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>vs just a bank innocently managing their risk I wouldn't overthink things. Revolving credit facilities like Tesla has are very common and typically secured. I
by ddeck 10y ago
>vs just a bank innocently managing their risk
I wouldn't overthink things. Revolving credit facilities like Tesla has are very common and typically secured. It's not entirely clear to me what "firewalled" means, but adjusting terms in the wake of a merger/change of control event is to be expected.
Tesla had drawn $678 million under the agreement as of June 30, and had several billion in assets (inventory, machinery etc.) pledged against this and various other credit agreements.
What some might not realize is that although Tesla are doing very well from a PR perspective, they are still massively cash flow negative, even at the operating level (i.e. excluding capex). Solar City is even worse (-$741 million operating cashflow last year and -$2.47 billion including capex).
These are numbers that any loan officer would be wary of.
- CCND0110 10y agoTotally agree. The entire solar space is over leveraged - there is already an oversupply issue on the solar module space, and nobody has figured out a consistent business model(s) that make sense over the long haul. One hiccup in the overall economy will send many of these companies into bankruptcy. There will be a ton of assets available for investors to scoop up, ala Sun Edison.
- shostack 10y agoMakes, sense--thanks for the clarification.