Tesla, Inc. TSLA Return on equity
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Tesla, Inc.’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: Tesla, Inc.’s 10-Q, filed April 23, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Tesla, Inc.'s return on equity?
- Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) reported return on equity of 4.9% in Q1 2026.
- How has Tesla, Inc.'s return on equity changed year-over-year?
- Tesla, Inc.'s return on equity decreased by 44.7% year-over-year, from 8.8% to 4.9%.
- What is the long-term trend for Tesla, Inc.'s return on equity?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Tesla, Inc.'s return on equity has grown at a -15.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 56.8% to 28.6%.
- What does return on equity mean?
- How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
- How do you interpret return on equity?
- Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
- How does return on equity compare across companies?
- Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.