[almost_usual]

>The opportunity cost of owning it has been huge while the rest of the market ripped up

Still doesn't make any sense. The S&P is up over 50% over five years. Outperforming TSLA by almost 3x (including the after-market change it is 5x).

[jkqwzsoo]

No, that’s exactly what “opportunity cost” means.

[simonebrunozzi]

I think the term we are looking for here is "alpha" [0], and you want a "good" stock to generate "alpha" in respect to the overall market.

[0]: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/alpha.asp