1,950 Shares in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) Bought by May Barnhard Investments LLC

May Barnhard Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 1,950 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock, valued at approximately $787,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings 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 worth $15,469,792,000 after purchasing an additional 1,022,589 shares during the period. FMR LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Tesla by 3.5% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 24,741,075 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $6,473,008,000 after purchasing an additional 828,308 shares during the period. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Tesla by 13.7% during the third 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 holdings in shares of Tesla by 4.7% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 17,325,850 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $6,996,871,000 after purchasing an additional 780,026 shares during the period. Finally, Amundi lifted its holdings in shares of Tesla by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Amundi now owns 12,957,272 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $5,117,345,000 after purchasing an additional 159,508 shares during the period. 66.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on TSLA shares. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed a "mixed" rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Saturday, February 8th. Glj Research reissued a "buy" rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Tuesday. Benchmark started coverage on Tesla in a report on Wednesday, February 12th. They issued a "buy" rating and a $475.00 target price for the company. Roth Mkm raised Tesla from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and raised their target price for the company from $85.00 to $380.00 in a report on Monday, December 2nd. Finally, Roth Capital raised Tesla from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Monday, December 2nd. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating, eighteen have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $325.81.

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Insider Buying and Selling at Tesla

In other news, Director James R. Murdoch sold 54,776 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $240.79, for a total value of $13,189,513.04. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 477,011 shares of the company's stock, valued at $114,859,478.69. The trade was a 10.30 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 7,000 shares of Tesla 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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 108,965 shares in the company, valued at $45,063,565.40. This represents a 6.04 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 477,228 shares of company stock worth $166,849,043 in the last 90 days. 20.70% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Tesla Stock Down 3.0 %

TSLA opened at $240.68 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.61. The stock has a market capitalization of $774.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 117.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 2.50. The business has a 50-day moving average of $354.52 and a two-hundred day moving average of $318.49. Tesla, Inc. has a 12 month low of $138.80 and a 12 month high of $488.54.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results 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 7.26% and a return on equity of 10.31%. On average, research analysts expect that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 earnings per share for the current year.

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.

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