Tesla
TSLAReported 21 Oct 2026Owner earnings per share, last 12 months
−$0.28Previous report: $0.55The cash the business made for its owners over the last twelve months, after paying to keep it running and after paying staff in stock, divided by its diluted shares. This is negative: after stock pay, the business spent more than its operating cash flow brought in.
Per share at each report
The previous report’s breakdown was not stored, so the comparison on each line starts with the next report. Every line is divided by that report’s diluted shares, so a company buying back its own stock shows the effect here. Costs are in amber: lower is better.
Each bar is how much that line added to (right) or took from (left) the per-share figure between the two reports. They add up to the change above.
How to read this
Each line is a twelve-month total, so one quarter’s swing is spread across the year. Operating cash flow is what the business generated. Capital spending and stock-based pay are the costs of keeping it going and of paying staff in shares. What is left is owner earnings.
Notes on this company’s figures
- Cover-page shares are about 10% above the diluted average (possibly unvested restricted stock counted as outstanding); decide which count to use for stake %.
- Trailing owner earnings are negative: capital spending ($15.4B) and stock pay ($4.3B) exceed operating cash flow ($18.7B).
- Filing date is approximated by the earnings-release date.
Figures are twelve-month totals: the latest annual report plus the year so far, minus the same stretch a year earlier. How the number is made. Not investment advice.