Image from MarketBeat Media, LLC. Key Points Blue Trust Inc. raised its Tesla stake by 14.1% in Q3, buying an additional 1,794 shares to hold 14,540 shares valued at $6,466,000. Major institutional activity continues—Norges Bank opened a roughly $11.84 billion position and Vanguard holds 251,390,681 shares, leaving institutions with 66.20% ownership—while insiders sold shares (Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares for about $25.6M), and insiders now own 19.90%. Analyst and market signals are mixed: Deutsche Bank raised its TSLA target to $500 with a buy rating, but the MarketBeat consensus is a "Hold" with a $414.50 target; Tesla trades near its 52‑week high and has a $1.58 trillion market cap. MarketBeat Week in Review – 12/15 - 12/19 Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $28.10 billion for 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 company's revenue was up 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.72 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 EPS for the current fiscal year. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In A number of research firms have issued reports on TSLA. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their target price on Tesla from $470.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, December 19th. Cowen reissued a "buy" rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Monday, November 17th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and set a $500.00 price objective on shares of Tesla in a report on Tuesday, December 9th. Morgan Stanley set a $425.00 target price on shares of Tesla and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Sunday, December 7th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c-)" rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Hold rating and nine have given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $414.50.