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The market is misreading the price picture for graphite electrodes used in the steel industry and will soon see falling prices that will negatively affect the stock of American producer GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE: EAF), Vertical Group analyst Gordon Johnson said Thursday. What To Know...

Investors looking to buy the dip in Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)'s stock may want to first listen to why notable bear analyst Gordon Johnson expects shares to plunge 70 percent this year toward his $88 year-end price target. What Happened The bullish case for Tesla in recent years was...

Tesla Inc (NYSE: TSLA) stock rocketed 12.7 percent higher Tuesday after the company disclosed it will be announcing third-quarter earnings after Wednesday's market close, which Electrek said is a week ahead of schedule. While investors don't yet know just how good the numbers will be,...

The Securities and Exchange Commission accused Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk of fraud in a lawsuit filed Thursday after determining Musk’s take-private tweets were “false and misleading.” The regulators are seeking orders to bar Musk from company leadership and...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) tumbled Friday as the Street weighed securities fraud charges levied against CEO Elon Musk. Some say things could get worse. Vertical Group’s Gordon Johnson posited that the company, its CFO and its board could be implicated in the charges. Tesla’s investor...

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) investors experienced a very unorthodox announcement on Aug. 7, when CEO Elon Musk tweeted he considered taking the company private, with “funding secured.” After weeks of speculation, the Securities and Exchange Commission is now taking Musk to task. What...

The simultaneous civil and criminal investigations of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) are far more serious than Street chatter indicates, according to Gordon Johnson.  The Analyst The Vertical Group managing director discussed the Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of...

Vertical Group Managing Director Gordon Johnson joined Benzinga’s PreMarket Prep show Thursday morning to discuss a range of topics, including Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), steel prices and solar stocks. China’s Solar Problem When asked whether China will be able to continue to...

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) and CEO Elon Musk’s surprise offer to take the company private at $420 per share has been the most controversial story on Wall Street in the past week, but another analyst threw shade on Musk’s proposal. The Analyst Vertical Group analyst Gordon Johnson on...

Street experts aren’t convinced Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) will post profits and positive free cash flow in the third and fourth quarters. The stock’s most bearish analyst expects lay investors will soon reach the same conclusion. The Rating Vertical Group’s Gordon Johnson...

As China chops its solar installation incentives, First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR)’s story is taking a turn for the worse. Vertical Group’s Gordon Johnson double downgraded the stock Thursday in light of both the Chinese policy decision and prior solar policy actions in Spain, Germany...

Each Model 3 sold in the first quarter of this year cost Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) nearly $14,000, according to calculations by Vertical Group’s Gordon Johnson. Johnson initially published a $15,600 loss-per-Model 3 estimate Tuesday morning but adjusted his “cars sold” figure...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is optimistic that it can ramp car production with the capital it has now, but not everyone on the Street is convinced. The Rating Vertical Research Group analyst Gordon Johnson initiated coverage of Tesla with a Sell rating and 2019 price target of $84. The Thesis That...

Pre-open movers U.S. stock futures traded higher in early pre-market trade. The Producer Price Index for February and data on retail sales for February will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. Data on business inventories for January will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial...

The U.S. steel industry may have gotten a boost from President Donald Trump’s recently announced import tariffs on steel and aluminum. The tariff announcement could be an excellent opportunity for investors to sell shares of United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X), according to...