Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Trading Down 4.1% on Analyst Downgrade
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Tesla shares were down 4.1% on Tuesday after President Capital trimmed its price target to $517 (from $529) while maintaining a buy rating; the stock hit a low of $428.78 and trading volume rose about 10% to ~88.3 million shares.
Analyst views are highly divergent — price targets span roughly $247 to $600 — and MarketBeat's consensus is "Hold" with a consensus target of $408.36, reflecting mixed sentiment on Tesla's near‑term outlook.
Notable insider selling occurred (CFO Vaibhav Taneja and Director Kimbal Musk sold shares), insiders own ~19.9% of the stock while institutional investors hold ~66.2%, indicating insider sales amid heavy institutional ownership. How the Mag 7’s 2025 Laggards Could Turn Into 2026 Winners
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of TSLA. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Tesla by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 252,386,304 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $112,241,237,000 after acquiring an additional 995,623 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its stake in Tesla by 0.3% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 113,762,849 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $50,592,614,000 after purchasing an additional 344,162 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Tesla by 2.0% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 64,767,993 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $20,480,477,000 after purchasing an additional 1,269,304 shares in the last quarter. Capital World Investors lifted its position in Tesla by 5.8% during the third quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 44,035,949 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $19,583,547,000 after buying an additional 2,403,019 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Tesla during the 2nd quarter valued at $11,839,824,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 66.20% of the company's stock.
Tesla Stock Down 4.1%
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 1.67 and a current ratio of 2.07. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $445.75 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $392.74. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.44 trillion, a PE ratio of 288.64, a P/E/G ratio of 7.02 and a beta of 1.83.
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last posted 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. Tesla had a net margin of 5.51% and a return on equity of 6.61%. The business had revenue of $28.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $24.98 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.72 earnings per share. Tesla's quarterly revenue was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts expect that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 EPS for the current fiscal year.
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