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Is it really a minus if Musk is upset? If he’s upset enough to leave, that seems like a potentially beneficial outcome. There’s got to be some measurable numbe

Is it really a minus if Musk is upset? If he’s upset enough to leave, that seems like a potentially beneficial outcome. There’s got to be some measurable number of people who are turned off from buying a Tesla because of his association, especially now that alternatives are available.

EduardoBautista 2y ago
Tesla’s current valuation is pretty much thanks to him. His personality meme stocked the company to a valuation that made no sense.
- janalsncm 2y ago
  If I’m a shareholder, I don’t want an overly inflated stock price. I want a high stock price due to solid fundamentals. Tesla was temporarily extremely overvalued, but has since lost 60% of its market cap. It’s likely still overvalued compared with peers. It’s a car company, not a b2b SaaS company. Put another way, which company is more likely to exist in 10 years: Microsoft or Tesla?
  - mempko 2y ago
    Not sure why you are down-voted. If you are an investor, you want a fair price when you buy. Think of going to a store, when there is a sale and prices are below value of a product, it's smart to buy. Same goes with stocks.
    - s1artibartfast 2y ago
      If you are an investor, you want an unfairly low price when you buy, and an unfairly high price when you hold or sell.
      - mempko 2y ago
        Exactly
- ckastner 2y ago
  > Tesla’s current valuation is pretty much thanks to him. And nobody has a larger interest in Tesla's valuation them Musk himself, the largest shareholder. He can't walk and any threats to that effect are theatrics. Shareholders would be idiots to re-approve the $55bn.
  - s1artibartfast 2y ago
    This assumes he cant sell and leave. It would be costly to him, but not impossible. Both sides have leverage in a situation of mutual assured destruction. I dont think it is accurate to only consider the leverage in one direction.
toast0 2y ago
It might be the case that shareholders wouldn't like him when he's angry?

EduardoBautista 2y ago

Tesla’s current valuation is pretty much thanks to him. His personality meme stocked the company to a valuation that made no sense.

janalsncm 2y ago
If I’m a shareholder, I don’t want an overly inflated stock price. I want a high stock price due to solid fundamentals. Tesla was temporarily extremely overvalued, but has since lost 60% of its market cap. It’s likely still overvalued compared with peers. It’s a car company, not a b2b SaaS company. Put another way, which company is more likely to exist in 10 years: Microsoft or Tesla?
- mempko 2y ago
  Not sure why you are down-voted. If you are an investor, you want a fair price when you buy. Think of going to a store, when there is a sale and prices are below value of a product, it's smart to buy. Same goes with stocks.
  - s1artibartfast 2y ago
    If you are an investor, you want an unfairly low price when you buy, and an unfairly high price when you hold or sell.
    - mempko 2y ago
      Exactly
ckastner 2y ago
> Tesla’s current valuation is pretty much thanks to him. And nobody has a larger interest in Tesla's valuation them Musk himself, the largest shareholder. He can't walk and any threats to that effect are theatrics. Shareholders would be idiots to re-approve the $55bn.
- s1artibartfast 2y ago
  This assumes he cant sell and leave. It would be costly to him, but not impossible. Both sides have leverage in a situation of mutual assured destruction. I dont think it is accurate to only consider the leverage in one direction.

toast0 2y ago

It might be the case that shareholders wouldn't like him when he's angry?