Tesla’s (TSLA) Sell Rating Reiterated at UBS Group

UBS Group reissued their sell rating on shares of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) in a research note published on Monday,MarketScreener Latest Ratings reports. They currently have a $247.00 price target on the electric vehicle producer’s stock.

TSLA has been the subject of several other reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a “sell” rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Monday. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Tesla from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, October 25th. New Street Research boosted their target price on shares of Tesla from $465.00 to $520.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 23rd. Bank of America upped their price target on shares of Tesla from $341.00 to $471.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on Tesla from $400.00 to $420.00 in a report on Friday, January 2nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and nine have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $408.54.

Tesla Trading Down 0.3%

TSLA stock opened at $431.50 on Monday. Tesla has a 52-week low of $214.25 and a 52-week high of $498.83. The company has a quick ratio of 1.67, a current ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. The firm has a market cap of $1.44 trillion, a P/E ratio of 287.67, a PEG ratio of 6.93 and a beta of 1.83. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $444.60 and its 200-day simple moving average is $393.78.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.48 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $28.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $24.98 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 6.61% and a net margin of 5.51%.Tesla’s quarterly revenue was up 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.72 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Tesla will post 2.56 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other Tesla news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,637 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $443.93, for a total transaction of $1,170,643.41. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 13,757 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,107,145.01. The trade was a 16.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.66, for a total value of $25,606,501.20. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 1,391,615 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $627,145,215.90. The trade was a 3.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 119,457 shares of company stock worth $53,501,145 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 19.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Tesla in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $11,839,824,000. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC increased its position in shares of Tesla by 581,880.5% during the second quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 6,436,704 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $2,044,683,000 after acquiring an additional 6,435,598 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Tesla by 1.8% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 251,390,681 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $79,856,764,000 after acquiring an additional 4,502,976 shares in the last quarter. Holocene Advisors LP boosted its holdings in Tesla by 132.2% in the third quarter. Holocene Advisors LP now owns 6,157,000 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $2,738,141,000 after purchasing an additional 3,505,000 shares during the period. Finally, Amundi grew its stake in Tesla by 20.4% during the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 20,194,152 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $6,374,284,000 after purchasing an additional 3,422,270 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.20% of the company’s stock.

Tesla News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:

• Positive Sentiment: New Street Research raised its price target to $600 and reiterated a Buy, signaling some sell‑side conviction that Tesla still has meaningful upside despite recent setbacks. New Street Research lifts Tesla to $600
• Positive Sentiment: Tactical demand support in China: Tesla is offering zero‑interest loans on Model 3 and Y to try to regain market share in its largest growth market — a near‑term lever to stabilize deliveries. Tesla offers zero-interest loans in China
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed management tone on competition: Elon Musk downplays an immediate Nvidia threat but admits competitive Nvidia tech could be relevant in several years — this tempers panic but raises uncertainty on timing of risk. Musk on Nvidia competition
• Negative Sentiment: Nvidia’s Alpamayo and broader push into open autonomous‑driving AI is being viewed as an existential competitive threat to Tesla’s FSD/robotaxi lead; this has triggered ETF/stock selling and renewed skepticism about Tesla’s AI moat. Nvidia Alpamayo rattles Tesla
• Negative Sentiment: Demand weakness / delivery misses: Tesla’s 2025 deliveries fell and Q4 shipments missed some expectations (China, UK, Germany softness), reinforcing concerns about market share loss to rivals like BYD and pressuring near‑term revenue/margin outlooks. Delivery declines and analyst concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst divergence and downgrades: multiple firms (UBS, JPMorgan, DZ Bank, HSBC among others) have issued cautious to sell views citing valuation and execution risk, increasing volatility around earnings. DZ Bank sell rating
• Negative Sentiment: Insider and execution noise: Director James Murdoch sold 60,000 shares (SEC filing), and reports of trademark/robotics setbacks add to short‑term sentiment pressure. Murdoch insider sale filing
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory risk: a U.S. lawmaker is readying a bill to require manual door releases — a potential headwind for Tesla’s EV design choices and a new regulatory overhang. Door-handle safety bill

Tesla Company Profile

Tesla, Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is an American company that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles, energy generation and energy storage products. Founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, Tesla grew into a vertically integrated mobility and clean‑energy company with Elon Musk serving as its chief executive officer. The company’s stated mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, reflected in its combined focus on electric drivetrains, battery technology, renewable energy products and software.

Tesla’s automotive business includes a lineup of battery‑electric vehicles and related services.