re: Tesla posts massive 702 million dollar loss in first quarter

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But...who the frick are "aanalysts" how in the hell do they have any reasonable thought into the numbers at Tesla. What if an "analyst" said Tesla is expected to lose 800m last qrtr
..so Tesla "beat" analysts predictions? I get that 700m seems like a big number for a yr much less a qrtr. But...anyone that works for a company of 100 or more works with an "analyst" and...how good are they at numbers within their own company? They have a software program and enough knowledge to sound good

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Analysts they are referring to are equity research analysts who are employed by investment banks. They run financial models on companies they follow and update the model every quarter depending on the company's performance. The company also gives 'guidance' to analysts in regards to different metrics that are key to their models. When the 'guidance' (what to expect for next quarter) is very far off from reality, this is bad, as witnessed today with $TSLA earnings

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