Tesla's third-quarter results are due Wednesday

Tesla will publish its results for the third quarter of 2026 on Wednesday, October 21, after the US stock market closes. The company gave the date in its production and delivery release of October 2.

According to that release, Tesla will post a short update on its investor website, ir.tesla.com. Managers will then answer questions in a live webcast at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time (4:30 p.m. Central). A recorded version should be online about two hours later.

Some numbers for the quarter are already known. Tesla said it delivered 486,532 vehicles and built 464,391 between July and September. It also installed 13.7 gigawatt-hours of energy storage. Electrek reported that deliveries were 2.1% lower than a year earlier but above what analysts expected, while storage was below forecasts.

Electrek said analysts on average expected revenue of about 28.06 billion dollars, roughly the same as a year earlier. Profit margins, money from regulatory credits, rising costs and spending on AI and robotaxis were among the topics it listed for the call. More than 800 shareholder questions were submitted ahead of it.

The report comes after a volatile period for large tech stocks: the Nasdaq lost about 4.5% in the week to October 16 before rising on October 19. Net income and cash flow will only be known when the results are released.