Tesla and Nio Will Report Spectacular Earnings Next Week.

Nio's all-electric SUV.

Tesla and Nio Will Report Spectacular Earnings Next Week.
Will the semiconductor shortage ruin things going forward?
 
Tesla reported another record-breaking production and delivery achievement earlier this month, with 185,000 deliveries and 180,000 vehicles produced. That is more than double the amount of cars delivered a year ago, with a 75% increase in production. Revenue could top $11 billion. If the net income is on par or higher than the 4th quarter of 2020, at $270 million, that will be a 17-fold increase for last year. Before you get too excited: that good news is already priced into the company shares. Keep reading.
 
Is the Semiconductor Shortage an Issue for Tesla?
While other auto manufacturers, including Ford, General Motors and Nio, were pausing production because they couldn’t get the semiconductors they needed, Tesla’s Elon Musk was tweeting thanks to their suppliers for keeping them in the parts. Does that mean that Tesla is well-stocked going forward and will not have any issues?
 

In a letter to the Commerce Department on April 5, 2021, John Bozzella, the President and CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, wrote that the semiconductor manufacturers warn that the shortage could continue for an additional six months. Intel’s new CEO Pat Gelsinger warned that it could take up to two years to iron out all of the issues.
 
Tesla benefits by being the largest U.S. auto manufacturer by far, with a market capitalization of $690 billion, compared to $45 billion at Ford, $125 billion at General Motors and $61 billion at Nio (China’s Tesla). With Tesla’s reputation for innovation, and success at putting electric vehicles and self-driving on the map, the company’s relationships with semiconductor manufacturers has legacy standing. Tesla could be first in line for semiconductors, ahead of the competition.
 
The Evolution of the Auto Industry
G.M. has promised to sell only zero-emissions vehicles by 2035, with a plan to be carbon neutral by 2040, and powered only by renewable energy by 2030. Mary Barra, GM’s CEO, sees a future of “zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion.”
 
The auto industry has a large footprint in our economy, contributing up to $1.1 trillion and 5.5% to the U.S. GDP. So, no politician or business leader wants to see car sales or vehicle production drop dramatically. The semiconductor industry is seizing the opportunity and is ramping up quickly to address the shortage. However, setting up factories is not something that can be done quickly.
 
While the bottleneck continues, rising costs can impact the profitability of auto manufacturers that are already heavily indebted. All of this makes it more difficult to justify the very lofty valuations that we are seeing in the auto manufacturers. Tesla’s market cap is $700 billion, while it is still netting less than $1 billion in income per year. That puts its price-earnings ratio at 1016. The average PE is 16-17. (Wouldn’t you love to have a company that makes less than a billion in net income, but is worth $700 billion?)

All stocks in the U.S. are very pricey at this point, with an average PE (Professor Robert Shiller's CAPE) of 33. The 6.5% predicted 2021 GDP growth is built-in to the price. So, a market rally through the rest of the year is not necessarily a given, particularly since we still have a debt ceiling debate coming up in July, and a potential credit downgrade from Fitch Ratings this year. (Fitch Ratings has had the U.S. on a negative outlook for its AAA rating since July of 2020.) Check out my blog for additional information on the 2021 outlook.

​The Semiconductor Industry is Hot, Hot, Hot
Nvidia, a leader in autonomous driving chips and other semiconductors, saw its revenue jump by 61% in the most recent quarter (year over year). Intel hopes to benefit from the surge in demand going forward, but saw flat sales in the last quarter. The entire semiconductor industry is in a boom cycle.
 
Nio: China’s Tesla
Tesla has been all the rage in the U.S. However, Nio’s revenue and share price growth is dwarfing that of Tesla.

Nio's 1-Year Share Price performance compared to Tesla. April 21, 2021. (c) Microsoft. Used with permission.

 
Nio’s 1Q 2021 vehicle deliveries report was meteoric. 1Q 2021 deliveries increased 408% to 19,500 vehicles, from 3,838 a year ago. That’s 550 vehicles shy of their first devliery announcement earlier this month, due to a 5-day factory shutdown caused by the semiconductor shortage. Nio is offering sleek, sexy EVs that are priced slightly lower than Tesla’s. The power and weight of the Chinese economy and the demand of the Chinese consumer could help Nio to be first in line for semiconductor distribution going forward. Nio is scheduled to report their 1Q 2021 earnings on April 29, 2021, after the U.S. market close.
 
​Incidentally, Nio was first discovered at our October 2019 Investor Educational Retreat by Mitchell Marcy, when the company share price was under $2.00. We featured the company in our blog a few months later, when the company was trading at about $13.00. Nio’s shares have soared as high as $67.00 and are currently trading at $38.00.
 

​Bottom Line
Technology, artificial intelligence, clean energy, electric vehicles and other products of the 21st-Century are hot. However, the amazing growth that many of these industries are experiencing is already overpriced into the shares. So, you have to be very cautious about not purchasing shares at an all-time high, and equally diligent about profit-taking when valuations get too lofty. The easiest way to do all of this is through our pie chart nest egg strategies. We teach it at our Investor Education Retreats. The next one is this weekend. Call 310-430-2397 or email [email protected] to learn more and register now.
 
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