Tesla to raise up to $5 billion in share offering, its second in three months - CNBC

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Tesla unveiled a $5 billion capital raise on Tuesday, its second such move in three months as the electric-car maker cashes in on a meteoric rally in its shares this year.

The additional shares will be sold "from time to time" and "at-the-market" prices, Tesla said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing said banks will sell shares based on directives from Tesla.

Tesla's market cap is currently at $598 billion, meaning the new offering represents less than 1% of the company's value.

The new capital raise comes at an important time for Tesla, which is in the process of building new factories in Germany and Texas.

Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said in a note Tuesday the capital raise is a "clear positive and further solidifies" the bull case for Tesla.

"Now in a clear position of strength and out of the red ink with major factory build outs on the horizon (Austin and Berlin), Musk and his red cape are raising enough capital to get the balance sheet and capital structure to further firm up its growing cash position and slowly get out of its debt situation, which throws the lingering bear thesis for Tesla out the window for now," he wrote.

The company's shares, which touched a record high on Monday, reversed course to fall over 2% in premarket trading. Shares of the automaker are up roughly 670% this year. That includes a 5-for-1 stock split in August.

Tesla entered an equity distribution agreement with banks including Goldman Sachs and Citigroup Global Markets to sell its common stock, having aggregate sales proceeds of up to $5 billion. The banks will be compensated by a commission of up to 0.25% of the aggregate gross proceeds from each sale of the shares, according to its SEC filing.

—Reuters contributed to this report.

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