For the 2nd day in a row, electric auto titan Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) saw its stock tumble, as it continued to be rocked by investor concerns over a renewed danger of problem in between Russia and Ukraine, increasing interest rates in the united state, the growth of a recent Model 3 and Model Y recall into China, and also obviously– Hitlergate.

Tesla stock Price is down 3.6% as of 12:55 p.m. ET today. Any type of or all of the above factors may have added to today’s decrease, a minimum of partly. As well as currently capitalists have a brand-new concern to take into consideration, also:

In a prolonged item out today, renowned company information publication Barron’s describes exactly how the other day’s steep sell-off of Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) stock (Albemarle is a manufacturer of lithium, used to manufacture the electric vehicle batteries that power Tesla’s lorries) could foreshadow a period of decreasing profitability at the carmaker.

Albemarle reported fourth-quarter sales and earnings the other day that mainly matched Wall Street’s projections for the business. Issue was, Albemarle’s profit margins– as well as its revenues, duration– took a substantial hit as it spent heavily to develop out its manufacturing capability to satisfy the incredible international demand for lithium.

This impact of up front capital investment weighing on earnings margins is what capitalists call “reduced fixed-cost absorption,” as well as in today’s write-up, Barron’s advises that a similar fate can await Tesla as it invests heavily to set up two new vehicle manufacturing plants in Germany and also Texas.

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On the plus side, these 2 new manufacturing facilities need to rapidly enable Tesla to increase its yearly cars and truck production by as much as 100,000 cars– as well as eventually, by 1 million vehicles complete. On the minus side, however, “it will certainly take a while to obtain manufacturing ramped up,” advises Barron’s, and while production stands up to speed, Tesla’s revenue margins can take a hit.

Barron’s notes that Tesla CFO Zachary Kirkhorn has actually been attempting to prepare capitalists for this bad news, warning of “higher set and also semi-variable expenses in the near term,” along with “the typical inefficiencies as we ramp a brand-new manufacturing facility” in the company’s Q4 conference call.

Investors may not have been paying close attention when he said that last month– but they sure appear to be taking note since Barron’s has duplicated the caution today.

Elon Musk unloaded $22 billion of Tesla stock– and also still has even more currently than a year back

Elon Musk released a gush of stock sales, options exercises, tax settlement sales as well as talented shares in 2015 amounting to virtually $22 billion. Yet also after discharging so much Tesla stock, he still possesses a bigger share of the company, thanks to his compensation package.

Musk offered $16 billion in shares in 2015 and also, according to a filing with the U.S. Stocks as well as Exchange Payment Monday, talented 5 million shares, which deserve virtually $6 billion, to a concealed charity or recipient in November. The sales and also presents bring his total to around $22 billion– a mix of tax settlements, cash in his pocket and also the gift.

Yet due to the nature of the options exercises, Musk actually completed the year with a bigger possession stake– as well as more shares– in Tesla. In 2012, Musk was granted options on 22.8 million shares worth concerning $28 billion last autumn when he started offering.

The means the choices exercises work is that Musk initially began transforming the 22.8 million options right into shares. The options had a strike rate of only $6.24, so he might pay $6.24 for each option and get a share of Tesla stock, which were trading at more than $1,000 last autumn.

With each options conversion, he would at the same time market shares to pay the taxes, considering that the alternatives are tired as TSLA revenue. Also as he was dumping billions of bucks well worth of shares to pay the tax obligations, he was accumulating an even bigger quantity of stock at the low alternatives cost– hence raising his possession of the business.

In total, Musk offered 15.7 million shares for $16.4 billion. Contribute to that the talented shares, as well as he unloaded a total of 20.7 million shares. Yet he gained 22.8 million shares through the choices exercise– leaving him with 2 million more shares in Tesla at the end of the year. He currently has 172.6 million shares, which offers him a 17% risk in the business, making him by far the solitary largest individual investor.

Musk began his share task with a poll on Nov. 6, telling his followers “Much is made recently of unrealized gains being a means of tax evasion, so I recommend offering 10% of my Tesla stock. Do you support this?” Musk pledged to follow the results of the survey, which ended up with 58% for a sale as well as 42% against.

In the long run, he made good on the promise of selling 10% of his stake. But he acquired much more back with alternatives, which offered him a round-trip-stock journey that left him with billions in cash money, the largest solitary tax repayment in U.S. history and a lot more Tesla shares.

Musk’s possession– and $227 billion lot of money– is most likely to skyrocket once more in the future. His following huge pay plan, which could be also larger than the 2012 honor, runs out in 2028.