Is TSLA diluting shareholders?

Read three numbers together: shares outstanding over time (3.95B as of 2026-07-16), warrants that can convert into new shares (3.1M reported), and how much cash runway remains. A company short on cash with live registrations is structurally likely to issue shares.

Where do these numbers come from?

SEC EDGAR only: the XBRL company-facts API for shares, warrants and cash, and filing metadata for registrations and pricings. Every figure shows its source form, and nothing here is estimated by us beyond the arithmetic stated next to it.

Why might a warrant tranche be missing from the table?

The tranche table is built from the dimensions the company tagged in its own 10-Q or 10-K XBRL. A tranche the filer chose not to dimension does not appear, and its absence proves nothing: the exhibits remain the ground truth. Everything shown carries the filing it came from.

Dilution profile // every instrument, one screen, from SEC filings

Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)

CIK 1318605 · all EDGAR filings →

Overall dilution risk

HIGHworst of 4 computed signals (offering ability)

= the worst band among the computed sub-ratings, no hidden weighting

Offering ability

HIGHS-3ASR on file 2019-05-02

= is there a registration (S-1/S-3 family) on file without a later withdrawal

no structured fee data on the live registrations, so this is a yes/no, not a size

Overhead supply

LOWwarrants = 0% of O/S

= warrant shares outstanding divided by current shares outstanding (bands: 20% / 50%)

warrants only; converts, ATMs and equity lines are not in free structured data, so the true overhead is AT LEAST this

Historical dilution

LOW+24% O/S in 3y

= share count now vs 3 years ago (bands: 30% / 100%); a reverse split pushes this negative

Cash need

LOWoperating cash flow positive

= cash vs trailing operating burn (bands: 6mo / 24mo; positive operating CF = low)

Same rating bands the category standard uses, but free, with the formula on the chip and the gaps in the data said out loud.

Shares outstanding over time

Latest: 3.95B shares as of Jul 16, 2026 (10-Q).

Cash runway

Self-funding

profitable · generates cash

Full breakdown: cash runway tool · source filing →

Warrants

Warrants outstanding: 3.1M underlying shares, as reported Dec 31, 2014 (10-K).

Reported exercise price: $7.54 (aggregate figure as tagged; individual tranches vary).

Rough fully diluted estimate: 3.95B = 3.95B O/S + 3.1M warrant shares. An estimate, not a filing figure: it ignores converts, options and RSUs, and the two inputs carry different as-of dates.

Registrations and offerings

Last 12 months: 0 executed · 0 registered.

EXECUTEDDec 8, 2020Shelf takedown priced — shares or notes (small-caps: usually shares; open the filing to confirm)424B5 →

EXECUTEDSep 1, 2020Shelf takedown priced — shares or notes (small-caps: usually shares; open the filing to confirm)424B5 →

EXECUTEDApr 30, 2020Shelf takedown priced — shares or notes (small-caps: usually shares; open the filing to confirm)424B5 →

EXECUTEDFeb 14, 2020Shelf takedown priced — shares or notes (small-caps: usually shares; open the filing to confirm)424B5 →

EXECUTEDFeb 13, 2020Shelf takedown priced — shares or notes (small-caps: usually shares; open the filing to confirm)424B5 →

EXECUTEDAug 16, 2019Shelf takedown priced — shares or notes (small-caps: usually shares; open the filing to confirm)424B5 →

UPDATEMay 13, 2019Prospectus update — often a resale registration, not necessarily new capital424B3 →

EFFECTIVEMay 10, 2019SEC declared a registration effective — selling can beginEFFECT →

EXECUTEDMay 8, 2019Unregistered share sale disclosed (8-K item 3.02)8-K →

EXECUTEDMay 3, 2019Shelf takedown priced — shares or notes (small-caps: usually shares; open the filing to confirm)424B5 →

MARKETINGMay 3, 2019Free-writing prospectus — offering being marketedFWP →

Full history and shelf status: offering checker · S-3 shelf checker

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL company facts and filing metadata, fetched live and cached briefly. Share counts are cover-page figures with their form named. Warrant tranches come from the dimensioned facts in the latest 10-Q/10-K instance document, exactly as the company tagged them; untagged tranches are absent, not disproven. Nothing on this page is manually verified and nothing is behind a login: what free data supports is shown, what it cannot support is stated. Not investment advice.

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