Company data sheet · Tesla
Tesla: growth far beyond its economy.
- Industry
- Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies
- Headquarters
- United States
- Ticker
- TSLA (Nasdaq)
- Sources
- SEC filings (2005–2026), Stratrix's verified Decision Cases, market data and official economic statistics for the United States
- Data as of
- October 18, 2026
- From profit to seven straight losses. Tesla lost money every year from 2013 to 2019: $5.7 billion in all. 2020 was its first profit in eight years: $0.7 billion.
- It outgrew its own economy many times over. Revenue rose from $7 billion in 2016 to $94.8 billion in 2025: 13.5 times as much. The US economy, counted the same way in money terms, grew about 60%. Whatever drove it, the economy around it does not account for growth of that size.
- Ahead of almost everyone like it. From 2016 to 2025, its revenue grew 1255% in US dollars; the median among 181 large manufacturers grew 49%. It outgrew 98% of them.
- 13 decisions on record. Stratrix has verified 13 of Tesla's big decisions, each with what happened next. The hardest year after: "Tesla Charged Hertz Full Sticker on 100,000 Cars — Then Cut Prices Under Hertz's Feet", with its shares 56 points behind the S&P 500 over the next three years. The best: "Tesla Almost Sold to Google in 2013. The Apple Story Is Mostly a Ghost", 396 points ahead of the S&P 500 over the next three years.
Financial results
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $7 billion | −$0.7 billion | |
| 2017 | $11.8 billion | −$2 billion | |
| 2018 | $21.5 billion | −$1 billion | |
| 2019 | $24.6 billion | −$0.9 billion | |
| 2020 | $31.5 billion | $0.7 billion | |
| 2021 | $53.8 billion | $5.5 billion | |
| 2022 | $81.5 billion | $12.6 billion | |
| 2023 | $96.8 billion | $15 billion | |
| 2024 | $97.7 billion | $7.1 billion | |
| 2025 | $94.8 billion | $3.8 billion |
As reported in its annual filings. Losses in red.
Stratrix Decision Cases
- 2024Musk Laughed at BYD in 2011. By 2025 It Outsold Tesla by 600,000 Cars.
- 2024Tesla Built a Legal Machine to Keep One Man in Control. In 2025, It Started Costing Them.
- 2023Tesla Cut Prices Six Times in One Quarter. The Margin Never Came Back.
- 2023Tesla's $13,000 Model Y Cut Was a Correction Dressed as Strategy
- 2022Tesla Gave Away Its Connector Right Before Washington Could Make It Worthless
- 2021Tesla Charged Hertz Full Sticker on 100,000 Cars — Then Cut Prices Under Hertz's Feet
- 2019Tesla Added LG and CATL for Shanghai While Keeping Panasonic Exclusive in Nevada
- 2017Tesla's 'Production Hell' Bet: Sell Expensive Variants Until the $35,000 Car Could Exist
- 2016Tesla's Best Legal Defense Is That You Shouldn't Have Believed the Name
- 2015Tesla's $0 Marketing Legend Ran on Referral Payouts and, by 2024, Quiet Ads on X
- 2014Tesla's 2014 Patent Pledge Was a One-Way Mirror Into Rivals' IP
- 2014Make the Thing You Most Depend On: Why Tesla Built Its Own Battery Industry
- 2013Tesla Almost Sold to Google in 2013. The Apple Story Is Mostly a Ghost.
The full data sheet · Data Plan
Everything behind these findings, ready for your board deck.
- Market reaction to disclosed decisions: 64 decision filings since 2016, each linked to the SEC, with the share return against its sector and the S&P 500 the next day and the next year (25 with market data).
- Economic context: 7 measures for the United States, every year since 2016, from the official sources.
- Peer comparison: against 264 companies of its size in its sector.
- Financial results: ten years of revenue, operating and net income, and every annual report, linked.
- Methods and sources, so each number can be checked and cited.
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