Image from MarketBeat Media, LLC. Key Points Generali Investments CEE cut its Tesla stake by 18.1% in Q3, selling 3,220 shares and now holds 14,585 shares worth about $6.49 million. The Delaware Supreme Court reinstated Elon Musk’s 2018 compensation package, which—alongside analyst target upgrades like Deutsche Bank’s—has lifted sentiment and helped push TSLA shares higher. Significant insider selling occurred recently: director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares (~$25.6M) and CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,637 shares, while institutional investors own about 66.2% of the stock. MarketBeat Week in Review – 12/8 - 12/12 In other Tesla news, Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $450.66, for a total transaction of $25,606,501.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 1,391,615 shares of the company's stock, valued at $627,145,215.90. This represents a 3.92% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,637 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $443.93, for a total transaction of $1,170,643.41. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 13,757 shares in the company, valued at $6,107,145.01. This trade represents a 16.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 19.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders. Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades A number of equities research analysts recently commented on TSLA shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price objective on Tesla from $470.00 to $500.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday. Benchmark reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Thursday, October 23rd. President Capital boosted their price objective on shares of Tesla from $373.00 to $529.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 29th. China Renaissance upped their target price on shares of Tesla from $349.00 to $380.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, October 24th. Finally, William Blair reissued a "market perform" rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Friday, September 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and nine have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Tesla presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $404.14.