Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth TSLA has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price target on shares of Tesla from $470.00 to $500.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 19th. UBS Group restated a “sell” rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Tuesday. William Blair reiterated a “market perform” rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Friday, September 5th. Mizuho boosted their price objective on Tesla from $475.00 to $530.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 16th. Finally, TD Cowen raised their target price on Tesla from $374.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 9th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating, fourteen have given a Hold rating and nine have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Tesla presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $414.50. Read Our Latest Report on TSLA Insider Buying and Selling at Tesla In related news, Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 9th. The stock was 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 $627,145,215.90. This represents a 3.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,637 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 13,757 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,107,145.01. This trade represents a 16.09% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Company insiders own 19.90% of the company’s stock. Tesla Stock Performance NASDAQ:TSLA opened at $475.19 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $1.58 trillion, a P/E ratio of 316.79, a PEG ratio of 12.01 and a beta of 1.87. The company has a quick ratio of 1.67, a current ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $444.97 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $386.90. Tesla, Inc. has a twelve month low of $214.25 and a twelve month high of $498.83. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $28.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $24.98 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 6.61% and a net margin of 5.51%.Tesla’s revenue was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.72 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts predict that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 EPS for the current fiscal year. Tesla Company Profile