Tesla shares downbeat estimates of sales

Tesla Inc. published a compilation of analyst estimates for vehicle deliveries to its website, and the averages for the current quarter are more pessimistic than those gathered by Bloomberg.

- CRAIG TRUDELL

By Tesla’s count, analysts on average expect the company to deliver 422,850 cars in the fourth quarter, down 15% from a year earlier.

That compares with a Bloomberg-compiled average of 445,061 vehicles, a 10% drop.

While Tesla’s investor relations team has compiled average delivery estimates for years, the company hasn’t shared the figures on its investors’ page in the past.