Zacks Research Has Negative Forecast for Tesla Q2 Earnings

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Tesla in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, April 15th. Zacks Research analyst R. Singhi now expects that the electric vehicle producer will earn $0.67 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.70. The consensus estimate for Tesla's current full-year earnings is $2.56 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Tesla's Q1 2026 earnings at $0.82 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.97 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.84 EPS.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last released 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 return on equity of 10.31% and a net margin of 7.26%.

TSLA has been the subject of several other research reports. Oppenheimer reissued a "mixed" rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Tuesday, March 18th. Evercore ISI boosted their price target on shares of Tesla from $195.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an "in-line" rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. UBS Group cut their target price on shares of Tesla from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a "sell" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 10th. BNP Paribas set a $137.00 price objective on Tesla and gave the stock an "underperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, New Street Research raised Tesla from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $460.00 target price for the company in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating, twenty-one have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Tesla currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $292.18.

Tesla Trading Down 0.2 %

Shares of TSLA traded down $0.39 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $241.17. The stock had a trading volume of 83,173,157 shares, compared to its average volume of 96,033,445. The business's fifty day moving average is $273.93 and its 200 day moving average is $322.72. The firm has a market cap of $775.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 118.22, 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. Tesla has a 52-week low of $138.80 and a 52-week high of $488.54.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Tesla

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of TSLA. True Wealth Design LLC grew its stake in shares of Tesla by 79.5% during the 4th quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 70 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 31 shares during the period. Horrell Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Tesla by 75.6% in the fourth quarter. Horrell Capital Management Inc. now owns 79 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 34 shares during the last quarter. Pflug Koory LLC raised its holdings in Tesla by 370.4% in the first quarter. Pflug Koory LLC now owns 127 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. GS Investments Inc. increased its holdings in Tesla by 193.3% in the 4th quarter. GS Investments Inc. now owns 88 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 58 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Navigoe LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Tesla during the 4th quarter valued at about $37,000. 66.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Robyn M. Denholm sold 112,390 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the director now directly 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 legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 7,000 shares of the firm's 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 sale, the chief financial officer now owns 108,965 shares in the company, valued at approximately $41,745,581.15. This trade represents a 6.04 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 374,228 shares of company stock valued at $123,791,123. Corporate insiders own 20.70% 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.