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3,380 Shares in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) Acquired by Wolf Group Capital Advisors

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Wolf Group Capital Advisors bought a new stake in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 3,380 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock, valued at approximately $876,000.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Tesla by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 243,193,181 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $98,211,134,000 after acquiring an additional 3,571,793 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in Tesla by 2.8% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 61,011,604 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $24,566,217,000 after purchasing an additional 1,655,203 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Tesla during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $14,420,248,000. FMR LLC raised its holdings in shares of Tesla by 40.1% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 34,661,400 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $13,997,660,000 after buying an additional 9,920,325 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp lifted its stake in shares of Tesla by 21.6% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 28,579,615 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $11,541,592,000 after buying an additional 5,075,418 shares during the period. 66.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Truist Financial set a $280.00 target price on Tesla in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Needham & Company LLC restated a "hold" rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Wednesday, April 23rd. Guggenheim reiterated a "sell" rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Friday. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target on shares of Tesla from $295.00 to $285.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, June 6th. Finally, Glj Research restated a "sell" rating and set a $19.05 price objective (down from $24.86) on shares of Tesla in a research note on Monday, April 21st. 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 given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $293.67.

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Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 4,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $250.00, for a total value of $1,000,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 26,950 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $6,737,500. This trade represents a 12.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Ira Matthew Ehrenpreis sold 477,572 shares of the company'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 sale, the director now directly owns 855,394 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $305,632,276.20. This represents a 35.83% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 833,509 shares of company stock worth $278,648,925. Insiders own 20.70% of the company's stock.

Tesla Price Performance

Tesla stock opened at $316.73 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.02 trillion, a P/E ratio of 174.03, a P/E/G ratio of 12.36 and a beta of 2.47. The company's fifty day moving average price is $302.42 and its 200 day moving average price is $332.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 1.54 and a current ratio of 2.00. Tesla, Inc. has a 1 year low of $179.66 and a 1 year high of $488.54.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) 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 business earned $0.45 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Tesla

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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.

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