Roth Capital Issues Positive Forecast for Tesla Earnings

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Roth Capital raised their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Tesla in a research note issued to investors on Monday, December 2nd. Roth Capital analyst C. Irwin now forecasts that the electric vehicle producer will post earnings of $0.68 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.47. Roth Capital has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Tesla's current full-year earnings is $1.99 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Tesla's Q2 2025 earnings at $0.76 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.81 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.89 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $3.14 EPS.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.72 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.14. The business had revenue of $25.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $25.47 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 10.24% and a net margin of 13.07%. The business's revenue was up 7.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.53 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on the company. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price target on Tesla from $254.00 to $278.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of Tesla from $287.00 to $411.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday. Guggenheim boosted their target price on shares of Tesla from $153.00 to $156.00 and gave the company a "sell" rating in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on shares of Tesla from $310.00 to $315.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Tesla from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, sixteen have issued a hold rating, fifteen have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Tesla presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $243.75.

Tesla Stock Up 1.9 %

Tesla stock traded up $6.51 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $357.93. 50,182,400 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 94,806,469. The company has a current ratio of 1.84, a quick ratio of 1.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $278.63 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $235.10. Tesla has a one year low of $138.80 and a one year high of $361.93. The company has a market cap of $1.15 trillion, a PE ratio of 96.88, a PEG ratio of 11.60 and a beta of 2.36.

Insider Activity at Tesla

In related news, SVP Xiaotong Zhu sold 297 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $221.77, for a total value of $65,865.69. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 67,491 shares of the company's stock, valued at $14,967,479.07. This represents a 0.44 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Robyn M. Denholm sold 112,390 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $314.44, for a total transaction of $35,339,911.60. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 85,000 shares in the company, valued at $26,727,400. This trade represents a 56.94 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 301,187 shares of company stock valued at $92,956,692. Insiders own 20.70% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Tesla

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Transcendent Capital Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Tesla during the third quarter worth $29,000. Clean Yield Group raised its holdings in shares of Tesla by 60.0% during the third quarter. Clean Yield Group now owns 128 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 48 shares during the last quarter. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Tesla by 168.8% during the second quarter. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC now owns 129 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 81 shares during the last quarter. Valley Wealth Managers Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Tesla during the second quarter worth $26,000. Finally, Peterson Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Tesla during the third quarter worth $35,000. 66.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.