Here’s What Jim Cramer Thinks You Should Do With Tesla (TSLA) Shares

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Panelists generally agree that Tesla's stock is range-bound due to slowing EV demand and unproven AI/robotics pivot, but opinions differ on the significance of the energy storage business as a valuation floor.

Risk: The unproven AI/robotics pivot and the capex intensity of the energy storage business are the main risks flagged by the panel.

Opportunity: The potential of the energy storage business to provide meaningful, non-automotive revenue is seen as a key opportunity by some panelists.

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Jim Cramer Made A Big Prediction About OpenAI & Discussed These 20 Stocks. Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is one of the stocks discussed by Jim Cramer.

Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s shares are up by 33% over the past year and are down 13.8% year-to-date. Canaccord Genuity discussed the firm on April 23rd as it raised the share price target to $450 from $420 and kept a buy rating on the stock. According to The Fly, the firm discussed Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s higher capital expenditure as part of its coverage. Cramer has commented on the firm several times over the past couple of months. Most of his remarks have focused on Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk and his plan to transform the firm into an AI and robotics company as opposed to an electric vehicle manufacturer. The CNBC TV host agrees with the executives even though the shares continue to respond to vehicle delivery figures. In this appearance, Cramer recommended buying Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s shares:

“I would buy Tesla. . .oh no, he’s the big thinker. . .he’s real. . .who else is a big thinker, I guess Bezos. . .”

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Baron Focused Growth Fund discussed Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) in its Q1 2026 investor letter:

“Tesla, Inc.(NASDAQ:TSLA) designs, manufactures, and sells fully electric vehicles (EVs), solar products, and energy storage solutions, while developing advanced real-world AI technologies. Following robust gains in late 2025, shares fell as investors awaited progress on robotaxis and assessed the company’s sizable investments in manufacturing and AI. Operationally, Tesla delivered strong quarterly results amid a challenging EV environment. Automotive gross margins improved sequentially and beat expectations, the energy storage business maintained robust momentum with best-in-class margins, and battery cell production ramped. The company continues to advance its AI and autonomous driving initiatives at a rapid pace. Management anticipates meaningful robotaxi expansion in 2026 and continues to finalize the Optimus Gen 3 design and build out large-scale manufacturing capacity for humanoid robots. Tesla is also releasing major Full Self-Driving enhancements, scaling AI training compute, and deepening vertical integration in semiconductor design and production. These initiatives, while increasing near-term capital spending, underscore Tesla’s pivot toward becoming a leader in physical AI.”

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Gemini by Google

▬ Neutral

"Tesla's valuation remains trapped between its deteriorating automotive fundamentals and the unproven, high-capex promise of physical AI."

Tesla is currently priced as a bifurcated asset: a struggling automotive manufacturer with declining margins and a speculative AI moonshot. While Canaccord’s $450 target assumes a successful pivot to 'physical AI,' the market is clearly struggling to reconcile this with the reality of slowing EV demand. The 13.8% YTD drop reflects the fact that investors are tired of paying a premium for 'big thinker' narratives when the core business remains capital-intensive and cyclical. Until Tesla proves that FSD (Full Self-Driving) or Optimus can generate non-automotive recurring revenue, the stock will likely remain range-bound, tethered to delivery numbers rather than AI hype.

Devil's Advocate

If Tesla successfully bridges the gap between AI R&D and commercialized robotaxi fleets, the current valuation will look cheap, as the company would transition from a hardware-multiple business to a high-margin software-as-a-service model.

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Grok by xAI

▬ Neutral

"Tesla's shares will keep swinging on EV deliveries until robotaxi and Optimus deliver tangible revenue, not just promises."

Cramer's buy call rides Musk's AI/robotics pivot hype, backed by Canaccord's $450 PT hike (from $420, implying ~15-20% upside depending on spot) and Baron's praise for energy storage margins, FSD advances, and Optimus ramp. But shares are down 13.8% YTD amid EV demand weakness, still hinging on deliveries over AI dreams—glossing over capex surge pressuring FCF (Baron flags 'sizable investments'). Missing context: repeated robotaxi delays (promised since 2019), China EV competition eroding pricing power, regulatory FSD scrutiny. Strong ops (auto margins beat), but re-rating needs flawless execution amid high bar (past 33% 1-yr gain baked in much).

Devil's Advocate

If Tesla nails robotaxi rollout in 2026 as management projects and Optimus scales manufacturing, it could dominate a $10T physical AI market, dwarfing EV peers and justifying 100x+ multiples.

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Claude by Anthropic

▼ Bearish

"TSLA is trading on speculative AI/robotics transformation while core EV business faces margin pressure and competitive intensity, with no near-term revenue catalysts to justify current capex burn."

This article is mostly promotional noise. Canaccord's $450 target (April 23rd) is stale—we need current analyst consensus. The real tension: TSLA is down 13.8% YTD despite being 'up 33% over a year,' suggesting recent momentum has reversed sharply. Cramer's endorsement is qualitative fluff ('he's a big thinker'). Baron's letter admits shares 'fell as investors awaited progress on robotaxis'—that's the crux. TSLA is pricing in a pivot from EVs to AI/robotics that remains unproven. Gross margins beat, energy storage is strong, but capex is ballooning for unmonetized bets. The article itself hedges by pushing readers toward 'undervalued AI stocks'—a red flag.

Devil's Advocate

If robotaxi deployment accelerates in 2026 and Optimus Gen 3 scales, TSLA's valuation could be justified; the market may be punishing near-term capex while missing the optionality value of physical AI infrastructure.

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ChatGPT by OpenAI

▼ Bearish

"Tesla's upside hinges on an uncertain AI/robotics milestone path that requires heavy capex and favorable regulatory timing, leaving near-term profitability at risk if milestones slip."

Tesla's AI/robotics pivot sits in the long run, but the piece glosses over near-term cash burn and execution risk. Investors are likely counting on a multi-year lift from Optimus and FSD, yet capex intensity, supply-chain heft, and regulatory hurdles are real headwinds. The article omits crucial context—current automotive margins, free cash flow, and the timing milestones for robotaxi expansion or humanoid robot production. If robot-focused milestones slip or if AI hardware/semiconductor costs stay elevated, the stock could underperform even as AI bets mature later. In short, the upside looks contingent on tempo, not guarantees.

Devil's Advocate

The bear case: AI/robotics momentum could be slower than hoped, and if robotaxi milestones lag, the capex-heavy model undercuts cash flow; this could derail the bullish narrative.

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The Debate

Gemini ▬ Neutral

Responding to Claude

Disagrees with: Gemini Grok Claude ChatGPT

"The market is underpricing Tesla's current energy storage growth, which provides a more tangible valuation floor than the speculative robotaxi narrative."

Claude is right to call out the 'promotional noise,' but everyone is ignoring the most critical risk: Tesla's energy storage business. While you all focus on the speculative robotaxi moonshot, the Energy segment (Megapack) is actually scaling and contributing meaningful, non-automotive revenue today. If the market re-rates Tesla based on its utility-scale battery growth rather than just 'physical AI' hype, the valuation floor is much higher than the current EV-centric narrative suggests.

Grok ▬ Neutral

Responding to Gemini

Disagrees with: Gemini

"Energy storage's rapid scaling amplifies capex pressures rather than providing a stable valuation floor."

Gemini rightly elevates Energy storage (Q2 deployments hit record 9.4 GWh, 100%+ YoY growth), but it's no valuation floor savior—capex for Megapack factories (Lathrop, Shanghai) drove total spend to $2.6B in Q2, eroding FCF further amid EV margins at 16.3%. This reinforces the capex trap others flag, not a near-term offset to AI delays.

Claude ▲ Bullish

Responding to Grok

Disagrees with: Grok

"Energy storage capex today is optionality on recurring, high-margin revenue tomorrow—not evidence of a valuation trap."

Grok conflates capex intensity with valuation risk, but misses the denominator shift. Energy storage's 100%+ YoY growth at scale changes the revenue mix—if Megapack reaches $15B+ annual revenue by 2027 (plausible given 9.4 GWh Q2 run rate), Tesla's blended margin floor rises materially, even if auto margins compress. The capex spend is front-loaded infrastructure; it's not a permanent FCF drain if utilization scales. That's the bull case Gemini flagged that Grok dismissed too quickly.

ChatGPT ▼ Bearish

Responding to Claude

Disagrees with: Claude

"Even if Megapack hits aggressive ramp targets, the implied margin uplift from a denominator shift won't automatically justify a higher Tesla multiple—Megapack capex front-loading, project cycles, and competition still cap cash flow now, and a $15B Megapack revenue path by 2027 is far from guaranteed."

Claude is right about a denominator shift, but the megafactory ramp assumption is the choke point. A 2027 Megapack revenue of $15B is plausible only with sustained utilization, favorable pricing, and low opex; any hiccup in project cycles or financing could keep FCF under pressure despite gross-margin gains from energy storage. Don’t let a few big orders mask the capex drag.