Tesla Surprises Analysts With Second Quarterly Profit – Depending How You Do The Math

Defying analysts' predictions that Tesla Motors would report a quarterly loss of $0.17 a share, the EV startup instead announced that it had a second quarter profit, after adjustments, of 20 cents a share, according to non-GAAP principles. On the news, Tesla stock went up 13% in after hours trading. Tesla posted a net loss of $30.5 million for the quarter. Revenue related to car sales dropped from the first quarter by over $150 million to $401 million, reflecting deferred revenue on financed vehicles. Last year for the second quarter Tesla posted revenue of $26.7 million and a $105.6 million loss. On a non-GAAP basis, Tesla said second-quarter net income totaled $26 million, excluding special items and $100 million in gross profit with a gross profit margin of 22 percent. That gross profit does not include a lot of overhead items like r&d, and sales and administrative costs. With those factored in, Tesla said it had an operating loss of $12 million for the quarter. Part of the company's bottom line has to do with the sale of zero emissions credits to other car companies. In the 2nd quarter, Tesla sold $51 million worth of ZEV credits and an additional $18 million in "other regulatory credits." The company said that it ended the first half of fiscal 2013 with $746 million in cash on hand, up from $214 million at the end of the first quarter and $210 million a year ago. Net income was up 70% from the first quarter to $26 million, on 5,150 deliveries to customers, in line with Tesla's earlier announced 20K/yr production rate on the Model S. The company says that it increased production in the quarter by 20% to 500 Model S cars, so actually current production is closer to 25,000 annual units. Tesla said that it will open "several more" dealerships in the next year, one of them being their first store in China. It's not clear if that dealership will be factory owned or not. Export markets are currently a focus of activity at Tesla. Deliveries of the Model S to Europe began this week. If needed as they expand into new markets, Tesla says that production could exceed 40,000 cars by the end of next year. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the company getting Asian variants of the Model S ready, a right hand drive version for Japan and a Chinese model with an "executive back seat" instead of the "family back seat" used in other markets. Those cars will be on sale by the end of 2014 Tesla shares, which closed at $134.23 on Wednesday, went above $150 in after-hours trading following the news. In other product news, Musk said that the next Tesla, a mass market sedan to be priced at $35,000 (without government subsidies), will have a 200 mile range. He also said that the company will be working with its suppliers as it ramps up production. "You can't give people a car that's 99 percent complete," Musk said. "Some suppliers are not set up for volume production. We're striving to become demand-limited, rather than production-limited." You can view the financial results (PDF) that included a Q&A session with Musk here.   from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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