Image from MarketBeat Media, LLC. Key Points Siligmueller & Norvid bought a new position of 1,550 Tesla shares, worth approximately $690,000 in the third quarter. Institutional investors own about 66.20% of Tesla, with major holders like Vanguard (≈251.4M shares) and Norges Bank adding very large stakes recently. Tesla trades at a high valuation (market cap ≈$1.55 trillion, PE ≈381) and has a MarketBeat consensus rating of "Hold" with a target of $408.09; near‑term catalysts include FSD subscriptions and Cybertruck pricing actions while a court upheld a $243M verdict against the company, adding legal risk. Tesla Faces Falling Sales—But Is That the Wrong Story? Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 28th. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $24.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $24.75 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 4.86% and a net margin of 4.00%.Tesla's quarterly revenue was down 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.73 earnings per share. Equities research analysts expect that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 EPS for the current fiscal year. Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades TSLA has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. TD Cowen boosted their target price on Tesla from $509.00 to $519.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, January 29th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Tesla from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Saturday, October 25th. Glj Research restated a "sell" rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Thursday. Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c-)" rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $508.00 price target on Tesla in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. Eighteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have given a Hold rating and nine have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $408.09.