CHICAGO, Oct. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include the Tesla Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq:TSLA-Free Report), Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM-Free Report), Tata Motors Limited (NYSE:TTM-Free Report) and Gentherm Incorporated (Nasdaq:THRM-Free Report).
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Tesla Faces Sales Restriction, Shares Drop
Share price of Tesla Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq:TSLA-Free Report) dropped 1.8% to $231.10 on Oct 22, after the Michigan governor signed a legislation banning direct car sales by automakers in the state. The law mandates that new vehicles need to be purchased from dealerships. According to Tesla, enforcement of this law will adversely affect consumers in the state as the dealers will increase the price of the vehicles.
Auto dealers are mainly supportive of this law. They believe that if automakers directly sell their vehicles, they will use their power to sell vehicles at lower prices than their independent franchisees. They consider that this will adversely affect the independent franchisees.
On Oct 1, the Michigan Automobile Dealers Association successfully passed a HB5606 bill. This bill is an amendment to the existing law, designed to make sure that car dealers can take additional fees for all vehicles sold in Michigan. The bill also seeks to ban Tesla from operating a gallery in Michigan. According to the company, this gallery only provides information about their vehicles without any involvement in sales.
Tesla also faced sales restrictions in New Jersey and Missouri. The new regulations in New Jersey banned the direct sales of vehicles by any automaker and necessitated the use of middlemen. Thus, Tesla's sales will be restricted in New Jersey and its existing retail licenses will be cancelled.
In Missouri too, the legislators banned the direct sales of vehicles to the public. According to a bill, customers can only purchase new vehicles through middleman-franchised dealers.
Tesla argues that the new law will help dealers to create a monopoly. It believes that direct sales reduce the price of electric vehicles and facilitate higher sales. But dealers put forward that they play an important role for the customers by taking care of warranty, recall and other service-related issues with the manufacturer, which is lost in case of direct sales.
Currently, Tesla carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Better-ranked automobile stocks worth considering include Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM-Free Report), Tata Motors Limited (NYSE:TTM-Free Report) and Gentherm Incorporated (Nasdaq:THRM-Free Report). All these stocks sport a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
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