Image from MarketBeat Media, LLC. Key Points BCS Wealth Management cut its Tesla stake by 44.0% in Q3, selling 1,355 shares and finishing the quarter with 1,728 shares valued at about $768,000. Significant insider selling occurred: Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares (~$25.6M) and CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,637 shares, with insiders selling 119,457 shares (≈$53.5M) over the last quarter. Major institutions continued to add or hold large positions (Vanguard, Geode, Norges Bank, Legal & General, Amundi), leaving institutional ownership near 66.2%, while analysts’ consensus rating on TSLA is "Hold" with a $408.54 price target. 2 Very Different Ways to Trade Tesla as January Earnings Approach Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Tesla by 1.8% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 251,390,681 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $79,856,764,000 after buying an additional 4,502,976 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Tesla by 2.0% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 64,767,993 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $20,480,477,000 after acquiring an additional 1,269,304 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Tesla in the 2nd quarter valued at about $11,839,824,000. Legal & General Group Plc increased its position in shares of Tesla by 5.9% during the second quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 20,225,098 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $6,424,705,000 after purchasing an additional 1,134,678 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi boosted its holdings in Tesla by 20.4% in the second quarter. Amundi now owns 20,194,152 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $6,374,284,000 after acquiring an additional 3,422,270 shares in the last quarter. 66.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors. Get Tesla alerts: