Gordon Johnson and Rob Maurer Debate TSLA Bull/Bear Thesis (09.03.20)

Rob Maurer of Tesla Daily is joined live by Gordon Johnson, founder and CEO of GLJ Research, to discuss the bull and bear cases for TSLA stock at its nearly $400B valuation. Johnson has a $19 price target on TSLA stock. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction and Gordon Johnson’s bear case 6:24 Is Tesla’s automotive business burning cash? 11:57 Is Tesla’s growth story over? 13:50 Are electric vehicles disruptive technology? 16:18 Gordon Johnson’s forecasts for Q3 and Q4, and discussing the regulatory credit situation 21:22 Service gross margin and warranty impacts 25:06 What about the impacts of the pandemic on growth? 28:30 Tesla’s market share 34:51 Regulatory credits in depth 40:22 Is competition finally coming? 46:07 How does forecasting for revenue growth fit with the growth story being over? 49:07 Tesla’s profitability, capital raise, and S&P; 500 inclusion 57:16 What would it take for Gordon Johnson to become more bullish on TSLA? 58:54 Has Gordon Johnson used Autopilot? 1:02:46 Closing comments #Tesla #TSLA #Investing Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/teslapodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tesladailypodcast Plaid producer Who Why Plaid producer Ice Lakes Investments Ludicrous producer Fred Hassen Executive producer Rish Singh Executive producer Jeremy Cooke Executive producer Nick Wood Executive producer Troy Cherasaro Executive producer Bradford Ferguson Executive producer Andre/Maria Kent Executive producer Jeff Sheets Music by Evan Schaeffer Disclosure: Rob Maurer is long TSLA stock & derivatives