Image from MarketBeat Media, LLC. Key Points R Squared Ltd acquired 4,401 Tesla shares in Q3 valued at about $1.96 million, representing roughly 0.8% of its portfolio and the stock's 16th-largest holding. Institutional ownership is high at 66.2% (notably including a large Norges Bank position), while analyst coverage shows a consensus Hold rating with an average price target of $408.09 (18 Buys, 14 Holds, 9 Sells). Recent news is mixed: positives include stronger Cybertruck demand after a price cut and a Megapack 400MW contract in Brazil, but stalled robotaxi progress, regulatory/safety/legal headwinds, rising China competition and substantial insider selling pose near-term risks. Tesla Faces Falling Sales—But Is That the Wrong Story? In other Tesla news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,637 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $443.93, for a total value of $1,170,643.41. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 13,757 shares in the company, valued at $6,107,145.01. The trade was a 16.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $450.66, for a total transaction of $25,606,501.20. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 1,391,615 shares of the company's stock, valued at $627,145,215.90. This represents a 3.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 119,457 shares of company stock valued at $53,501,145. 19.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders. Tesla Stock Performance Shares of NASDAQ TSLA opened at $408.58 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 2.16 and a quick ratio of 1.77. Tesla, Inc. has a one year low of $214.25 and a one year high of $498.83. The business's 50-day moving average price is $435.03 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $419.99. The company has a market capitalization of $1.53 trillion, a P/E ratio of 378.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 14.75 and a beta of 1.86. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 28th. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $24.90 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $24.75 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 4.86% and a net margin of 4.00%.The business's quarterly revenue was down 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.73 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. Tesla Profile