每次比特币价格跳水使埃隆•马斯克的高调投资显得十分鲁莽时,特斯拉的股价就会迅速大幅反弹,而那些加密货币的早期拥趸就又会摆出“料事如神”的样子。特斯拉比特币投资再次发生惊人逆转,账面的亏损逐渐消失了。特斯拉如今拥有4.2万枚比特币,每枚比特币的平均价格为3.17万美元。今年4月比特币达到6.4万美元高点时,马斯克的赌注已几乎实现了100%的实现和未实现收益,即15亿美元。但随着价格下跌,这种优势逐渐减弱。6月20日,比特币跌至近几个月最低点29360美元。特斯拉的所有收益,包括第一季度出售10%的股票获得的1.28亿美元利润,以及仍在账面上的比特币,都亏空了。
但此后,比特币的价格又重回巅峰。马斯克在人们心中的形象改变了,就像回到了《周六夜现场》的节目里,从江轮赌徒变成了飞入太空的动作片明星。仅仅10天之后,也就是6月30日的季末,比特币的价格飙升至35041美元,使特斯拉的比特币总资产上升了19%,达到14.7亿美元。截至8月6日收盘,比特币价格又上涨了22%,至42,831美元。
6月20日触底后,特斯拉的投资组合从12.33亿美元跃升至至18亿美元。在短短两周内,从盈亏平衡变为账面收益5.7亿美元。
按照特斯拉的标准,这算是一笔巨款了。第二季度,这家电动汽车制造商公布了有史以来最好的季度业绩,税前收入和监管抵免销售收入共计9.39亿美元,冲抵了第一季度的亏损。因此,从6月20日到8月6日,特斯拉通过比特币获得的收益与第二季度销售电动汽车和电池的收益相当。
用公司资金投资一项波动性很大的资产,马斯克的压力似乎一点也不小。赶上高点抛出,特斯拉可能会多赚一个季度的利润;但如果投资失败,就可能抹去整个季度的利润。如果特斯拉能在第一季度盈利大幅增长的基础上继续发展下去,股东们对特斯拉豪赌比特币的担忧情绪也会随之缓解。如果特斯拉不能实现远大的盈利目标,他们将很快会对马斯克的冒险投资感到失望。(财富中文网)
编译:於欣
每次比特币价格跳水使埃隆•马斯克的高调投资显得十分鲁莽时,特斯拉的股价就会迅速大幅反弹,而那些加密货币的早期拥趸就又会摆出“料事如神”的样子。特斯拉比特币投资再次发生惊人逆转,账面的亏损逐渐消失了。特斯拉如今拥有4.2万枚比特币,每枚比特币的平均价格为3.17万美元。今年4月比特币达到6.4万美元高点时,马斯克的赌注已几乎实现了100%的实现和未实现收益,即15亿美元。但随着价格下跌,这种优势逐渐减弱。6月20日,比特币跌至近几个月最低点29360美元。特斯拉的所有收益,包括第一季度出售10%的股票获得的1.28亿美元利润,以及仍在账面上的比特币,都亏空了。
但此后,比特币的价格又重回巅峰。马斯克在人们心中的形象改变了,就像回到了《周六夜现场》的节目里,从江轮赌徒变成了飞入太空的动作片明星。仅仅10天之后,也就是6月30日的季末,比特币的价格飙升至35041美元,使特斯拉的比特币总资产上升了19%,达到14.7亿美元。截至8月6日收盘,比特币价格又上涨了22%,至42,831美元。
6月20日触底后,特斯拉的投资组合从12.33亿美元跃升至至18亿美元。在短短两周内,从盈亏平衡变为账面收益5.7亿美元。
按照特斯拉的标准,这算是一笔巨款了。第二季度,这家电动汽车制造商公布了有史以来最好的季度业绩,税前收入和监管抵免销售收入共计9.39亿美元,冲抵了第一季度的亏损。因此,从6月20日到8月6日,特斯拉通过比特币获得的收益与第二季度销售电动汽车和电池的收益相当。
用公司资金投资一项波动性很大的资产,马斯克的压力似乎一点也不小。赶上高点抛出,特斯拉可能会多赚一个季度的利润;但如果投资失败,就可能抹去整个季度的利润。如果特斯拉能在第一季度盈利大幅增长的基础上继续发展下去,股东们对特斯拉豪赌比特币的担忧情绪也会随之缓解。如果特斯拉不能实现远大的盈利目标,他们将很快会对马斯克的冒险投资感到失望。(财富中文网)
编译:於欣
Every time Bitcoin crashes to make Elon Musk's famous bet look reckless, Tesla's stake rebounds big and fast, handing the lead cryptocurrency's fans still another "we told you so" moment. A amazing reversal flipping Tesla's holdings from red to black just happened again. Tesla now owns 42,000 Bitcoin at an average cost of $31,700 per coin. At Bitcoin's high point of over $64,000 in April, Musk's wager had garnered realized and unrealized gains of almost 100%, or $1.5 billion. But that bounty gradually eroded as its price drifted downward, and, on June 20, Bitcoin slipped to a near multi-month low of $29,360. All of Tesla's gains, both the $128 million profit on the 10% of its holdings sold in Q1, and the coins still on its books, totally vanished.
Then Bitcoin roared back. Musk changed personas as if he were back on Saturday Night Live, from riverboat gambler to an action hero rocketing into space. Just 10 days later, at the end of the quarter on June 30, Bitcoin's price had jumped to $35,041, lifting the value of Tesla's trove by 19% to $1.47 billion. By the market close on Aug. 6, Bitcoin leapt another 22% to $42,831.
From the trough on June 20, Tesla's portfolio jumped $1.233 billion to $1.8 billion. In just two weeks, Tesla's holdings swung from breakeven to a $570 million paper gain.
By Tesla's standards, that's big money. In Q2, the EV-maker posted its best quarterly results ever, earning $939 million before taxes and sales of regulatory credits, up from a loss in Q1. Hence, Tesla gained as much on Bitcoin from June 20 to Aug. 6 as it made selling EVs and batteries in its second quarter.
Elon doesn't seem the least stressed over parking corporate cash in an asset so volatile that by selling on one of its spikes, Tesla could reap as much as an extra quarter's earnings, and that if it collapses, could erase the quarter's profits. If Tesla can build on its big earnings increase in Q1, shareholders will be a lot more relaxed about the boss's Bitcoin lark. If Tesla fails to deliver big, they will quickly sour on Musk's gambit as an adventure too far.