Image from MarketBeat Media, LLC. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) by 7.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 157,409 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock after purchasing an additional 11,291 shares during the quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC's holdings in Tesla were worth $70,003,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. Get Tesla alerts: Tesla’s Rally Setup Is Here—But Valuation Makes It Fragile In other Tesla news, Director James R. Murdoch sold 60,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $445.40, for a total transaction of $26,724,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 577,031 shares in the company, valued at $257,009,607.40. The trade was a 9.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.66, for a total transaction of $25,606,501.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 1,391,615 shares in the company, valued at approximately $627,145,215.90. This represents a 3.92% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 119,457 shares of company stock worth $53,501,145. 19.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders. Tesla Stock Up 0.0% TSLA opened at $411.82 on Friday. Tesla, Inc. has a 12 month low of $214.25 and a 12 month high of $498.83. The business has a 50-day moving average of $440.65 and a two-hundred day moving average of $418.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 2.16 and a quick ratio of 1.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.55 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 381.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 14.50 and a beta of 1.86. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 28th. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $24.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $24.75 billion. Tesla had a net margin of 4.00% and a return on equity of 4.86%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.73 earnings per share. On average, research analysts expect that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 earnings per share for the current year. Tesla Company Profile