Tesla reported second-quarter results after Wednesday's closing bell, unveiling profits and sales in line with Wall Street expectations. Losses mounted for the stock, however, as the company's call with analysts sowed more doubts than offered answers about Tesla's prospects and Chief Executive Elon Musk said he could see potential for "a few rough quarters" ahead.

Tesla's valuation gains today follow a bigger sell-off in yesterday's trading that was spurred by disappointing second-quarter results and comments from management suggesting that performance headwinds could continue in the near term. The company's share price has seen some big swings in 2025, and is down roughly 21% year to date with today's pop.

But if you just listened in on the company’s call with analysts, you would have no idea why. For an earnings call, there was zero talk of, um, earnings. And the overall message from Tesla’s top brass seemed to be: We are a robotics and AI company, and, someday soon, it’s going to be awesome.

Tesla is slated to post second-quarter earnings after the market closes on Wednesday, with analysts expecting the electric vehicle giant to report declining revenue and profits.

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