Tesla's market cap fell below $1 trillion, but it still reflects investors' assumptions of enormous future growth.

TeslaTSLA sank more than 8% in Thursday's stock market, giving up key levels, in the wake of second-quarter earnings and CEO Elon Musk's conference call comments. However, Cathie Wood and Ark Invest saw that as an opportunity to buy more of their favorite stock.

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Tesla’s battery business has been feeling the pain, too. For a while, this was a growth area for the company, albeit one with a relatively minor contribution to the bottom line. During Q2 2025, Tesla’s energy generation and storage division brought in $2.8 billion in revenue, a 7 percent decline from the same period in 2024.

Tesla’s Q2 sales decline is its worst this decade, but there is one bright spot. The company's energy storage business is quietly booming.

ET with analyst reactions Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) are straddling the flatline in postmarket trading as the company’s second quarter results were not as bad as Wall Street expected and avoided a second consecutive top- and bottom-line miss with profits in-line with expectations.

Tesla will release its second quarter earnings on its website after U.S. markets close on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. ET (2000 GMT). Company executives, including Musk, will hold a live Q&A webcast at 5:30 p.m. ET (2130 GMT). The automaker has invited retail investors to submit and upvote questions online.

Tesla's more affordable model started production in June and is a cheaper Model Y, the company said on its Q2 earnings call.