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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF ANNUAL REPORT 2015 of company: TESLA MOTORS QUESTIONS: 1.

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Question

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF ANNUAL REPORT 2015

of company: TESLA MOTORS

QUESTIONS:

1. How many shares of common stock did the company have outstanding?

2. Does the company have any preferred stock outstanding?

3. What is the nominal value, book value, market value per share of common stock?

4. What is the company’s total paid-in capital?

5. Compute net working capital and comment on the result.

6. Compare net income and cash flow and comment on your findings.

7. Prepare common-size income statement and balance sheet and comment on the structure of assets, liabilities and stockholder equity.

8. Compute all profitability, asset management, liquidity and financial leverage ratios. Evaluate and comment on your findings. Make sure you compare company’s results with either industry average or its main competitor.

9. Estimate the internal and the sustainable growth rates and explain the results.

10. Based on all your analysis, what weaknesses, if any, do you see in the financial status, operating performance, or cash position of the company, and what steps would you recommend for improvement?

ANNUAL REPORT LINK DOWNLOAD:

http://ir.teslamotors.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1564590-16-13195&CIK=1318605

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Explanation / Answer

1)

131425 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2015 and 125688 shares as on2014, respectively

2)

Preferred stock; $0.001 par value; 100,000 shares authorized; no shares

issued and outstanding

3)

Book value as on dec 2015 = 8092460/131425 = 61.57

Book value as on dec 2014 = 5830667/125688 = 46.39

4)

paid incapital for 2015 = 131 + 3414692

paid incapital for 2015 = 126 + 2345266