Image from MarketBeat Media, LLC. Key Points Cerity Partners LLC increased its Tesla stake by 9.7%, buying 44,222 shares to hold 501,356 shares valued at roughly $220.4 million at quarter-end. Insiders have been net sellers recently — Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares (~$25.6M) and insiders sold 119,457 shares (~$53.5M) over the last three months; insiders own 19.90% of the company. Tesla beat the latest quarter (EPS $0.50 vs $0.48 est; revenue $28.10B vs $24.98B) but the consensus rating is still a Hold with an average target of $408.54 versus a current price around $445. MarketBeat Week in Review – 01/05 - 01/09 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 analysts' consensus estimates of $0.48 by $0.02. Tesla had a net margin of 5.51% and a return on equity of 6.61%. The company had revenue of $28.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $24.98 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.72 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 EPS for the current fiscal year. Analysts Set New Price Targets Several analysts have recently weighed in on TSLA shares. New Street Research lifted their price objective on shares of Tesla from $520.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday. Cowen reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Monday, November 17th. William Blair reiterated a "market perform" rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Friday, January 2nd. Robert W. Baird upgraded Tesla from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and raised their target price for the company from $320.00 to $548.00 in a research note on Friday, September 19th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on Tesla from $483.00 to $508.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, November 17th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and nine have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $408.54.