Zacks Research Predicts Tesla’s Q1 Earnings (NASDAQ:TSLA)

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research reduced their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Tesla in a research note issued on Monday, March 3rd. Zacks Research analyst R. Singhi now expects that the electric vehicle producer will post earnings of $0.57 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.59. The consensus estimate for Tesla’s current full-year earnings is $2.56 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Tesla’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.70 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.85 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.83 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.98 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.99 EPS.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) last posted 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%.

TSLA has been the topic of several other research reports. Cantor Fitzgerald restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $365.00 price objective on shares of Tesla in a research report on Wednesday, January 29th. Royal Bank of Canada restated a “mixed” rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Saturday, February 8th. Piper Sandler increased their target price on shares of Tesla from $315.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Morgan Stanley restated a “top pick” rating and issued a $430.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a research note on Monday. Finally, Bank of America lowered their price target on Tesla from $490.00 to $380.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have given a hold rating, fifteen have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $315.33.

Tesla Stock Up 2.6 %

Shares of TSLA opened at $279.10 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $897.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 136.81, a PEG ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 2.50. Tesla has a 52 week low of $138.80 and a 52 week high of $488.54. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $374.97 and its 200-day moving average price is $318.13. The company has a quick ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 6,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $296.02, for a total value of $1,776,120.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 23,084 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,833,325.68. This represents a 20.63 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Robyn M. Denholm sold 112,390 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 sale, the director now directly owns 85,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $32,643,400. The trade was a 56.94 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 422,386 shares of company stock valued at $153,916,675 over the last 90 days. 20.70% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Tesla

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of TSLA. Swedbank AB grew its stake in shares of Tesla by 2.8% in the third quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 1,098,717 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $287,457,000 after acquiring an additional 29,669 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in Tesla during the 3rd quarter worth $403,000. Heritage Investors Management Corp purchased a new stake in Tesla during the 3rd quarter worth about $232,000. Crestwood Advisors Group LLC raised its position in Tesla by 10.0% in the 3rd quarter. Crestwood Advisors Group LLC now owns 9,700 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $2,538,000 after purchasing an additional 878 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Beacon Financial Advisory LLC boosted its stake in shares of Tesla by 6.8% in the 3rd quarter. Beacon Financial Advisory LLC now owns 7,300 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $1,910,000 after buying an additional 467 shares during the period. 66.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.