Tesla reported third-quarter earnings after the bell. Shares fell by about 4% after hours following the results.

Listed below are the outcomes.

• Earnings: $1.05 vs 99 cents per share (adjusted) anticipated, based mostly on analysts polled by Refinitiv
• Income: $21.45 billion vs $21.96 billion anticipated, per Refinitiv.

Tesla’s internet revenue (GAAP) for Q3 2022 reached $3.33 billion, with automotive gross margins holding regular at 27.9%, precisely the place it stood within the second quarter of 2022.

Throughout the identical interval final yr, Tesla reported $1.62 billion in income.

Automotive income got here in at $18.69 billion, a rise of 55% from a yr in the past. Value of income for Tesla’s core automotive enterprise rose to $13.48 billion through the quarter, up from $10.52 billion through the second quarter, in keeping with the rise in automotive gross sales. Tesla’s automotive regulatory credit made up 1.5% of automotive revenues at $286 million for the quarter.

Tesla reiterated earlier steerage in its shareholder deck on Wednesday, saying: “Over a multi-year horizon, we anticipate to attain 50% annual progress in automobile deliveries.”

The corporate reiterated that deliveries of its Semi electrical heavy responsibility truck will start in December. The product was first introduced in Dec. 2017. It supplied no agency timeline for the beginning of manufacturing of its Cybertruck pickup, saying solely that it will be produced in Texas after the ramp-up of Mannequin Y manufacturing there.

The corporate beforehand reported that its deliveries for the quarter ending September 30 reached 343,000 and automobile manufacturing reached 365,000. Deliveries are the closest approximation of gross sales reported by Tesla. Shares have dipped greater than 17% since that weekend report on October 2.

In its Q3 earnings launch, the corporate warned a couple of bottleneck in transportation capability for delivering new automobiles within the closing weeks of the quarter, and stated it was “transitioning to a smoother supply tempo.”

Tesla’s vitality unit generated $1.12 billion in income for the quarter. This division sells backup batteries for residential, industrial and utility use, and installs photo voltaic rooftops.

That is growing information. Examine again for updates.