Tesla's surprise is Wall Street and Amazon makes another investment in healthcare.

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I'm Chris Hill joining me today, Motley Fool's Senior Analyst Bill Mann.

Thanks for being here.

Hey Chris, what's happening?

We got earnings season.

That's what's happening.

And we're going to start with Tesla.

It feels like we just had earnings season no more than three months ago, but we're back.

I know, isn't it great?

Tesla's second quarter profits were higher than expected, but margins are getting compressed,

which really shouldn't surprise anyone given the cost of materials going higher and supply

chain conditions continuing to be, let's call it, less than ideal.

Yeah, given the circumstances, Tesla's quarter was great.

But yes, you went right to the spot that the people who would suggest that Tesla is not

as great of a company as I believe it to be.

Their margins came down from for production, which is an important distinction for Tesla,

because they also have environmental credits from 30% to 26%.

Which is, in fact, it is a reduction.

It is higher than nearly any other car company.

Volkswagen, for example, which is a really fantastically run company.

Their margins range from 16 to 18%.

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