Wedbush Analysts Decrease Earnings Estimates for Tesla

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) – Research analysts at Wedbush reduced their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Tesla in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, January 30th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now anticipates that the electric vehicle producer will earn $0.58 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.73. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $550.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Tesla’s current full-year earnings is $2.82 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Tesla’s Q4 2026 earnings at $0.86 EPS.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.74 by ($0.08). Tesla had a net margin of 7.26% and a return on equity of 10.54%.

TSLA has been the subject of several other reports. Guggenheim reiterated a “sell” rating and set a $175.00 price objective on shares of Tesla in a research report on Wednesday, January 29th. Roth Mkm upgraded shares of Tesla from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $85.00 to $380.00 in a research report on Monday, December 2nd. New Street Research upgraded shares of Tesla from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $460.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, January 6th. UBS Group increased their price objective on shares of Tesla from $226.00 to $259.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Roth Capital upgraded shares of Tesla from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 2nd. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have assigned a hold rating, sixteen have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $318.31.

Tesla Trading Up 1.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ TSLA opened at $404.60 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 1.37 and a current ratio of 1.84. Tesla has a 52-week low of $138.80 and a 52-week high of $488.54. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $404.22 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $299.34. The stock has a market cap of $1.30 trillion, a P/E ratio of 198.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.08 and a beta of 2.30.

Institutional Trading of Tesla

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Transcendent Capital Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Tesla in the third quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Clean Yield Group raised its position in shares of Tesla by 60.0% in the third quarter. Clean Yield Group now owns 128 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 48 shares during the period. Peterson Financial Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Tesla in the third quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Chambersburg PA bought a new stake in Tesla during the 4th quarter worth approximately $46,000. Finally, PayPay Securities Corp increased its holdings in Tesla by 130.2% during the 4th quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 122 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $49,000 after acquiring an additional 69 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 66.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Tesla news, Director Kathleen Wilson-Thompson sold 100,000 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $411.63, for a total value of $41,163,000.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 5,400 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,222,802. The trade was a 94.88 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 4,000 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.00, for a total transaction of $1,400,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 105,032 shares in the company, valued at approximately $36,761,200. This represents a 3.67 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 553,386 shares of company stock worth $196,305,796. 20.70% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Tesla

Tesla, Inc designs, develops, manufactures, leases, and sells electric vehicles, and energy generation and storage systems in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Automotive, and Energy Generation and Storage. The Automotive segment offers electric vehicles, as well as sells automotive regulatory credits; and non-warranty after-sales vehicle, used vehicles, body shop and parts, supercharging, retail merchandise, and vehicle insurance services.