Current prices put the auto maker’s market value below $1 trillion. The stock needed to maintain a share price of about $311 to keep that mark.

The Pew Research Center released polling data on Musk on Feb. 19, 2025, showing that 54 percent of adults in the U.S. have an unfavorable view of Elon Musk. That's a large number of potential shoppers who are likely to show their distaste for the Tesla owner by boycotting his products.

Ross Gerber, a longtime Tesla shareholder, outlined to BI four reasons he thinks the stock is vulnerable to a 50% pullback this year.