Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link. Tesla Motors ( TSLA) pushed the Automotive industry lower today making it today's featured Automotive laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.9%. By the end of trading, Tesla Motors fell $1.95 (-1.3%) to $145.43 on light volume. Throughout the day, 8,705,268 shares of Tesla Motors exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 11,768,400 shares. The stock ranged in price between $144.45-$149.84 after having opened the day at $149.50 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $147.38. Other companies within the Automotive industry that declined today were: Fox Factory ( FOXF), down 3.0%, Gentherm ( THRM), down 1.9% and SORL Auto Parts ( SORL), down 1.7%. Tesla Motors, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells electric vehicles and electric vehicle powertrain components. Tesla Motors has a market cap of $17.7 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are up 351.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Tesla Motors a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold. TheStreet Ratings rates Tesla Motors as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance and increase in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally higher debt management risk and poor profit margins.
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