Zacks Research Analysts Lift Earnings Estimates for Tesla

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Tesla in a report issued on Tuesday, June 17th. Zacks Research analyst R. Singhi now forecasts that the electric vehicle producer will post earnings of $0.33 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.31. The consensus estimate for Tesla’s current full-year earnings is $2.56 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Tesla’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.29 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.95 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.68 EPS.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.53 by ($0.26). Tesla had a net margin of 6.66% and a return on equity of 9.02%. The company had revenue of $19.34 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $22.93 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.45 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also commented on TSLA. Mizuho boosted their price target on Tesla from $325.00 to $390.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, May 16th. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $410.00 target price on shares of Tesla in a research note on Friday, June 6th. Guggenheim reaffirmed a “sell” rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Friday, June 13th. Raymond James Financial lowered shares of Tesla to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Finally, Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and set a $350.00 target price on shares of Tesla in a report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have given a hold rating, nineteen have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Tesla presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $293.67.

Tesla Trading Up 1.8%

TSLA opened at $322.05 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $303.42 and its 200 day simple moving average is $332.59. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.04 trillion, a P/E ratio of 176.95, a P/E/G ratio of 11.88 and a beta of 2.47. The company has a current ratio of 2.00, a quick ratio of 1.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. Tesla has a 12 month low of $179.66 and a 12 month high of $488.54.

Institutional Trading of Tesla

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Cherry Tree Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in Tesla by 86.3% in the 1st quarter. Cherry Tree Wealth Management LLC now owns 95 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. First PREMIER Bank raised its position in Tesla by 79.2% in the first quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 95 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 42 shares during the last quarter. Newton One Investments LLC boosted its stake in shares of Tesla by 250.0% during the first quarter. Newton One Investments LLC now owns 105 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Arcadia Investment Management Corp MI bought a new stake in shares of Tesla during the first quarter worth about $27,000. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC increased its stake in shares of Tesla by 79.5% in the fourth 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. 66.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Tesla

In related news, SVP Xiaotong Zhu sold 15,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $323.81, for a total value of $4,857,150.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 67,600 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $21,889,556. The trade was a 18.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Ira Matthew Ehrenpreis sold 477,572 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $357.30, for a total transaction of $170,636,475.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 855,394 shares in the company, valued at approximately $305,632,276.20. This represents a 35.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 833,509 shares of company stock valued at $278,648,925 in the last quarter. Company 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.