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i can't do a full reconciliation easily due to the complexity of the model, but just quick shots:

* my auto sales estimate within 200k of actual
* my total revenue estimate within 5m of actual (<0.2% error)
* cogs i am about 2.5% high, so tesla beats on my margin estimates overall.
* opex they went much higher than i thought
* operating income nets out though and i end up within 15m (<2.5% error).
* net income to common i miss by less than 25m.
* they beat my non-gaap number meaningfully due to higher stock based comp - much higher than high had estimated perhaps on restructuring.
* on cash from ops, they do better than i thought by about 60m
* on capex better than i thought by 100m
* on cash from financing they pulled in an extra 150m or so vs what i modeled. note that it's virtually impossible to model that part as it is largely choices management makes.
* the netting of all that cash gets them a few hundred million better than i expected at 2.24b ending the quarter.
* inventory comes in higher than i thought, this means that cash could have been even another 100-200m better than i was modeling if not for the build.

so to summarize:

revenue on target
cost of goods sold better than expected
opex worse than expected - although stock based comp was up a lot so that means some non-cash components there
cash from ops slightly better than expected
capex spend controlled better than expected

within model 3, my initial take is gross margins are better than i expected meaningfully, asp is lower than i expected meaningfully. and that's just fine b/c it means they will make good money even later in the order book. i feel like it is virtually certain that model 3 gross margin in q3 will be greater than 10% and the given target of 15% is fully realistic imo.

this is great news imo for margins being on track, and for cash to not be an issue. cash balances will rise likely towards 3b going to the end of this year.

so just ahead of the q2 report, i wanted to update my numbers.

couple changes from the last revision you saw:
1. model 3 asp i've tracked down 1k to 55k, based on evaluation of data presented from existing configuration spreadsheets.
2. model 3 gross margins i've now estimated positive in q2. this comes down to the discussion we had around the mathematics of depreciation. i've shown some further detail below how i arrived at the conclusion that gross margin can improve by 16% based on depreciation mathematics alone. this impact will be strongest this quarter, next quarter the benefit will drop to 4-5% and then down to 1% by q4.

if you believe the modeling, then excluding depreciation costs, model 3 was already being produced at a +5% gross margin last quarter in spectacularly low volume. with further efficiency gains and a hopefully correct modeling of depreciation math, it seems somewhat likely to me that model 3 gross margin would cross the zero boundary. i don't have high confidence on that statement, but only that i feel odds are > 50% of positive model 3 gross margin.

the combination of above factors slightly changes the bottom line number, but for the most part it's the same as before. imo watching model 3 gross margin will be very important b/c that will help us understand how much they can make in q3. anything that is low-mid single digits for model 3 gross margin should be considered a home run imo, so much so it feels like a pipe dream.
s deliveries
x deliveries
s+x deliveries
3 deliveries
3 production
est model 3 manuf deprctn
per model 3
blended manuf deprctn per 3
gross margin impact
lease s/x % veh
avg price s+x
avg price model 3
revenue
auto sales ex 3
auto sales mod 3
auto leasing
1 time autopilot
zev credits
total auto
energy storage
solarcity
grohmann
services/other
total revenue
cost of revenue
auto sales ex 3
auto sales mod 3
auto leasing
total auto
energy storage
solarcity
grohmann
services & other
total cost of rev
gross profit
auto gaap ex 3 gm
auto-zev ex 3 gm
model 3 gm
auto-zev incl 3 gm
storage gm
scty gm
grohmann gm
services gm
opex
tesla r&d
tesla sg&a
1 time costs
solarcity r&d
solarcity sg&a
total opex
op income
interest inc
interest exp
scty interest
other income exp
1time scty gain
pretax income
income tax
net income
non-cont int.
net inc to common
basic shares
diluted shares
diluted gaap eps
gaap net income
+ stock based comp
+ one time scty
non-gaap net income
non-gaap diluted eps
balance sheet
current assets
cash & eq.
restricted cash
accts rcvbl
inventory
prepaids+other
total current assets
op lease vehicles
solar energy sys
pp&e
intangible assets
goodwill
mypower rcvbls
restricted cash
other assets
total assets
current liabiliites
accts payable
accrued liabs+other
deferred revenue
resale value guar
cust deposits
curr debt+leases
curr solar bonds
total current liabs
lt debt+leases
solar bonds
rel party conv debt
deferred revenue
resale value guar
other lt liabilities
comm stk warrants
capital lease oblg
total liabilities
commits/contings
rdmbl ncis in subs
conv senior notes
nci in subsidiaries
common equity
cash flow statement
cash flows from ops
net loss
dep/amortization
stock-based comp
am of debt discount
inv write-down
loss on disposals
forex loss (gain)
loss on acq scty
non-cash int/other
chgs in op as/lb
accts rcbl
inv / op leases
prepaids/other ca
mypower rcvbls + other
accts pybl/accr liabs
deferred revenue
customer deposits
other lt liabs
net cash from ops
cash flows from inv
pp&e purchases
purchase solar sys
net cash from inv
cash flows from fin
stock issued
debt issued
debt repayments
rel pty solar repaids
coll lease borrowing
stock option excrs
capital lease paids
stock+debt issue cost
investment by nci in subs
dist to nci in subs
buyouts of nci in subs
net cash from fin
forex effect
net change in cash
cash & eq start
cash & eq end
[TD2] luv q4-18e [/TD2][TD2] luv q3-18e [/TD2][TD2] luv q2-18e [/TD2][TD2] Mar-18 [/TD2] [TD2]15,000[/TD2][TD2]15,000[/TD2][TD2]10,930[/TD2][TD2]11,738[/TD2] [TD2]13,000[/TD2][TD2]12,000[/TD2][TD2]11,370[/TD2][TD2]10,077[/TD2] [TD2] 28,000 [/TD2][TD2] 27,000 [/TD2][TD2] 22,300 [/TD2][TD2] 21,815 [/TD2] [TD2] 60,000 [/TD2][TD2] 50,000 [/TD2][TD2] 18,440 [/TD2][TD2] 8,182 [/TD2] [TD2] 60,000 [/TD2][TD2] 50,000 [/TD2][TD2] 28,578 [/TD2][TD2] 9,766 [/TD2] [TD2] 140,000 [/TD2][TD2] 140,000 [/TD2][TD2] 125,000 [/TD2][TD2] 105,000 [/TD2] [TD2] 2.33 [/TD2][TD2] 2.80 [/TD2][TD2] 4.37 [/TD2][TD2] 10.75 [/TD2] [TD2] 2.44 [/TD2][TD2] 3.15 [/TD2][TD2] 5.08 [/TD2][TD2] 13.74 [/TD2] [TD2] -0.04 [/TD2][TD2] -0.05 [/TD2][TD2] -0.09 [/TD2][TD2] -0.25 [/TD2] [TD2] 0.11 [/TD2][TD2] 0.11 [/TD2][TD2] 0.11 [/TD2][TD2] 0.11 [/TD2] [TD2] 106.00 [/TD2][TD2] 106.00 [/TD2][TD2] 106.00 [/TD2][TD2] 105.76 [/TD2] [TD2] 58.00 [/TD2][TD2] 60.00 [/TD2][TD2] 55.00 [/TD2][TD2] 56.00 [/TD2] [TD2]2,641,520[/TD2][TD2]2,547,180[/TD2][TD2]2,103,782[/TD2][TD2]2,053,375[/TD2] [TD2]3,480,000[/TD2][TD2]3,000,000[/TD2][TD2]1,014,200[/TD2][TD2]458,192[/TD2] [TD2]187,082[/TD2][TD2]181,106[/TD2][TD2]175,401[/TD2][TD2]173,436[/TD2] [TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2] [TD2]100,000[/TD2][TD2]100,000[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]50,314[/TD2] [TD2] 6,408,602 [/TD2][TD2] 5,828,286 [/TD2][TD2] 3,293,383 [/TD2][TD2] 2,735,317 [/TD2] [TD2]180,000[/TD2][TD2]180,000[/TD2][TD2]164,500[/TD2][TD2]185,022[/TD2] [TD2]220,000[/TD2][TD2]275,000[/TD2][TD2]275,000[/TD2][TD2]225,000[/TD2] [TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2] [TD2]300,000[/TD2][TD2]300,000[/TD2][TD2]275,000[/TD2][TD2]263,412[/TD2] [TD2] 7,108,602 [/TD2][TD2] 6,583,286 [/TD2][TD2] 4,007,883 [/TD2][TD2] 3,408,751 [/TD2] [TD2]1,973,433[/TD2][TD2]1,903,024[/TD2][TD2]1,585,735[/TD2][TD2]1,540,031[/TD2] [TD2]2,836,200[/TD2][TD2]2,490,000[/TD2][TD2]1,004,058[/TD2][TD2]551,366[/TD2] [TD2]119,733[/TD2][TD2]115,908[/TD2][TD2]112,256[/TD2][TD2]104,496[/TD2] [TD2] 4,929,366 [/TD2][TD2] 4,508,932 [/TD2][TD2] 2,702,049 [/TD2][TD2] 2,195,893 [/TD2] [TD2]180,000[/TD2][TD2]189,000[/TD2][TD2]180,950[/TD2][TD2]217,863[/TD2] [TD2]154,000[/TD2][TD2]192,500[/TD2][TD2]192,500[/TD2][TD2]157,500[/TD2] [TD2]10,999[/TD2][TD2]10,999[/TD2][TD2]11,000[/TD2][TD2]11,000[/TD2] [TD2]375,000[/TD2][TD2]384,000[/TD2][TD2]365,750[/TD2][TD2]369,969[/TD2] [TD2] 5,649,365 [/TD2][TD2] 5,285,431 [/TD2][TD2] 3,452,249 [/TD2][TD2] 2,952,225 [/TD2] [TD2] 1,459,238 [/TD2][TD2] 1,297,855 [/TD2][TD2] 555,634 [/TD2][TD2] 456,526 [/TD2] [TD2]28.5%[/TD2][TD2]28.6%[/TD2][TD2]25.5%[/TD2][TD2]27.8%[/TD2] [TD2]26.0%[/TD2][TD2]26.0%[/TD2][TD2]25.5%[/TD2][TD2]26.1%[/TD2] [TD2]18.5%[/TD2][TD2]17.0%[/TD2][TD2]1.0%[/TD2][TD2]-20.3%[/TD2] [TD2]21.9%[/TD2][TD2]21.3%[/TD2][TD2]18.0%[/TD2][TD2]18.2%[/TD2] [TD2]0.0%[/TD2][TD2]-5.0%[/TD2][TD2]-10.0%[/TD2][TD2]-17.7%[/TD2] [TD2]30.0%[/TD2][TD2]30.0%[/TD2][TD2]30.0%[/TD2][TD2]30.0%[/TD2] [TD2]-100.0%[/TD2][TD2]-100.0%[/TD2][TD2]-100.0%[/TD2][TD2]-100.0%[/TD2] [TD2]-25.0%[/TD2][TD2]-28.0%[/TD2][TD2]-33.0%[/TD2][TD2]-40.5%[/TD2] [TD2]315,000[/TD2][TD2]309,060[/TD2][TD2]340,000[/TD2][TD2]322,096[/TD2] [TD2]510,000[/TD2][TD2]499,950[/TD2][TD2]550,000[/TD2][TD2]551,404[/TD2] [TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]85,000[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2] [TD2]42,000[/TD2][TD2]40,905[/TD2][TD2]45,000[/TD2][TD2]45,000[/TD2] [TD2]132,000[/TD2][TD2]127,260[/TD2][TD2]140,000[/TD2][TD2]135,000[/TD2] [TD2] 999,000 [/TD2][TD2] 977,175 [/TD2][TD2] 1,160,000 [/TD2][TD2] 1,053,500 [/TD2] [TD2] 460,238 [/TD2][TD2] 320,680 [/TD2][TD2] -604,366 [/TD2][TD2] -596,974 [/TD2] [TD2]6,000[/TD2][TD2]6,000[/TD2][TD2]6,000[/TD2][TD2]5,214[/TD2] [TD2]-107,000[/TD2][TD2]-107,000[/TD2][TD2]-107,000[/TD2][TD2]-102,546[/TD2] [TD2]-53,000[/TD2][TD2]-53,000[/TD2][TD2]-53,000[/TD2][TD2]-47,000[/TD2] [TD2]-12,000[/TD2][TD2]-12,000[/TD2][TD2]-12,000[/TD2][TD2]-37,716[/TD2] [TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2] [TD2] 294,238 [/TD2][TD2] 154,680 [/TD2][TD2] -770,366 [/TD2][TD2] -779,022 [/TD2] [TD2]19,999[/TD2][TD2]19,999[/TD2][TD2]20,000[/TD2][TD2]5,605[/TD2] [TD2] 274,239 [/TD2][TD2] 134,681 [/TD2][TD2] -790,366 [/TD2][TD2] -784,627 [/TD2] [TD2]-50,001[/TD2][TD2]-50,001[/TD2][TD2]-50,000[/TD2][TD2]-75,076[/TD2] [TD2] 324,240 [/TD2][TD2] 184,682 [/TD2][TD2] -740,366 [/TD2][TD2] -709,551 [/TD2] [TD2]172,000[/TD2][TD2]170,900[/TD2][TD2]170,000[/TD2][TD2]169,146[/TD2] [TD2]183,000[/TD2][TD2]181,900[/TD2][TD2]170,000[/TD2][TD2]169,146[/TD2] [TD2] 1.77 [/TD2][TD2] 1.02 [/TD2][TD2] -4.36 [/TD2][TD2] -4.19 [/TD2] [TD2]324,240[/TD2][TD2]184,682[/TD2][TD2]-740,366[/TD2][TD2]-709,551[/TD2] [TD2]133,000[/TD2][TD2]133,000[/TD2][TD2]165,000[/TD2][TD2]141,639[/TD2] [TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2] [TD2]457,240[/TD2][TD2]317,682[/TD2][TD2]-575,366[/TD2][TD2]-567,912[/TD2] [TD2] 2.50 [/TD2][TD2] 1.75 [/TD2][TD2] -3.38 [/TD2][TD2] -3.36 [/TD2] [TD2]1,967,310[/TD2][TD2]1,824,697[/TD2][TD2]1,980,912[/TD2][TD2]2,665,673[/TD2] [TD2]150,000[/TD2][TD2]130,000[/TD2][TD2]100,000[/TD2][TD2]120,194[/TD2] [TD2]1,168,537[/TD2][TD2]1,082,184[/TD2][TD2]737,890[/TD2][TD2]652,848[/TD2] [TD2]4,457,581[/TD2][TD2]4,633,802[/TD2][TD2]3,140,128[/TD2][TD2]2,565,826[/TD2] [TD2]312,293[/TD2][TD2]305,001[/TD2][TD2]366,089[/TD2][TD2]379,379[/TD2] [TD2] 8,055,721 [/TD2][TD2] 7,975,683 [/TD2][TD2] 6,325,019 [/TD2][TD2] 6,383,920 [/TD2] [TD2]2,521,901[/TD2][TD2]2,441,823[/TD2][TD2]2,361,298[/TD2][TD2]2,315,124[/TD2] [TD2]6,345,887[/TD2][TD2]6,349,381[/TD2][TD2]6,352,910[/TD2][TD2]6,346,374[/TD2] [TD2]12,420,083[/TD2][TD2]11,695,516[/TD2][TD2]11,061,438[/TD2][TD2]10,519,226[/TD2] [TD2]361,502[/TD2][TD2]361,502[/TD2][TD2]361,502[/TD2][TD2]346,428[/TD2] [TD2]60,237[/TD2][TD2]60,237[/TD2][TD2]60,237[/TD2][TD2]61,284[/TD2] [TD2]428,754[/TD2][TD2]435,754[/TD2][TD2]442,754[/TD2][TD2]449,754[/TD2] [TD2]440,000[/TD2][TD2]440,000[/TD2][TD2]440,000[/TD2][TD2]433,841[/TD2] [TD2]273,123[/TD2][TD2]273,123[/TD2][TD2]273,123[/TD2][TD2]415,478[/TD2] [TD2] 30,907,209 [/TD2][TD2] 30,033,020 [/TD2][TD2] 27,678,281 [/TD2][TD2] 27,271,429 [/TD2] [TD2]4,767,135[/TD2][TD2]4,691,725[/TD2][TD2]3,196,877[/TD2][TD2]2,603,498[/TD2] [TD2]1,998,000[/TD2][TD2]1,905,491[/TD2][TD2]1,913,500[/TD2][TD2]1,898,431[/TD2] [TD2]605,256[/TD2][TD2]586,038[/TD2][TD2]543,099[/TD2][TD2]536,465[/TD2] [TD2]600,000[/TD2][TD2]600,000[/TD2][TD2]600,000[/TD2][TD2]629,112[/TD2] [TD2]965,000[/TD2][TD2]965,000[/TD2][TD2]965,000[/TD2][TD2]984,823[/TD2] [TD2]1,500,000[/TD2][TD2]1,500,000[/TD2][TD2]1,800,000[/TD2][TD2]1,915,530[/TD2] [TD2]100,000[/TD2][TD2]100,000[/TD2][TD2]100,000[/TD2][TD2]82,500[/TD2] [TD2] 10,535,391 [/TD2][TD2] 10,348,254 [/TD2][TD2] 9,118,476 [/TD2][TD2] 8,650,359 [/TD2] [TD2]9,000,000[/TD2][TD2]9,200,000[/TD2][TD2]9,000,000[/TD2][TD2]8,761,070[/TD2] [TD2]100[/TD2][TD2]100[/TD2][TD2]100[/TD2][TD2]100[/TD2] [TD2]2,519[/TD2][TD2]2,519[/TD2][TD2]2,519[/TD2][TD2]2,556[/TD2] [TD2]882,665[/TD2][TD2]854,638[/TD2][TD2]826,454[/TD2][TD2]818,250[/TD2] [TD2]650,000[/TD2][TD2]670,000[/TD2][TD2]700,000[/TD2][TD2]756,800[/TD2] [TD2]2,747,250[/TD2][TD2]2,638,373[/TD2][TD2]2,633,750[/TD2][TD2]2,561,886[/TD2] [TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2] [TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2] [TD2] 23,817,926 [/TD2][TD2] 23,713,883 [/TD2][TD2] 22,281,299 [/TD2][TD2] 21,551,021 [/TD2] [TD2]402,943[/TD2][TD2]402,943[/TD2][TD2]402,943[/TD2][TD2]405,835[/TD2] [TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]2[/TD2] [TD2]900,000[/TD2][TD2]900,000[/TD2][TD2]900,000[/TD2][TD2]863,876[/TD2] [TD2] 5,786,340 [/TD2][TD2] 5,016,194 [/TD2][TD2] 4,094,039 [/TD2][TD2] 4,450,695 [/TD2] [TD2]274,239[/TD2][TD2]134,681[/TD2][TD2]-790,366[/TD2][TD2]-784,627[/TD2] [TD2]484,383[/TD2][TD2]456,125[/TD2][TD2]442,458[/TD2][TD2]416,233[/TD2] [TD2]133,000[/TD2][TD2]133,000[/TD2][TD2]165,000[/TD2][TD2]141,639[/TD2] [TD2]35,000[/TD2][TD2]35,000[/TD2][TD2]35,000[/TD2][TD2]39,345[/TD2] [TD2]46,338[/TD2][TD2]31,401[/TD2][TD2]25,658[/TD2][TD2]18,546[/TD2] [TD2]45,000[/TD2][TD2]45,000[/TD2][TD2]45,000[/TD2][TD2]52,237[/TD2] [TD2]25,000[/TD2][TD2]25,000[/TD2][TD2]25,000[/TD2][TD2]47,661[/TD2] [TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2] [TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]-3,984[/TD2] [TD2]-86,353[/TD2][TD2]-344,294[/TD2][TD2]-85,042[/TD2][TD2]-169,142[/TD2] [TD2]96,144[/TD2][TD2]-1,574,200[/TD2][TD2]-620,476[/TD2][TD2]-419,277[/TD2] [TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]0[/TD2][TD2]-50,001[/TD2] [TD2]-15,000[/TD2][TD2]-15,000[/TD2][TD2]-15,000[/TD2][TD2]-57,583[/TD2] [TD2]117,919[/TD2][TD2]1,436,839[/TD2][TD2]558,448[/TD2][TD2]317,983[/TD2] [TD2]75,000[/TD2][TD2]65,000[/TD2][TD2]50,000[/TD2][TD2]45,795[/TD2] 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You did excellent modelling.

i can't do a full reconciliation easily due to the complexity of the model, but just quick shots:

* my auto sales estimate within 200k of actual
* my total revenue estimate within 5m of actual (<0.2% error)
* cogs i am about 2.5% high, so tesla beats on my margin estimates overall.
* opex they went much higher than i thought
* operating income nets out though and i end up within 15m (<2.5% error).
A reminder to everyone that it's an economies of scale business. If you underestimate the economies of scale, then the gross margins are better than you think but the fixed costs are higher than you think...

* net income to common i miss by less than 25m.
* they beat my non-gaap number meaningfully due to higher stock based comp - much higher than high had estimated perhaps on restructuring.
I want to be annoyed that my stock is being diluted, but since it's going to the hardworking Tesla employees who clearly deserve it, I'm actually happy. :)

* on cash from ops, they do better than i thought by about 60m
* on capex better than i thought by 100m
* on cash from financing they pulled in an extra 150m or so vs what i modeled. note that it's virtually impossible to model that part as it is largely choices management makes.
* the netting of all that cash gets them a few hundred million better than i expected at 2.24b ending the quarter.
* inventory comes in higher than i thought, this means that cash could have been even another 100-200m better than i was modeling if not for the build.

so to summarize:

revenue on target
cost of goods sold better than expected
opex worse than expected - although stock based comp was up a lot so that means some non-cash components there
cash from ops slightly better than expected
capex spend controlled better than expected

within model 3, my initial take is gross margins are better than i expected meaningfully, asp is lower than i expected meaningfully. and that's just fine b/c it means they will make good money even later in the order book. i feel like it is virtually certain that model 3 gross margin in q3 will be greater than 10% and the given target of 15% is fully realistic imo.

this is great news imo for margins being on track, and for cash to not be an issue. cash balances will rise likely towards 3b going to the end of this year.

I'll be interested to see your updated model for Q3/Q4 with the new information. (Lower ASPs, lower cost of production, etc.) When you get to it.
 
I want to be annoyed that my stock is being diluted, but since it's going to the hardworking Tesla employees who clearly deserve it, I'm actually happy. :)

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If any Tesla employees - or ex-employees who were caught up in the layoffs - are reading this: you guys rock. Thank you so much for all you've done.

(Back to our regularly-scheduled conversation)
 
i'd prefer to wait until the 10q to post something, but a preliminary look indicates that q3/q4 while close to my model need to be adjusted lower.

despite tesla doing well operationally they increased opex by more than enough to offset. adding 1-2% of gross margin can't fully offset what could be 100m in new opex.

the bears i think will latch on to the opex increase and say that tesla is moving cogs into opex. it is odd actually that opex goes up when you had a barnacle cleaning, layoffs of 9% of the workforce, and cost discipline. how does opex (excluding one-time restructuring) rise in the face of all of that?

the other really good news is the cash trajectory is quite a bit better than i thought.

You did excellent modelling.


A reminder to everyone that it's an economies of scale business. If you underestimate the economies of scale, then the gross margins are better than you think but the fixed costs are higher than you think...


I want to be annoyed that my stock is being diluted, but since it's going to the hardworking Tesla employees who clearly deserve it, I'm actually happy. :)



I'll be interested to see your updated model for Q3/Q4 with the new information. (Lower ASPs, lower cost of production, etc.) When you get to it.
 
i'd prefer to wait until the 10q to post something, but a preliminary look indicates that q3/q4 while close to my model need to be adjusted lower.

despite tesla doing well operationally they increased opex by more than enough to offset. adding 1-2% of gross margin can't fully offset what could be 100m in new opex.

the bears i think will latch on to the opex increase and say that tesla is moving cogs into opex. it is odd actually that opex goes up when you had a barnacle cleaning, layoffs of 9% of the workforce, and cost discipline. how does opex (excluding one-time restructuring) rise in the face of all of that?

the other really good news is the cash trajectory is quite a bit better than i thought.
Please keep in mind that opex includes over 2 month pay for all people that got laid off. So opex will be lower in Q3
 
despite tesla doing well operationally they increased opex by more than enough to offset. adding 1-2% of gross margin can't fully offset what could be 100m in new opex.

the bears i think will latch on to the opex increase and say that tesla is moving cogs into opex. it is odd actually that opex goes up when you had a barnacle cleaning, layoffs of 9% of the workforce, and cost discipline. how does opex (excluding one-time restructuring) rise in the face of all of that?

So, lower variable expenses, but higher fixed (not-per-car) expenses. Where might we see higher fixed expenses? Let's brainstorm. Heating the tent? :)
 
Customer deposits at start of Q2 : 984,823. (Totals in x$1,000)

S/X in transit start of Q2 but delivered in Q2 : 4060, prepayment on these cars $2,500. Effect on deposits - 10,150
3 in transit start of Q2 but delivered in Q2 : 2040, prepayment on these cars $3,000. Effect on deposits - 7,140
Model 3 delivered in Q2, ordered in Q1 : 8440, prepayment on these cars $3,500. Effect on deposits - 29,540
Model 3 delivered in Q3, ordered in Q2: 10000, prepayment on these cars $1,000. Effect on deposits - 10,000
Powerwall installations in Q3 : 20,000, prepayment on these $500. Effect on deposits -10,000
S/X in transit end of Q2 3,892, prepayment on these cars $2,500. Effect on deposits +9,730
3 in transit start end of Q2 : 11,166, prepayment on these cars $3,500. Effect on deposits + 38,906
3 ordered in Q2 but not yet produced : 10,000, prepayment on these cars $2,500. Effect on deposits +25,000

Expected customer deposits at end of Q2 : 991,629. Actual deposits 942,129.

Net outflow of deposits through cancellations and/or shrinking order book are therefore in the order of $50M this quarter. Note this is over the full product lineup, not necessarily over Model 3. Still, seems rather high.

Note. Sometimes customers pay in full before delivery (in case of wire transfer, etc...) or they trade in their previous car with Tesla before they take delivery of the new one. When such transactions happen over a quarter border, then those amount will also show up on the customer deposit line. Since the cars in transit grew this quarter, not counting this effect results in underestimating the net cancellation rate. Undocumented assumptions 1) 20,000 powerwall installations this quarter 2) 10,000 model 3 were ordered in Q2 but had not yet been produced
 
S/X in transit start of Q2 but delivered in Q2 : 4060, prepayment on these cars $2,500. Effect on deposits - 10,150
S/X in transit end of Q2 3,892, prepayment on these cars $2,500. Effect on deposits +9,730

A reduction of cars in-transit to markets with tariffs would have a higher net effect than just the order deposit amount times the difference of cars in-transit.
 
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i'm going to post a very preliminary model update with likely many errors. a lot of different pieces i had to lump into different buckets that will get sorted out with the 10q filing. normally i don't like to put out such preliminary (ahem garbage) type of stuff, but thought it might help energize the discussion.

you will see the opex increasing forces me to take down q3/q4 overall numbers despite better gross margin.

s deliveries
x deliveries
s+x deliveries
3 deliveries
3 production
est model 3 manuf deprctn
per model 3
blended manuf deprctn per 3
gross margin impact
lease s/x % veh
avg price s+x
avg price model 3
revenue
auto sales ex 3
auto sales mod 3
auto leasing
1 time autopilot
zev credits
total auto
energy storage
solarcity
grohmann
services/other
total revenue
cost of revenue
auto sales ex 3
auto sales mod 3
auto leasing
total auto
energy storage
solarcity
grohmann
services & other
total cost of rev
gross profit
auto gaap ex 3 gm
auto-zev ex 3 gm
model 3 gm
auto-zev incl 3 gm
storage gm
scty gm
grohmann gm
services gm
opex
tesla r&d
tesla sg&a
1 time costs
solarcity r&d
solarcity sg&a
total opex
op income
interest inc
interest exp
scty interest
other income exp
1time scty gain
pretax income
income tax
net income
non-cont int.
net inc to common
basic shares
diluted shares
diluted gaap eps
gaap net income
+ stock based comp
+ one time scty
non-gaap net income
non-gaap diluted eps
balance sheet
current assets
cash & eq.
restricted cash
accts rcvbl
inventory
prepaids+other
total current assets
op lease vehicles
solar energy sys
pp&e
intangible assets
goodwill
mypower rcvbls
restricted cash
other assets
total assets
current liabiliites
accts payable
accrued liabs+other
deferred revenue
resale value guar
cust deposits
curr debt+leases
curr solar bonds
total current liabs
lt debt+leases
solar bonds
rel party conv debt
deferred revenue
resale value guar
other lt liabilities
comm stk warrants
capital lease oblg
total liabilities
commits/contings
rdmbl ncis in subs
conv senior notes
nci in subsidiaries
common equity
cash flow statement
cash flows from ops
net loss
dep/amortization
stock-based comp
am of debt discount
inv write-down
loss on disposals
forex loss (gain)
loss on acq scty
non-cash int/other
chgs in op as/lb
accts rcbl
inv / op leases
prepaids/other ca
mypower rcvbls + other
accts pybl/accr liabs
deferred revenue
customer deposits
other lt liabs
net cash from ops
cash flows from inv
pp&e purchases
purchase solar sys
net cash from inv
cash flows from fin
stock issued
debt issued
debt repayments
rel pty solar repaids
coll lease borrowing
stock option excrs
capital lease paids
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dist to nci in subs
buyouts of nci in subs
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forex effect
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cash & eq start
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A reduction of cars in-transit to markets with tariffs would have a higher net effect than just the order deposit amount times the difference of cars in-transit.

I believe only China falls under prepaid tariffs coming into customer deposits. Revenue in China has been so rock solidly pinned to $500M for the last quarter or 6 that I don't see any meaningfull variation there. But yes, it could make a big difference.
 
I am pretty happy with the performance of my model. I was just $25M off on Automotive revenue for cars sold and $38M on costs. Around 1-2%. Yet, I was totally wrong on vehicle leasing income and costs. And I don't understand why. 6% of the cars was sold under lease (2446) That's super comparable to the 2400 from last quarter. Yet leasing income and costs are really different. (173M -> 239M on rev and 104M->136M on costs). That's +35%. How come?

I too will tweak things as we get the 10-Q. Spoiler : I don't see any reason to change my gross margin predictions on Model 3 (14% in q3, 16% in q4) so that is clearly more negative than @luvb2b. But I do also need to up SG&A and R&D a bit which will likely tip my Q3 profitability into the negative...
 
I am pretty happy with the performance of my model. I was just $25M off on Automotive revenue for cars sold and $38M on costs. Around 1-2%. Yet, I was totally wrong on vehicle leasing income and costs. And I don't understand why. 6% of the cars was sold under lease (2446) That's super comparable to the 2400 from last quarter. Yet leasing income and costs are really different. (173M -> 239M on rev and 104M->136M on costs). That's +35%. How come?

I too will tweak things as we get the 10-Q. Spoiler : I don't see any reason to change my gross margin predictions on Model 3 (14% in q3, 16% in q4) so that is clearly more negative than @luvb2b. But I do also need to up SG&A and R&D a bit which will likely tip my Q3 profitability into the negative...
So you aren't buying the Q3 guidance?
 
i'm going to post a very preliminary model update with likely many errors. a lot of different pieces i had to lump into different buckets that will get sorted out with the 10q filing. normally i don't like to put out such preliminary (ahem garbage) type of stuff, but thought it might help energize the discussion.
I'll start off. I think your Q3 delivery numbers are low. Inside-Evs guesses 14250 for July, and the questionable numbers from the bear who's getting leaks from the factory indicates an average rate in excess of 4500/week exiting July. 50K is really too pessimistic. I'm expecting more like 55K-56K.
 
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