Tesla Price Performance TSLA stock opened at $475.19 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $444.97 and a 200-day moving average of $387.32. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.58 trillion, a P/E ratio of 316.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 12.01 and a beta of 1.87. The company has a current ratio of 2.07, a quick ratio of 1.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. Tesla, Inc. has a 12 month low of $214.25 and a 12 month high of $498.83. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.48 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $28.10 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $24.98 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 6.61% and a net margin of 5.51%.During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.72 EPS. Tesla’s quarterly revenue was up 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. Insider Buying and Selling In related news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,637 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $443.93, for a total value of $1,170,643.41. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 13,757 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,107,145.01. The trade was a 16.09% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.66, for a total value of $25,606,501.20. Following the transaction, the director owned 1,391,615 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $627,145,215.90. The trade was a 3.92% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders own 19.90% of the company’s stock. Analyst Ratings Changes A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. New Street Research increased their target price on Tesla from $465.00 to $520.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 23rd. BNP Paribas lifted their price objective on shares of Tesla from $307.00 to $313.00 in a research note on Monday, December 1st. Industrial Alliance Securities set a $300.00 price target on Tesla in a report on Monday, October 13th. Glj Research reiterated a “sell” rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $425.00 target price on Tesla and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Sunday, December 7th. One equities research 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 assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Tesla presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $414.50.