Abstract (eng)
This thesis examines in detail Tesla’s (Tesla, Inc.) business model as well as its business and financial risks in order to build a coherent and robust valuation model to value Tesla’s shares as of 30th September 2018. A pivotal role in this regard is detecting the key value drivers in Tesla’s corporate operations by understanding how the company generates income and plans to converge its business model to become profitable in the long run. Moreover, an in-depth analysis on various risk factors is conducted to quantify the status quo of Tesla’s risk profile. Furthermore, Tesla’s capital structure is examined, as well as valuing its hybrid components. To derive Tesla’s intrinsic enterprise and equity value, different valuation models are discussed regarding their applicability and the discounted cash flow to firm approach is applied. The thesis shows consequently in detail the derivation of Tesla’s equity value per share under different scenarios and reviews the valuation outcomes with a relative valuation approach.