Tesla (TSLA) released its fourth-quarter earnings yesterday, Jan. 29. The company missed both the top-line and bottom-line estimates in the quarter, and the commentary on its short-term outlook wasn’t particularly convincing.

Head of Investor Relations Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to Tesla's fourth quarter 2024 q&a webcast. My name is Travis Axelrod, the here at Tesla. And I'm joined today by Elon Musk and Vaibhav Taneja and a number of other executives.

Canaccord Genuity analyst George Gianarikas said the firm agrees with Elon Musk’s enthusiasm around the autonomous vehicles and robotics opportunity and believes they are likely to materialize into generational opportunities. However, the Tesla ( TSLA) earnings results and near-term commentary left the analyst team "less than nourished."

As one of the foremost electric vehicle companies in the world, Tesla continues to be an important company to watch in tech, but its Q4 2024 didn’t bring as good of news as investors might have expected. The company put out its latest earnings results, and with it came a miss on both revenue and earnings-per-share (EPS) versus analyst expectations.