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Other preferred series, notes and warrants are excluded.","url":"https://capitaltimemachine.com/private/tesla","publisher":"CapitalTimeMachine","dataset_revision":"ctm-research-2026-10-01","dataset_reviewed_on":"2026-09-19","feed_released_on":"2026-10-01","methodology_url":"https://capitaltimemachine.com/methodology","terms_url":"https://capitaltimemachine.com/terms","corrections":"mailto:capitaltimemachine@gmail.com","observations":[{"id":"TSLA-D","title":"Series D preferred issuance","note":"Series D and F use original preferred issuance prices. Note 5 gives issuance/conversion prices of $2.44/$7.32 and $2.97/$8.91, respectively, so each preferred share maps to one-third of a common share. The May 2010 common-stock reverse split is included in this factor; do not apply it again. Offering value uses the June 28, 2010 $17 price, before any later public-market splits. Prices are rounded in the filing; output is approximate. 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Prices are rounded in the filing; output is approximate. Other preferred series, notes and warrants are excluded.","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000119312510149105/d424b4.htm","source_locators":["Note 5, F-22–F-23: original issuance price divided by conversion price; May 2010 reverse split","Prospectus cover: $17.00, June 28, 2010"]}],"valuation_comparisons":[],"user_entered_private_prices":false,"entered_public_price_review":{"company":"tesla","ticker":"TSLA","issuer_cik":"1318605","model_ids":["TSLA-D-IPO","TSLA-F-IPO"],"from_date":"2024-06-10","through_date":"2026-09-19","reviewed_on":"2026-09-19","status":"reviewed_user_price_scenario","historical_only":false,"limitation":"Entered price is unverified. Use the actual common-share price on its dated basis, not a dividend-adjusted or retrospectively split-adjusted history.","listed_equivalent_factor":"1","splits":[{"date":"2020-08-31","factor":"5","label":"5 for 1","source":"https://ir.tesla.com/press-release/tesla-announces-five-one-stock-split"},{"date":"2022-08-25","factor":"3","label":"3 for 1","source":"https://ir.tesla.com/press-release/tesla-announces-three-one-stock-split"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000119312510149105/d424b4.htm","title":"Original IPO share basis","locator":"Prospectus / offering and capital-stock terms; the existing private-to-IPO model supplies the entry conversion."},{"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828026049270/tsla-20260630.htm","title":"Issuer 10-Q · 2026-07-23","locator":"Common-stock presentation and corporate-action screening. A missing split keyword alone is not evidence of a complete history."},{"url":"https://www.stocksplithistory.com/?symbol=TSLA","title":"Supplemental split-history screen","locator":"Dated post-IPO corporate actions only. Ticker reuse can introduce unrelated pre-IPO events; those are excluded. No market quote was copied."}],"review_note":"Entry-to-IPO conversion reuses the approved company-specific model. The post-IPO corporate-action screen matches the issuer CIK and excludes reused ticker history predating its IPO. This is a bounded price-only scenario, not a licensed quote or a certified corporate-action feed."},"public_ipo":null},"limitations":["Historical research and hypothetical arithmetic, not live quotes, investment advice or an offer to invest.","Company valuation changes are not shareholder returns. Financing, dilution, security rights and exit access matter.","IPO offer-price marks are not realized sale proceeds; minimum investments and access are not established.","User-entered prices and valuations are assumptions, not sourced observations. Fee and carry treatment is stated by each method; taxes and distributions are excluded.","Selected surviving companies are not representative of private-market outcomes; investments may lose all value."]}