Capital Advisors Inc. OK Has $25.71 Million Stock Holdings in Tesla, Inc. $TSLA

Capital Advisors Inc. OK lifted its stake in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) by 376.2% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 80,933 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock after purchasing an additional 63,938 shares during the period. Capital Advisors Inc. OK's holdings in Tesla were worth $25,709,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of TSLA. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in shares of Tesla by 11.8% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 87,929 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $35,509,000 after buying an additional 9,293 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Tesla by 21.2% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,317 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $2,147,000 after buying an additional 931 shares in the last quarter. Bison Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of Tesla by 52.2% during the fourth quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 10,368 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $4,187,000 after buying an additional 3,558 shares in the last quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. purchased a new position in shares of Tesla during the first quarter valued at $315,000. Finally, NewSquare Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of Tesla by 146.5% during the first quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 954 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $247,000 after buying an additional 567 shares in the last quarter. 66.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Tesla

In related news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $352.38, for a total transaction of $918,302.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 9,856 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,473,057.28. The trade was a 20.91% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director James R. Murdoch sold 60,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $422.68, for a total value of $25,360,800.00. Following the sale, the director owned 637,031 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $269,260,263.08. The trade was a 8.61% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 202,606 shares of company stock worth $75,588,902. 19.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on TSLA shares. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Friday, September 26th. Glj Research restated a "sell" rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. Weiss Ratings restated a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Saturday, September 27th. William Blair restated a "market perform" rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Friday, September 5th. Finally, CICC Research boosted their target price on Tesla from $360.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have given a Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Hold rating and eight have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $344.40.

Tesla Stock Performance

TSLA opened at $433.09 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $1.44 trillion, a PE ratio of 250.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 15.75 and a beta of 2.08. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $368.81 and a 200-day moving average of $324.77. Tesla, Inc. has a 52-week low of $212.11 and a 52-week high of $488.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 1.55 and a current ratio of 2.04.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.43 by ($0.03). The company had revenue of $22.50 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $23.18 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 7.98% and a net margin of 6.54%.The business's revenue was down 11.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.52 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.

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