so what’s all included under the phrase “market cap”? how do we figure out exact worth - stocks, sales, assets, minus liabilities? personally i don’t think it would have to get this granular but i supose we ought to know what we’d be looking at, because i don’t think they will be selling more units than all three big automakers combined seven years from now. i also don’t think their market share will be larger than the big three automakers in seven years. just let me know what you’re considering.
They may not sell more cars within 7 years, but their margins are a lot higher. They may also produce income by selling their technology to other auto manufacturers. Their potential to eventually sell more cars then other car companies will put at a value higher than all three.
If they operate their current California facility to half capacity (250,000 cars a year) or if they start production in their planned Texas facility in 5 years they will easily be valued higher than the other three companies in 7 years.
Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUgDcA1pZAM
A great American innovation/success story.
Also I did not mean combined, but larger than all three individually.