Insider Buying and Selling In related news, Director James R. Murdoch sold 120,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.29, for a total transaction of $42,034,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 697,031 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $244,162,988.99. The trade was a 14.69% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Xiaotong Zhu sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $363.75, for a total value of $7,275,000.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 47,600 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $17,314,500. The trade was a 29.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 202,606 shares of company stock valued at $75,588,902 in the last three months. 19.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders. Institutional Inflows and Outflows Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Columbia Advisory Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Tesla during the 3rd quarter worth about $377,000. Vicus Capital boosted its position in shares of Tesla by 72.7% during the 3rd quarter. Vicus Capital now owns 1,874 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $833,000 after acquiring an additional 789 shares in the last quarter. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. boosted its position in shares of Tesla by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. now owns 609 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $271,000 after acquiring an additional 24 shares in the last quarter. MGO One Seven LLC boosted its position in shares of Tesla by 23.6% during the 3rd quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 43,042 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $19,142,000 after acquiring an additional 8,207 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Meeder Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Tesla by 16.7% during the 3rd quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 18,474 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $8,216,000 after acquiring an additional 2,645 shares in the last quarter. 66.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. Tesla Trading Down 3.4% The firm has a market capitalization of $1.44 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 289.15, a PEG ratio of 16.13 and a beta of 2.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 1.55 and a current ratio of 2.07. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $398.06 and a 200-day moving average price of $339.92. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.48 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $28.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $24.98 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 6.61% and a net margin of 5.51%.The business’s revenue was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.72 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 EPS for the current fiscal year. About Tesla