特斯拉的市值超过了沃尔玛

Electric car maker Tesla (TSLA) has overtaken American retail giant Walmart (WMT) in value, as Elon Musk's company continues its meteoric rise.

电动汽车制造商特斯拉的市值已经超过了美国零售巨头沃尔玛，而埃隆•马斯克的公司也在继续快速增长。

A surge in the firm's share price has taken its market capitalisation to $373bn (£285bn), racing past the supermarket's $370bn.

该公司股价的飙升已使其市值达到3730亿美元(2850亿英镑)，超过了沃尔玛超市的3700亿美元。

Tesla's stock passed the $2,000 mark on Thursday, ahead of its planned shares split which will see investors receive five shares for every one they hold.

特斯拉的股票在周四突破了2000美元大关，在其计划的股票分拆之前，投资者每持有一股就可以得到5股。

Some analysts predict Musk's company will become one of the largest firms in the world, according to the Daily Mail.

据《每日邮报》报道，一些分析人士预测，马斯克的公司将成为世界上最大的公司之一。

The firm is storming past traditional car makers due to its cutting-edge battery technology with its shares seeing a 806% rise in just 12 months.

凭借先进的电池技术，该公司的股价在短短12个月内就上涨了806%，一举超越了传统汽车制造商。

But Walmart still remains a much larger company, maintaining its position as the world's largest retailer. The supermarket giant has annual revenues of $524bn and profits of $15bn, compared to Tesla's revenues of $24.6bn and profit of $35.8m in 2019.

但沃尔玛仍是一家大得多的公司，保持着全球最大零售商的地位。这家超市巨头的年收入为5240亿美元，利润为150亿美元，而特斯拉2019年的收入为246亿美元，利润为3580万美元。

It also employs 2.2 million people across 11,500 global stores compared to Tesla's 50,000 workforce with 200 shop fronts.

它还在全球1.15万家门店雇佣了220万名员工，而特斯拉只有5万名员工，拥有200家门店。

But Tesla has recently expanded into China, establishing a factory in Shanghai.

但特斯拉最近已经进军中国，在上海建立了一家工厂。

Tim Bain, president at an investment group, said investors needed to consider whether Tesla would move beyond being just a car company.

一家投资集团的总裁蒂姆•贝恩表示，投资者需要考虑特斯拉是否会超越仅仅是一家汽车公司的范畴。

"In order to justify a valuation that can continue to grow at above-market rates, investing in Tesla today requires you to believe that they will move into energy production and storage," he said earlier this month.

他在本月早些时候表示:“为了证明能够继续以高于市场水平的速度增长的估值是合理的，现在投资特斯拉需要你相信，他们会进军能源生产和储存领域。”