Tesla spikes 19% after shocking Wall Street by turning a profit last quarter (TSLA)

6:00am PDT - October 24th, 2019    tsla - Business Insider

Tesla shares soared as much as 19% in early Thursday trading after the company achieved profitability for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2018. That defied consensus Wall Street analyst forecasts that called for a quarterly loss. Tesla also beat th…