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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (12 children)

Valuation is only useful for an exit strategy. They've already IPO'd. If they don't show profit, the stock will collapse.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Counterpoint: Tesla before they made a profit

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Tesla gave cars away for free to gain market share?

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Their stock didn’t crater when they didn’t return a profit

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

They got money from the IPO. The money let them build a plant to sell cars at a profit. In 2016, they had burned through the IPO money and weren't selling the model 3 yet. Musk later admitted they were months from bankruptcy. The stock price was around $12 a share.

Selling cars at a profit is what caused their stock price to rise.

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