Image from MarketBeat Media, LLC. Key Points X Square Capital LLC cut its Tesla stake by 22.0% in Q3, selling 2,005 shares and holding 7,091 shares valued at about $3.15 million (Tesla is 1.0% of the fund and its 26th largest position). Significant insider selling has occurred recently — Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares (~$25.6M) and CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,637 shares, with insiders offloading 119,457 shares (~$53.5M) in the past three months. Tesla faces a mixed outlook: analysts are split (18 Buys / 14 Holds / 9 Sells) and while some upgrades highlight margin and robotaxi upside, negative developments — including robotaxi collisions, rising competition and a court-ordered $243 million payment — pose near-term risks. Tesla’s Rally Setup Is Here—But Valuation Makes It Fragile Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 28th. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.05. Tesla had a return on equity of 4.86% and a net margin of 4.00%.The company had revenue of $24.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $24.75 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.73 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was down 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 EPS for the current fiscal year. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Several research firms recently weighed in on TSLA. President Capital decreased their price objective on Tesla from $517.00 to $500.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 30th. Truist Financial reduced their price target on shares of Tesla from $439.00 to $438.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 29th. Phillip Securities dropped their price objective on shares of Tesla from $220.00 to $215.00 and set a "sell" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Bank of America lifted their price objective on shares of Tesla from $341.00 to $471.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 29th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a "hold (c-)" rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Eighteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and nine have given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $408.09.