Tesla Reported Earnings and Says It Will Be Better About Meeting Production Deadlines
Tesla reported earnings after the bell today. The company beat on EPS with $-3.04 versus estimates of $-3.12 and met on revenue with $3.29 billion.
The company focused on Model 3 production numbers. Tesla said it is expected to produce 2,500 cars per week by the end of the first quarter and 5,000 Model 3 cars a week by the end of the second quarter.
Cash burn did slow for the company in the latest quarter. But Tesla also reported that it would spend more money in 2018 than it did in 2017.
Google announced it will be updating its privacy restrictions that will limit tracking throughout apps on android devices. The update is similar to Apple's previous update, which ended up causing companies like Meta to lose billions of dollars on the market. Cheddar News was joined by David Trainer, CEO of New Constructs, to discuss the implications of the new privacy updates.
Global semiconductor sales topped $500 billion dollars for the first time in history in 2021. Demand for microchips has been at an all-time high amid a global shortage, but questions still remain about the future of semiconductor production. Cheddar News was joined by Tristan Gerra, Senior Research Analyst at Baird, to answer some of these questions and more.
Stephen Gardner, director at ETF Managers Group, explains why investors shouldn't be rushing to sell vaccine stocks like Moderna or BioNTech even as the spread of COVID-19 slows down.
