Insider Activity at Tesla In other news, Director Kathleen Wilson-Thompson sold 25,809 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $359.33, for a total transaction of $9,273,947.97. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 33,860 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,166,913.80. This represents a 43.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,264 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $397.03, for a total transaction of $898,875.92. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 18,106 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,188,625.18. This represents a 11.11% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 53,804 shares of company stock valued at $20,865,598 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 19.90% of the company’s stock. Tesla Stock Up 0.7% Shares of NASDAQ:TSLA opened at $345.62 on Friday. Tesla, Inc. has a 52 week low of $222.79 and a 52 week high of $498.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 1.77 and a current ratio of 2.16. The company has a market capitalization of $1.30 trillion, a PE ratio of 320.02, a PEG ratio of 10.27 and a beta of 1.91. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $394.55 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $425.41. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January 28th. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.05. Tesla had a net margin of 4.00% and a return on equity of 4.86%. The firm had revenue of $24.90 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $24.75 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.73 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 earnings per share for the current year. Analysts Set New Price Targets Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. New Street Research increased their price objective on shares of Tesla from $520.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. Morgan Stanley set a $415.00 price objective on shares of Tesla and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, January 29th. TD Cowen increased their price objective on shares of Tesla from $509.00 to $519.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 29th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price objective on shares of Tesla from $480.00 to $465.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on shares of Tesla from $130.00 to $125.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 29th. Nineteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, thirteen have given a Hold rating and ten have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $400.01.