And 2022 was an especially transformative year for EV leader Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). The company earned $12.6 billion in net income in 2022 while generating $7.6 billion in free cash flow.

However, Tesla reported $2.0 billion in free cash flow, a redirection of dollars to both increase the capabilities of its technology and manufacturing. The following chart illustrates Tesla's ...

The above chart ... Tesla's operating cash flows totaled $2.4 billion. Tesla's operating cash flows have grown to a very respectable level, but this still is only one-fifth of the cash flow ...

The question is whether the risk/reward calculation makes sense for Tesla stock. Here's one view on matters. It's easy to point at the stock's current valuation based on earnings, cash flow ...

A chart of Tesla's cash flow illustrates this situation nicely: Free cash flow is a measure of how Tesla's "cash in the bank" is changing quarter by quarter. When free cash flow is negative ...

Before writing about that, though, let’s just take a quick look at a few numbers and graphs ... Tesla shares as vastly overvalued and maintain our $45 PO, which is based on a 2015e EV/EBITDA ...

Tesla Inc (TSLA) reported strong Q3 operating and free cash flow margins on Oct. 23 ... Tesla achieved an adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) margin ...