Is there a reason for Tesla to raise funds via Convertible Notes vs issuing additional stock? I know little about this area.
edit: Thanks for a range of informative replies!
edit: Thanks for a range of informative replies!
TSLA is an ideal stock for convert debt because it's highly volatile (compared to some other companies) which makes the pricing more attractive and opens it up for a certain class of buyers.
Source - I used to price these for a living.
Source: I used to structure and sell these for a living
"In connection with the offering of the notes, Tesla intends to enter into convertible note hedge transactions and warrant transactions, which are generally expected to prevent dilution up to approximately 100% over the common stock price at the time of pricing of the notes due 2019 and 120% over the common stock price at the time of pricing of the notes due 2021. Tesla intends to use a portion of the proceeds from the offering to pay the net cost of the convertible note hedge transactions. In connection with establishing their initial hedge of the convertible note hedge and warrant transactions, the hedge counterparties or their affiliates expect to enter into various derivative transactions with respect to our common stock concurrently with or shortly after the pricing of the notes, including with certain investors in the notes."
Get it?
> From the issuer's perspective, the key benefit of raising money by selling convertible bonds is a reduced cash interest payment. The advantage for companies of issuing convertible bonds is that, if the bonds are converted to stocks, companies' debt vanishes. However, in exchange for the benefit of reduced interest payments, the value of shareholder's equity is reduced due to the stock dilution expected when bondholders convert their bonds into new shares.
Tesla has a ~30% short interest, which contributes to the ridiculous volatility of the stock.
As a TSLA investor who owns several thousand shares, is there any way I can take advantage of this? I'm always looking for a way to generate more cash to acquire more TSLA.
I put cash into our (mine and my wife's) retirement accounts every month, they auto-rebalance it to optimize returns and tax savings.
They have the ability to lock securities in your accounts so their algorithm doesn't touch them, but I asked them to move my TSLA stock to distinct IRA/ROTH IRA accounts just to be safe.
Are you sure that this is the direction of cause and effect?