷唱衰，但股民们仍然看好特斯拉该季度的发展势头，持续购买该公司股票。仅今年7月，特斯拉股价就上涨了49%。迄今为止，特斯拉的市值几乎翻了两番，直逼3000亿美元。
本次财报公布的盈利情况标志着特斯拉首次连续四个季度（即在一年内）实现正收益，为其加入标普500指数奠定了重要基础。后续，为加入标普500指数，特斯拉还需提高自身市场指数，以吸引投资基金购股，推动自身股价上涨。
特斯拉最新财报发布后，摩根士丹利（Morgan Stanley）的分析师亚当·乔纳斯也在一则报告中写道：“特斯拉真的要加入标普500指数了吗？”
先前，特斯拉股票的做空者们押注特斯拉股价必会下跌，而本次的财报对他们来说无疑是晴天霹雳。金融分析公司S3 Partners提供的数据显示，截至上周，做空金额已经达到197亿美元，特斯拉也一跃而成“挟仓”的首选对象（“挟仓”是指股价飙升后，看跌的投资者趁股价继续上涨前回购股票）。
在财报电话会议中，特斯拉的首席执行官埃隆·马斯克乐观表示：“自公司成立以来，我从未这么期待和看好过我们的未来发展。”虽然新冠肺炎疫情对商业发展，以及消费者的旅游、购买意愿都造成了负面影响，但马斯克仍然认为特斯拉并不受疫情影响，并自信地说：“消费需求对我们没有影响，完全不用担心。”
特斯拉何时才能加入标普500指数？
特斯拉已经满足了相应的准入条件，但并不会立即就被纳入标普500指数，而是要等候标普500指数委员会公布的结果——委员会每月都会召开会议，审查指数成分股，并讨论公司名额的调换。然而下一次会议时间还未公布。
本周早些时候，负责监管标普500指数的标普道琼指数（S&P Dow Jones Indices）宣布将对相应指数作出更改，这也意味着，标普委员会7月的会议业已召开完毕。因此，大概要等到8月下旬，投资者才能获知特斯拉能否加入标普500指数。
特斯拉还能继续盈利吗？
特斯拉的收益不断增长，但马斯克表示，他还在寻找公司的利润与汽车价格实惠度两者间的平衡。
马斯克说：“目前让我最头疼的事情是我们生产的汽车价格还不够实惠。要解决这个问题，一方面要保证我们不会破产，这点很重要，否则就根本谈不上降低汽车价格了；另一方面，也不能把利润设得太高。”
除了直接降低汽车的售价，马斯克还欲通过开发可以同时容纳多名司机的全自动驾驶汽车，来让汽车变得更实惠。特斯拉将升级其驾驶软件系统，在2020年年底以前实现汽车的全自动驾驶。在本周的财报会议上，马斯克明确表示：“这一技术可能会使资产价值实现史上最大的一次增幅。”
马斯克说：“至少会有几百万辆车一夜之间价值翻为原来的五倍，每辆车每周的使用时长会从12小时上升到60小时，大致是这个意思。”
马斯克事必躬亲，已经早早开始亲自着手测试特斯拉的全自动驾驶模式。他说：“目前为止，全自动模式已经能在不受任何干扰的情况下，载我从家去单位工作了。”除此之外，他还特别强调，自己的上班路线包括建筑工地，以及一系列地形复杂的区域，“所以我对全自动驾驶汽车在今年底之前完工非常有信心——因为我已经切切实实用上它了。”（财富中文网）
编译：杜心邈
本周三，特斯拉正式公布财报，宣布连续四个季度盈利，可谓是疫情期间电动汽车行业的领头羊，加入标普500指数指日可待。
此前，华尔街金融分析师曾悲观预测特斯拉将营收54亿美元，亏损近2.5亿美元。然而，财报显示，2020年第二季度，特斯拉营收逾60亿美元，净收益1.04亿美元，远超分析师预期。
虽然分析师先前纷纷唱衰，但股民们仍然看好特斯拉该季度的发展势头，持续购买该公司股票。仅今年7月，特斯拉股价就上涨了49%。迄今为止，特斯拉的市值几乎翻了两番，直逼3000亿美元。
本次财报公布的盈利情况标志着特斯拉首次连续四个季度（即在一年内）实现正收益，为其加入标普500指数奠定了重要基础。后续，为加入标普500指数，特斯拉还需提高自身市场指数，以吸引投资基金购股，推动自身股价上涨。
特斯拉最新财报发布后，摩根士丹利（Morgan Stanley）的分析师亚当·乔纳斯也在一则报告中写道：“特斯拉真的要加入标普500指数了吗？”
先前，特斯拉股票的做空者们押注特斯拉股价必会下跌，而本次的财报对他们来说无疑是晴天霹雳。金融分析公司S3 Partners提供的数据显示，截至上周，做空金额已经达到197亿美元，特斯拉也一跃而成“挟仓”的首选对象（“挟仓”是指股价飙升后，看跌的投资者趁股价继续上涨前回购股票）。
在财报电话会议中，特斯拉的首席执行官埃隆·马斯克乐观表示：“自公司成立以来，我从未这么期待和看好过我们的未来发展。”虽然新冠肺炎疫情对商业发展，以及消费者的旅游、购买意愿都造成了负面影响，但马斯克仍然认为特斯拉并不受疫情影响，并自信地说：“消费需求对我们没有影响，完全不用担心。”
特斯拉何时才能加入标普500指数？
特斯拉已经满足了相应的准入条件，但并不会立即就被纳入标普500指数，而是要等候标普500指数委员会公布的结果——委员会每月都会召开会议，审查指数成分股，并讨论公司名额的调换。然而下一次会议时间还未公布。
本周早些时候，负责监管标普500指数的标普道琼指数（S&P Dow Jones Indices）宣布将对相应指数作出更改，这也意味着，标普委员会7月的会议业已召开完毕。因此，大概要等到8月下旬，投资者才能获知特斯拉能否加入标普500指数。
特斯拉还能继续盈利吗？
特斯拉的收益不断增长，但马斯克表示，他还在寻找公司的利润与汽车价格实惠度两者间的平衡。
马斯克说：“目前让我最头疼的事情是我们生产的汽车价格还不够实惠。要解决这个问题，一方面要保证我们不会破产，这点很重要，否则就根本谈不上降低汽车价格了；另一方面，也不能把利润设得太高。”
除了直接降低汽车的售价，马斯克还欲通过开发可以同时容纳多名司机的全自动驾驶汽车，来让汽车变得更实惠。特斯拉将升级其驾驶软件系统，在2020年年底以前实现汽车的全自动驾驶。在本周的财报会议上，马斯克明确表示：“这一技术可能会使资产价值实现史上最大的一次增幅。”
马斯克说：“至少会有几百万辆车一夜之间价值翻为原来的五倍，每辆车每周的使用时长会从12小时上升到60小时，大致是这个意思。”
马斯克事必躬亲，已经早早开始亲自着手测试特斯拉的全自动驾驶模式。他说：“目前为止，全自动模式已经能在不受任何干扰的情况下，载我从家去单位工作了。”除此之外，他还特别强调，自己的上班路线包括建筑工地，以及一系列地形复杂的区域，“所以我对全自动驾驶汽车在今年底之前完工非常有信心——因为我已经切切实实用上它了。”（财富中文网）
编译：杜心邈
Tesla reported its fourth quarterly profit in a row Wednesday, positioning the electric-car maker as a leader in an auto sector that has struggled during the pandemic, and clearing the way for the stock to join the S&P 500.
For the second quarter of 2020, Tesla made $104 million in net income on more than $6 billion in revenues. That beat forecasts by Wall Street analysts who had anticipated a loss of nearly $250 million and revenues of $5.4 billion.
Despite analysts' caution, bullish investors had held out hope for a profitable quarter, bidding up Tesla stock 49% so far in July alone. Year to date, Tesla has nearly quadrupled in value, giving the company a current market capitalization of nearly $300 billion.
The profit was particularly significant because it marks the first time Tesla has recorded four quarters in a row—or a year's worth—of positive earnings, a key milestone for inclusion in the S&P 500 index. Tesla's addition to the S&P 500 would require many investment funds that track the market index to buy the stock, potentially driving its price even higher, as has been the case when other companies have been inducted.
"S&P 500 here we come?" wrote Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas in a note following the earnings report.
The gains are bad news for investors shorting Tesla's stock, who have bet big that its shares will fall. As of last week, short-sellers had put $19.7 billion against Tesla, according to S3 Partners, which highlighted Tesla as a top candidate for a so-called short squeeze—a situation in which a price surge forces bearish investors to buy back the stock before it rises further.
"I've never been more optimistic or excited about the future of Tesla in the history of the company," Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, said on the earnings call, sounding a bullish tone. While the coronavirus crisis has taken a toll on many companies and sapped consumer interest in travel and many other products, Musk said Tesla had defied the trend. "Demand is not our problem, definitely not," he said. "Don’t worry about demand."
When will Tesla be added to the S&P 500?
Just because Tesla is now eligible to be join the S&P 500 index does not mean it will happen right away. The committee that controls the makeup of the S&P 500 meets once a month to review the index constituents and can swap companies in and out then, but a spokesperson declined to comment on when the next meeting is scheduled to take place.
The company that oversees the S&P 500, S&P Dow Jones Indices, announced changes to its other indices earlier this week, suggesting that the committee's July monthly meeting has already happened. That means it may be mid-to-late August before investors can expect any announcement on whether Tesla will be added to the index when the next round of changes are made.
Can Tesla stay profitable?
Despite Tesla's growing track record of profits, Musk said he was balancing the company's margins with his overall goal of lowering the price of its cars.
"The thing that bugs me the most about where we are right now is our cars are not affordable enough. We need to fix that," Musk said. "So, we need to not go bankrupt, obviously, that’s important, because that will fail in our mission, but we’re not trying to be super profitable, either."
Besides lowering the price, Musk is also seeking to make the cars more affordable by making them fully autonomous, which would allow Tesla vehicles to be shared by multiple drivers. Tesla expects to make its cars fully self-driving by the end of 2020 through a software update, which "may go down as the biggest asset value increase in history as a step change," Musk said on the earnings call.
"You'd have at least a few million cars suddenly becoming 5x more valuable," he said. "They go from 12 hours a week of utility to 60, or something like that."
In typical Musk fashion, he has already been testing Tesla's full autonomous mode himself. "It’s almost getting to the point where I can go from my house to work with no interventions," he said, noting that his route includes construction zones and other complex areas. "That’s why I'm very confident about full self driving functionality being complete by the end of this year—because I’m literally driving it."
