Tesla Lost More Than One-Third of Its Value in First Quarter

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Newsweek

Published Mar 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM EDT | Updated Mar 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM EDT


Tesla's stock price continued falling on Monday, deepening its year-to-date decline to 36 percent.

Why It Matters

The drop, spurred by negative sentiment toward Tesla CEO Elon Musk over his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts under President Donald Trump, makes Tesla one of the worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 so far this year. Dramatic market swings have become the norm in Trump's second term, driven by uncertainty over the president's tariff plans and investors' concerns that the tariffs will fuel inflation and slow economic growth.

What To Know

Tesla's stock price at market close on December 31, 2024, was $403.84. By the time markets closed on Monday, the electric vehicle company's stock price was $259.16, resulting in a 35.82 percent decline over the first quarter of 2025.

The carmaker has been a target for anti-Musk demonstrators who oppose his high-profile role in leading the Trump administration's government cost-cutting initiatives. Tesla showrooms and factories across the country have been inundated with protests and there have been multiple reports of people vandalizing, firebombing and otherwise damaging Tesla vehicles.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/tesla-lost-more-third-its-value-first-quarter-2053287

[Historic NY]

1. Lets help him lose and other third

[Delarage]

2. Still a long way to fall

It was around $150 last year. Grossly overvalued still---but I'm enjoying watching it deflate. Hopefully to ZERO.

[bushalert]

3. Exactly. Tesla is so overvalued that it needs

to drop to under $100 per share to really have an impact. It’s nice to watch the decline, but buyers keep jumping back in and propping the stock up.

[Chi67]

6. Well

If people stop buying Teslas, which is happening, stock price doesn't mean shit.

[Midnight Writer]

4. Sales is the true indicator of how much Elon has hurt his brand.

Stock prices jump around for all kinds of reasons. But when Elon can't sell his cars because people are embarrassed to be associated with his brand, that brand is in trouble.

[Chi67]

5. Good!

Now let's watch the company go down completely. This needs to happen. This i where our power lies. No forgiveness for this terrible man and his company.

[raccoon]

8. Yeah, that makes my day.

[Prairie Gates]

7. How the shareholders have not demanded that Elon step down is a great mystery

He has tanked the brand for his own personal hobby and side project. Rarely has there been such a massive and uncommented on abandonment of fiduciary duty.

It's frankly incredible that any business organ can again cite responsibility to the shareholders as a reason for anything. This is the most massive and historic violation of duty to the shareholder in the history of capitalism. And that includes Enron. It's beyond belief.

[madville]

10. It's still up 60% over the last year

Tesla shareholders are very used to the peaks and valleys. It’s still up 700% over the last 5 years and about 60% over the last year. It’s back at the same price it was in November before the election so the only people that are truly upset are the idiots that bought around December or January when it hit that ridiculous peak of around $450.

[madville]

9. It's been overvalued for so long

That I think people just got used to its absurd stock price. It was $38 a share 5 years ago, today it’s still worth about 7x that. It’s still up about 60% from where it was a year ago.

Politics aside, there is no logical reason it should be worth more than Ford, GM, Chrysler (Stelantis or whatever), Toyota, Hyundai, Mercedes, BMW and Honda combined.

[rogue emissary]

11. It's a start.

[republianmushroom]

12. Good

Way over valued.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. Musk is mad at Governor Walz for joking about Tesla stock price

Here is musk complaining about Governor Walz

Link to tweet

Here is Governor Walz

Link to tweet

Tim Walz has offered Elon a deal-he will stop joking about Tesla stock price if elon keeps his hands off Social Security
https://bsky.app/profile/timwalzparody.bsky.social/post/3lln4tefj322p

Link to tweet

Tim Walz -“Elon, I’ll make you a deal. I’ll stop making fun of your stock when you take your hands off social security.”

[moniss]

14. It would be a wonderful move for

them to be removed from the S&P 500 and manipulation of the stock would be a good reason.

[PCB66]

15. There is a cold hard truth to this

My son (who has always voted Democrat) bought a Tesla three years ago to have an eco friendly vehicle for his daily commute and now he is afraid to park it in a public place.

My wife (who has always voted Democrat) is a retired teacher with a state pension that is vested in Tesla stock.

My nephew (don't know how he votes) lives in Texas and works at the Tesla plant.

As a retired Environmental Engineer I care about the environment and it is disconcerting to see the premier EV manufacturer in trouble because of Musk's stupidity.

Tesla's dive is hurting everybody except Musk. I don't think Musk gives a crap about Tesla anymore. He could lose every cent he has in Tesla and still be the richest man in America.