Tesla (TSLA) – Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA):

• 1/30/2025 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $125.00 to $135.00. They now have an “underweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/30/2025 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at UBS Group AG from $226.00 to $259.00. They now have a “sell” rating on the stock.
• 1/30/2025 – Tesla had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Mizuho. They now have a $515.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/30/2025 – Tesla had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada. They now have a $440.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/30/2025 – Tesla had its price target lowered by analysts at Robert W. Baird from $480.00 to $440.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/30/2025 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at Truist Financial Co. from $351.00 to $373.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 1/30/2025 – Tesla had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Needham & Company LLC.
• 1/29/2025 – Tesla had its “sell” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Guggenheim. They now have a $175.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/29/2025 – Tesla had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald. They now have a $365.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/22/2025 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at Wedbush from $515.00 to $550.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/21/2025 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at Piper Sandler from $315.00 to $500.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/15/2025 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $270.00 to $325.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 1/13/2025 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $400.00 to $430.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/7/2025 – Tesla was downgraded by analysts at Bank of America Co. from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $490.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $400.00.
• 1/6/2025 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $411.00 to $492.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/6/2025 – Tesla was upgraded by analysts at New Street Research from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $460.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/3/2025 – Tesla had its “sell” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Glj Research. They now have a $24.86 price target on the stock.
• 1/3/2025 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at Evercore ISI from $195.00 to $275.00. They now have an “in-line” rating on the stock.
• 1/3/2025 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. from $298.00 to $400.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/2/2025 – Tesla had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Truist Financial Co.. They now have a $360.00 price target on the stock.
• 12/18/2024 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at Robert W. Baird from $280.00 to $480.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 12/17/2024 – Tesla was upgraded by analysts at Mizuho from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating. They now have a $515.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $230.00.
• 12/11/2024 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $250.00 to $345.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 12/10/2024 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $310.00 to $400.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 12/10/2024 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald from $255.00 to $365.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 12/9/2024 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft from $295.00 to $370.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 12/5/2024 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at Guggenheim from $156.00 to $175.00. They now have a “sell” rating on the stock.
• 12/5/2024 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at Bank of America Co. from $350.00 to $400.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 12/2/2024 – Tesla was upgraded by analysts at Roth Capital from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 12/2/2024 – Tesla had its price target raised by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $287.00 to $411.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 12/2/2024 – Tesla was upgraded by analysts at Roth Mkm from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $380.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $85.00.

Tesla Stock Performance

Shares of TSLA opened at $400.28 on Friday. Tesla, Inc. has a 52 week low of $138.80 and a 52 week high of $488.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 1.37 and a current ratio of 1.84. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $401.98 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $297.28. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.28 trillion, a P/E ratio of 109.67, a P/E/G ratio of 8.42 and a beta of 2.30.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.66 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.74 by ($0.08). Tesla had a net margin of 13.07% and a return on equity of 10.24%. Equities analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.01 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Kathleen Wilson-Thompson sold 100,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $411.63, for a total value of $41,163,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 5,400 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,222,802. This represents a 94.88 % 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, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 7,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $413.56, for a total value of $2,894,920.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 108,965 shares in the company, valued at $45,063,565.40. This trade represents a 6.04 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 553,386 shares of company stock valued at $196,305,796 over the last ninety days. 20.70% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in TSLA. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Tesla by 1.8% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 59,356,401 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $15,469,792,000 after buying an additional 1,022,589 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its position in Tesla by 3.5% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 24,741,075 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $6,473,008,000 after acquiring an additional 828,308 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its stake in Tesla by 13.7% in the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 24,377,822 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $6,377,970,000 after purchasing an additional 2,946,763 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in Tesla by 1.9% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 16,545,824 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $4,328,884,000 after purchasing an additional 301,968 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jennison Associates LLC boosted its stake in shares of Tesla by 11.9% during the third quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 12,201,212 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $3,192,203,000 after purchasing an additional 1,294,093 shares during the period. 66.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.