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Reasons Tesla Inc (TSLA) Won’t Be the Next Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
AMZN and TSLA stock are both outstanding growth holdings, but Tesla is missing a few assets that Amazon has in spades
By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Writer & IPO Playbook Editor | May 1, 2017, 9:41 am EDT
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The parallels between Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) are uncanny. Both boast iconic CEOs who are willing to take bold risks and push the boundaries of innovation, both are high-growth tech stories … heck, both companies each have heavy capital costs and low margins. But there are a few big differences between TSLA stock and AMZN stock, and the don’t favor Tesla bulls.
Tesla Inc (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk
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While Tesla has made massive gains to jump the $50 billion market capitalization mark, overcoming Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) and (more briefly) General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), it’s dwarfed by Amazon and its $445 billion market cap. The companies are simply in different universes right now.
Could that change? Maybe … to an extent. Lavish returns seem likely, but to truly be on the same scale as Amazon, we’re talking about 900% returns in TSLA stock from here.
And there are several differences between the two companies that make that kind of performance unlikely. Today, we’ll look at three: