Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk's $1T Pay Package

So I'll admit up front I don't know a lot about investing, but I at least understand a decent amount about business fundamentals. What I can't understand is why Tesla's stock hasn't tanked yet. They're losing business across every sector they sell in, they're trying to hard pivot to robotics technology and they have the most vocal egocentric CEO constantly trying to extract personal value from the company. If I owned TSLA stock one of these alone would spook me, but TSLA is still trading at all-time highs. None of it makes logical sense to me, genuinely is there something I'm missing here? Has TSLA just become a meme like Gamestop to the point where the business itself doesn't matter at all?

Re: Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk's $1T Pay Package

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Post by postflopclarity » Thu, Nov 06, 2025, 11:10 PM UTC

Ethee wrote: post #5

So I'll admit up front I don't know a lot about investing, but I at least understand a decent amount about business fundamentals. What I can't understand is why Tesla's stock hasn't tanked yet. They're losing business across every sector they sell in, they're trying to hard pivot to robotics technology and they have the most vocal egocentric CEO constantly trying to extract personal value from the company. If I owned…

> Has TSLA just become a meme like Gamestop to the point where the business itself doesn't matter at all?

yes. has been for a while.

Re: Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk's $1T Pay Package

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Post by rvz » Fri, Nov 07, 2025, 1:45 AM UTC

Ethee wrote: post #5

So I'll admit up front I don't know a lot about investing, but I at least understand a decent amount about business fundamentals. What I can't understand is why Tesla's stock hasn't tanked yet. They're losing business across every sector they sell in, they're trying to hard pivot to robotics technology and they have the most vocal egocentric CEO constantly trying to extract personal value from the company. If I owned…

> What I can't understand is why Tesla's stock hasn't tanked yet.

Elon Musk.

> None of it makes logical sense to me, genuinely is there something I'm missing here?

Fundamentals don't work on meme stocks unfortunately, they work on cult leaders and will react when their CEO does or says something erratic.

Re: Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk's $1T Pay Package

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Post by vermilingua » Fri, Nov 07, 2025, 1:52 AM UTC

Ethee wrote: post #5

So I'll admit up front I don't know a lot about investing, but I at least understand a decent amount about business fundamentals. What I can't understand is why Tesla's stock hasn't tanked yet. They're losing business across every sector they sell in, they're trying to hard pivot to robotics technology and they have the most vocal egocentric CEO constantly trying to extract personal value from the company. If I owned…

There's an alternative explanation to TSLA being a meme stock: investing in Tesla is investing in the financial wellbeing of one of the most influential people on the planet. The way the world is going, it's not unreasonable for TSLA shareholders to believe they may get extrinsic rewards from propping up Musk beyond financial gains.

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Post by andsoitis » Fri, Nov 07, 2025, 2:02 AM UTC

That compensation package comes with very steep performance requirements.

There are twelve separate performance milestones, including Tesla's market capitalization growing to $8.5 trillion and delivering 20 million vehicles. He must also meet product-specific goals, such as 10 million active "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) subscriptions, 1 million "Optimus" robots delivered, and 1 million robotaxis in operation. These goals are separated into "tranches" that must be achieved over the next decade.

Re: Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk's $1T Pay Package

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Post by techblueberry » Fri, Nov 07, 2025, 2:37 AM UTC

vermilingua wrote: post #8

Ethee wrote: post #5

So I'll admit up front I don't know a lot about investing, but I at least understand a decent amount about business fundamentals. What I can't understand is why Tesla's stock hasn't tanked yet. They're losing business across every sector they sell in, they're trying to hard pivot to robotics technology and they have the most vocal egocentric CEO constantly trying to extract personal value from the company. If I owned…

There's an alternative explanation to TSLA being a meme stock: investing in Tesla is investing in the financial wellbeing of one of the most influential people on the planet. The way the world is going, it's not unreasonable for TSLA shareholders to believe they may get extrinsic rewards from propping up Musk beyond financial gains.

Someone mentioned that specifically Musk might be behind the scenes tying access to a spaceX IPO to something like investment in Tesla.