Elon Musk: Wall Road asks if Musk can handle Twitter, Tesla and extra

Because the mud settles on Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout of Twitter, analysts and buyers are debating one essential query – has the billionaire entrepreneur behind Tesla and SpaceX bitten off greater than he can chew?

Musk, who additionally runs brain-chip startup Neuralink and tunneling agency the Boring firm, is anticipated to turn into interim chief of Twitter, in line with an individual acquainted with the matter, after he fired CEO Parag Agarwal and different high firm officers.

“He’s stretching himself skinny,” stated Dennis Dick, retail dealer at Triple D Buying and selling.

“It’s important to be involved that perhaps we’re not going to get as a lot consideration on Tesla as we had been (getting) up to now as a result of Twitter’s going to be a giant undertaking for him.”

Stakes are excessive for Tesla, which is scaling up manufacturing at two mega factories in Texas and Germany and faces rising competitors from legacy automakers corresponding to Ford Motors and Common Motors Co.

Tesla’s inventory has misplaced practically a 3rd of its market worth since Musk made a suggestion to purchase Twitter in April, greater than double the decline within the benchmark S&P 500 index in the identical interval.

Musk has stated he needs to “defeat” spam bots on Twitter, have fewer limits on content material that may be posted and stop the platform from changing into an echo chamber for division.

However he has not provided particulars on how he’ll obtain all this and who will run the corporate.

Mike Ramsey, vp of automotive at Gartner, additionally stated Tesla’s management hierarchy was additionally not as clear as SpaceX and other people on the electric-vehicle maker must step as much as take cost of the operations.

Tesla gross sales additionally might be affected by Musk’s actions of opening up Twitter to some beforehand banned people — although whether or not it’s a web constructive or unfavorable is up for debate.

“Shopping for Twitter could be a turnoff for some prospects, however on the identical time, we predict it may open a chance for brand spanking new prospects,” stated CFRA Analysis analyst Garrett Nelson.

Nelson is amongst those that consider that Musk can deal with the varied roles whereas delivering on Tesla’s targets.

“If anybody is able to pulling off this juggling act in our view, it is Elon,” he stated.