Should You Forget Tesla Stock Near a 52-Week Low?

After tanking on poorly received quarterly earnings, Tesla shares bounced back ahead of quarterly results from SpaceX, another Elon Musk-run company.

With investors reacting negatively to SpaceX's reported ramp-up in AI spending, similar concerns may be brewing with the electric vehicle (EV) company's shares.

This could continue in the near term, but this volatility by no means impacts the long-term bull case, which remains built on Tesla's further pivot into AI, robotics, and autonomous vehicle technology.

After hitting a new 52-week low late last month, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has embarked on a rebound, with the stock surging from just less than $300 per share to around $325 per share. Yet while investor sentiment has shifted back from bearish to bullish, it's questionable how long said shift will last.

For one, this bounce-back may have had more to do with excitement surrounding the first earnings release from Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) , aka SpaceX, Elon Musk's other trillion-dollar company. Also, while investors may be moving on from Tesla's poorly received July earnings release, turbulence may soon return, though it's not necessarily a warning sign for long-term investors.

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A look at Tesla's second quarter 2026 results justifies the stock's midsummer downward spiral. While overall sales increased 26% year over year, from $22.5 billion to $28.2 billion, non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) earnings fell 18%, from $0.40 to $0.33 per share. Worse yet, operating income fell by a staggering 57% year over year, with the company's operating margins coming in at just 1.4%.

However, as soon as the market bailed on Tesla, investors jumped back in ahead of SpaceX's quarterly earnings release on Aug. 4. Both Tesla and SpaceX trade in similar patterns. There's also now increased attention toward numerous synergies between the two Musk-led companies.