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TSLA · CIK 0001318605 · FY2025 live · 2025-12-31

Tesla, Inc.

GreySEC 10-KClassic ZIndustrials66th percentile in Industrials · 430 names

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Model

Classic Z

FY2025

2.41

Zone

Grey

vs FY2024

−0.18

Market DD

1y PD

2.41

Z″ 4.46

−21.83.08+

Score 2.41 · distress below 1.80, grey to 2.99, safe at 3.00 and above.

Classic Z factor contributions

  • X1 Working capital / assets

    Short-term liquidity versus the size of the balance sheet.

    0.27
    1.2 × = 0.32
  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

    Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.

    0.28
    1.4 × = 0.40
  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in the original model.

    0.03
    3.3 × = 0.10
  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

    Book equity versus the liability stack. Mega-caps often look greyer here than they would if X4 used market cap.

    1.50
    0.6 × = 0.90
  • X5 Sales / assets

    Asset turnover — how much revenue the asset base supports.

    0.69
    1 × = 0.69

Five-year path

Z plus liquidity (working capital / assets) and earnings (EBIT / assets) over the last 5 annual filings.

Meridian Rank

64.73

0–100 · Classic Z family

  • Book standing

    71

  • Year change

    31

  • Market PD

  • O-score

    93

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today.

  • Weaker in 3 consecutive annual prints (FY2023–FY2025)

    material · 68

    • Consecutive weaker prints: — → 3
    • From FY: — → 2023
    • Through FY: — → 2025
    • Live score: 2.59 → 2.41

Overview

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Tesla, Inc. is on classic Z at 2.41 (grey) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. Book equity / liabilities is the line that sets the print; sales / assets is the runner-up. Versus FY2024 the live print is still grey (−0.18 from 2.59). No market tape loaded. Classic Z was fit on manufacturers. Buybacks can send retained earnings negative at otherwise healthy issuers. X4 is book equity.

Book screen Grey; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.

Market DD · naive Merton

No market tape yet.

Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.

Sector peers

Closest Classic Z scores · 66th percentile in Industrials.

Filing line items

Current assets

$68.6B

Total assets

$137.8B

Current liabilities

$31.7B

Total liabilities

$54.9B

Working capital

$36.9B

Retained earnings

$39.0B

EBIT

$4.4B

Total sales

$94.8B

Book equity

$82.1B

Accession 0001628280-26-003952. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-12-31). Classic Z is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.