AUSTIN] Tesla fell short of Wall Street’s expectations in one of the automaker’s worst quarters in years, a sign of the toll that rising competition and a backlash against chief executive officer Elon Musk have taken on the company.

Tesla is out with its Q2 2025 earnings results, and the stock is moving in after-hours trading. The EV maker reported earnings-per-share of $0.27/share and revenues of $19.335 billion, missing analysts' EPS expectation of $0.39/share and estimated revenue of $21.11 billion.

Both Elon Musk's Tesla (TSLA) and Alphabet (GOOGL) released second-quarter earnings after the close on Wednesday, and traders are treating them much the same. Alphabet stock has lost 1.6% at the time of writing, while TSLA has given up 1.0%.

Tesla shares turned red not too long after ho-hum results were out. Second-quarter 2025 revenue of $22.50 billion was 17% lower than sales in the year-ago quarter. In its letter to shareholders, the E

US stocks climbed on Wednesday after the US struck a trade deal with Japan, lifting hopes for further tariff pacts as Wall Street prepared for Tesla (TSLA) and Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG) earnings after the bell.

Tesla's sales drop in California highlights ongoing struggles ahead of Q2 earnings call. Wall Street expects revenue of $22.79 billion.

With the stock sporting a triple-digit price-to-earnings ratio (and that's on a forward-looking basis), the case for buying Tesla before its July earnings report just isn't there. Any new investor is betting big on the company's ability to deliver on its bold promises -- I'm not confident it can.