---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-034588"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TSLA"
cik: "0001318605"
company_name: "Tesla, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T21:44:24.260349+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tesla Q3 GAAP EPS $0.53, revenue $23.35B, operating margin 7.6% down from 17.2% YoY

## Summary
- GAAP net income $1.85B (-44% YoY); diluted EPS $0.53; non-GAAP EPS $0.66.
- Total revenue $23.35B (+9% YoY) despite lower ASP and $0.4B FX headwind.
- Vehicle deliveries 435,059 (+27% YoY); production fell sequentially due to factory upgrades.
- Energy storage deployments record 4.0 GWh (+90% YoY); energy & services gross profit >$0.5B.
- Free cash flow $848M; cash & investments $26.1B. Cybertruck deliveries on track for Nov 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-034588
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TSLA
- cik: 0001318605
- company_name: Tesla, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828023034588/0001628280-23-034588-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828023034588/tsla-20231018.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Tesla, Inc. reported financial results for quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  - Period: quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On October 18, 2023, Tesla, Inc. released its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 by posting its Third Quarter 2023 Update on its website. The full text of the update is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828023034588/0001628280-23-034588-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.