Insider Buying and Selling at Tesla In other Tesla news, SVP Xiaotong Zhu sold 20,000 shares of the firm’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 completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 47,600 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,314,500. This trade represents a 29.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director James R. Murdoch sold 60,000 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction on Monday, September 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $422.68, for a total value of $25,360,800.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 637,031 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $269,260,263.08. This trade represents a 8.61% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 202,606 shares of company stock valued at $75,588,902. 19.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders. Institutional Inflows and Outflows Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. MinichMacGregor Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Tesla by 14.3% during the 3rd quarter. MinichMacGregor Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,983 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $1,327,000 after buying an additional 374 shares during the last quarter. Rather & Kittrell Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Tesla during the 3rd quarter worth $302,000. Evergreen Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Tesla by 22.2% during the 3rd quarter. Evergreen Capital Management LLC now owns 41,674 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $18,533,000 after buying an additional 7,563 shares during the last quarter. Sterling Investment Advisors Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Tesla by 82.5% during the 3rd quarter. Sterling Investment Advisors Ltd. now owns 10,363 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $4,609,000 after buying an additional 4,685 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Leavell Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Tesla by 18.4% during the 3rd quarter. Leavell Investment Management Inc. now owns 12,378 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $5,505,000 after buying an additional 1,926 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.20% of the company’s stock. Tesla Stock Up 1.8% The firm has a market cap of $1.53 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 307.03, a P/E/G ratio of 16.51 and a beta of 2.08. The company has a current ratio of 2.07, a quick ratio of 1.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $403.03 and a 200-day moving average price of $343.93. 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 for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.02. Tesla had a net margin of 5.51% and a return on equity of 6.61%. The firm had revenue of $28.10 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $24.98 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.72 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 EPS for the current year. About Tesla