Wedbush Issues Negative Outlook for Tesla Earnings

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Wedbush reduced their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Tesla in a research report issued on Thursday, January 30th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now expects that the electric vehicle producer will post earnings of $0.58 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.73. Wedbush currently has a "Outperform" rating and a $550.00 target price 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.

Several other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of Tesla from $400.00 to $430.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, January 13th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Tesla from $226.00 to $259.00 and gave the stock a "sell" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $440.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a report on Thursday, January 30th. KGI Securities raised Tesla from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $276.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, Mizuho reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $515.00 target price on shares of Tesla in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have issued a hold rating, sixteen have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $318.31.

Tesla Stock Down 1.0 %

NASDAQ TSLA traded down $3.85 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $374.32. 77,574,110 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 74,856,383. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.20 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 183.49, a P/E/G ratio of 6.79 and a beta of 2.34. Tesla has a twelve month low of $138.80 and a twelve month high of $488.54. The business's 50-day moving average is $407.11 and its 200-day moving average is $302.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 2.02.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.74 by ($0.08). Tesla had a net margin of 7.26% and a return on equity of 10.31%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Tesla

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in TSLA. Transcendent Capital Group LLC bought a new position in Tesla during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $29,000. Clean Yield Group raised its stake in 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 buying an additional 48 shares during the last quarter. Peterson Financial Group Inc. acquired a new position in Tesla in the third quarter valued at $35,000. Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Chambersburg PA acquired a new stake in Tesla during the 4th quarter worth about $46,000. Finally, PayPay Securities Corp raised its position in shares of Tesla by 130.2% in 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 in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.20% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at Tesla

In related news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 7,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $413.56, for a total transaction of $2,894,920.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 108,965 shares in the company, valued at $45,063,565.40. The trade was a 6.04 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Robyn M. Denholm sold 112,390 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $384.04, for a total value of $43,162,255.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 85,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at $32,643,400. This represents a 56.94 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 672,776 shares of company stock valued at $242,149,822. 20.70% of the stock is currently 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.