Roth Capital Weighs in on Tesla's Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:TSLA)

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) - Research analysts at Roth Capital dropped their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Tesla in a research report issued on Wednesday, April 23rd. Roth Capital analyst C. Irwin now forecasts that the electric vehicle producer will earn $0.53 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.64. The consensus estimate for Tesla's current full-year earnings is $2.56 per share.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.53 by ($0.26). Tesla had a return on equity of 10.31% and a net margin of 7.26%. The firm had revenue of $19.34 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $22.93 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.45 EPS.

A number of other brokerages also recently weighed in on TSLA. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on shares of Tesla from $135.00 to $130.00 and set an "underweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, March 14th. Benchmark reissued a "buy" rating and set a $350.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a research note on Wednesday. Robert W. Baird cut their price target on shares of Tesla from $370.00 to $320.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Bank of America decreased their price target on Tesla from $490.00 to $380.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 4th. Finally, Mizuho dropped their price objective on Tesla from $375.00 to $325.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating, twenty-one have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $287.46.

Tesla Price Performance

NASDAQ TSLA traded up $25.44 during trading on Friday, reaching $284.95. The company's stock had a trading volume of 166,882,151 shares, compared to its average volume of 95,960,657. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $263.98 and a 200 day moving average of $323.02. Tesla has a one year low of $167.41 and a one year high of $488.54. The stock has a market capitalization of $916.55 billion, a PE ratio of 139.68, a P/E/G ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 2.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.61.

Insider Buying and Selling at Tesla

In other Tesla news, Director Robyn M. Denholm sold 112,390 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $384.04, for a total value of $43,162,255.60. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 85,000 shares in the company, valued at $32,643,400. This represents a 56.94 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 7,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $383.11, for a total transaction of $2,681,770.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 108,965 shares of the company's stock, valued at $41,745,581.15. This represents a 6.04 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 374,228 shares of company stock valued at $123,791,123. Insiders own 20.70% of the company's stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Tesla

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Tesla during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $14,420,248,000. FMR LLC grew its position in shares of Tesla by 40.1% during the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 34,661,400 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $13,997,660,000 after purchasing an additional 9,920,325 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in Tesla by 27,378.6% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 9,812,316 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $2,542,960,000 after buying an additional 9,776,607 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC grew its holdings in shares of Tesla by 36,790.0% in the fourth quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 8,660,672 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $3,497,526,000 after purchasing an additional 8,637,195 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its position in Tesla by 4,963.0% during the fourth quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 5,834,707 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $2,356,288,000 after purchasing an additional 5,719,466 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 66.20% of the company's stock.

Tesla Company Profile

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.