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Tesla (TSLA) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Q: What analysts cover Tesla?

Tesla has been rated by research analysts at Barclays , BMO Capital Markets , BNP Paribas Exane , Canaccord Genuity Group , Cantor Fitzgerald , Citigroup , Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft , DZ Bank , Glj Research , HSBC , Jefferies Financial Group , JPMorgan Chase & Co. , KeyCorp , Mizuho , Morgan Stanley , Needham & Company LLC , Oppenheimer , Piper Sandler , Robert W. Baird , Roth Capital , Royal Bank Of Canada , Stifel Nicolaus , TD Cowen , The Goldman Sachs Group , Tigress Financial , Truist Financial , UBS Group , Weiss Ratings , Wells Fargo & Company , and Yorkville Ives in the past 90 days.

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Tesla - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Hold

Based on 47 Analyst Ratings

Sell
5

Hold
16

Buy
26

Based on 47 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Tesla in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold." Out of the 47 analysts, 5 have given a sell rating, 16 have given a hold rating, 25 have given a buy rating, and 1 has given a strong buy rating for TSLA.

Consensus Price Target

$415.07
11.07% Upside

According to the 47 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Tesla, the average price target is $415.07. The highest price target for TSLA is $840.00, while the lowest price target for TSLA is $25.28. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 11.07% from the current price of $373.71.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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TSLA Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 10/21/25 to 10/21/26	1 Month Ago 9/21/25 to 9/21/26	3 Months Ago 7/23/25 to 7/23/26	1 Year Ago 10/21/24 to 10/21/25
Strong Buy	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	25 Buy rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)
Hold	16 Hold rating(s)	19 Hold rating(s)	20 Hold rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)
Sell	5 Sell rating(s)	5 Sell rating(s)	4 Sell rating(s)	9 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$415.07	$412.25	$404.52	$368.12
Forecasted Upside	11.07% Upside	9.75% Upside	26.54% Upside	-16.83% Downside
Consensus Rating	Hold	Hold	Hold	Hold

TSLA Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

TSLA Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Tesla Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Tesla	Consumer Discretionary Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.47	2.20	2.53
Consensus Rating	Hold	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	11.07% Upside	342.48% Upside	17.03% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Neutral News See Recent TSLA News	Neutral News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
10/19/2026	Weiss Ratings 3 of 5 stars		Reiterated Rating	Hold (C-)
10/19/2026	Barclays 3 of 5 stars	Dan Levy 3 of 5 stars	Upgrade	Negative ➝ Outperform
10/19/2026	Cantor Fitzgerald 5 of 5 stars	Andres Sheppard 4 of 5 stars	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$485.00	+36.73%
10/15/2026	Glj Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Gordon L. Johnson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Sell
10/12/2026	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Philippe Houchois Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$350.00 ➝ $400.00	+5.23%
10/8/2026	Tigress Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Ivan Feinseth Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$550.00	+46.67%
10/7/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Joseph Spak Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$385.00 ➝ $391.00	+2.71%
10/7/2026	Yorkville Ives Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Dan Ives Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$500.00	+32.36%
10/5/2026	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Michael Tyndall Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Reduce	$157.00	-57.64%
10/5/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Mark Delaney Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy
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10/1/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Colin Langan Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy
9/28/2026	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Upgrade	Sector Weight
9/28/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Rajat Gupta Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Neutral	$445.00 ➝ $415.00	+11.53%
9/25/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Tom Narayan Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy
9/24/2026	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Lower Target	Underperform	$280.00 ➝ $268.00	-29.50%
9/21/2026	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
9/16/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
9/14/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Andrew Percoco Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Reduce
9/14/2026	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Alexander Potter Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Initiated Coverage	Sell ➝ Overweight
8/17/2026	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Initiated Coverage	Outperform
8/14/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Itay Michaeli Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy
8/3/2026	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Stephen Gengaro Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Set Target	Buy	$508.00 ➝ $491.00	+57.78%
7/27/2026	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Set Target		$420.00	+36.12%
7/27/2026	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Ben Kallo Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Set Target		$475.00	+51.44%
7/23/2026	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Vijay Rakesh Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Set Target	Outperform	$480.00 ➝ $450.00	+39.18%
7/23/2026	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	William Stein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Set Target	Hold	$430.00 ➝ $370.00	+13.22%
7/23/2026	Canaccord Genuity Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	George Gianarikas Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Set Target	Buy	$450.00 ➝ $410.00	+25.46%
7/23/2026	DZ Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
7/23/2026	Roth Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Craig Irwin Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$505.00	+58.00%
7/23/2026	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Chris Pierce Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Hold
7/9/2026	Citizens Jmp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Andrew Boone Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform
7/2/2026	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
6/29/2026	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Initiated Coverage	Sell ➝ Neutral
6/5/2026	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Downgrade	Neutral
6/5/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Outperform
6/5/2026	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Outperform
6/5/2026	Erste Group Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Upgrade	Sell ➝ Hold
5/13/2026	Phillip Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Lower Target	Sell	$220.00 ➝ $215.00	-50.96%
4/28/2026	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold
4/27/2026	President Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Buy	$424.00 ➝ $428.00	+13.74%
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4/27/2026	China Renaissance Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Lower Target	Hold	$382.00 ➝ $372.00	-1.14%
4/21/2026	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Daniel Ives Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$600.00	+52.98%
3/4/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	John Murphy Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$460.00	+13.23%
2/11/2026	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Reiterated Rating	Buy
1/6/2026	New Street Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Buy	$520.00 ➝ $600.00	+32.84%
12/18/2025	CICC Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Outperform	$450.00 ➝ $500.00	+5.42%
11/5/2025	Dbs Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Upgrade	Hold
10/13/2025	iA Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Set Target		$300.00	-30.38%
10/13/2025	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Rob Wertheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Set Target	Buy	$520.00	+25.76%
7/27/2025	Daiwa Securities Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Reiterated Rating	Neutral
6/9/2025	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Bill Selesky Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Hold
4/22/2025	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Downgrade	Outperform
4/22/2025	Cfra Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	G. Nelson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Downgrade	Moderate Buy ➝ Hold
10/24/2024	KGI Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	J. Liang Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$276.00	+8.27%

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Should I Buy Tesla Stock? TSLA Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Monday, October 19, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Tesla pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Tesla
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Tesla:

Tesla shares climbed 3.8% to $368.06 on October 19, 2026, driven by the recent reveal of the thruster-powered Roadster, which has intensified speculation about a potential merger with SpaceX and strengthened the company's technological halo in AI and aerospace.
Political and legal tailwinds are improving sentiment, as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pledged to make the flying Roadster legal in the state, while a U.S. appeals court overturned the certification of a class-action lawsuit regarding Tesla's self-driving claims, reducing litigation pressure.
China's reported $37 billion subsidy program for smart and green technologies, including electric vehicles, could significantly boost consumer demand for Tesla in one of its largest markets, providing a direct catalyst for revenue growth.
Analysts have recently upgraded their outlook, with Barclays moving Tesla from a "negative" to an "outperform" rating and Roth Capital reaffirming a "buy" rating with a $505.00 price target, reflecting confidence in the company's long-term technology ambitions.
The company demonstrated strong revenue growth in the most recent quarter, reporting $28.24 billion in sales, which was up 25.5% year-over-year and exceeded the consensus estimate of $26.42 billion, indicating robust market demand despite margin pressures.

Tesla
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Tesla for these reasons:

Tesla's valuation remains extremely high with a P/E ratio of 340.80, leaving little room for error as analysts warn that the stock is priced for perfection and any earnings miss or uncontrolled AI spending could lead to a sharp decline.
The company missed its earnings per share estimate in the last reported quarter, posting $0.33 in EPS against a consensus of $0.50, and faces a challenging Q3 outlook with expected EPS of $0.43-$0.44 and gross margins near 17.5%, suggesting ongoing profitability challenges.
Critics argue that the Roadster is primarily a marketing demonstration with uncertain pricing, regulatory approval, and production timing, meaning it may not contribute to near-term profits and could distract from core automotive execution.
Insider selling has been consistent, with CFO Vaibhav Taneja selling 2,606 shares in September 2026 and Director Kathleen Wilson-Thompson selling over 26,000 shares in April 2026, which may signal a lack of confidence in the current stock price from company leadership.
Short interest remains elevated with approximately 70.9 million shares shorted as of September 30, 2026, indicating that a significant portion of the market is betting against the stock's performance, which can increase volatility and downward pressure.

TSLA Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 47 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Tesla is $415.07, with a high forecast of $840.00 and a low forecast of $25.28.

47 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Tesla in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 16 hold ratings, 25 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" TSLA shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in TSLA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.

According to analysts, Tesla's stock has a predicted upside of 11.07% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Tesla's stock had 4 upgrades by analysts.

Tesla has been rated by research analysts at Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, BNP Paribas Exane, Canaccord Genuity Group, Cantor Fitzgerald, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, DZ Bank, Glj Research, HSBC, Jefferies Financial Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co., KeyCorp, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Needham & Company LLC, Oppenheimer, Piper Sandler, Robert W. Baird, Roth Capital, Royal Bank Of Canada, Stifel Nicolaus, TD Cowen, The Goldman Sachs Group, Tigress Financial, Truist Financial, UBS Group, Weiss Ratings, Wells Fargo & Company, and Yorkville Ives in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Tesla more than other "consumer discretionary" companies. The consensus rating score for Tesla is 2.47 while the average consensus rating score for "consumer discretionary" companies is 2.20. Learn more on how TSLA compares to other companies.

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