Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) Shares Bought by Secured Retirement Advisors LLC

Secured Retirement Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) by 86.4% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 5,212 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock after acquiring an additional 2,416 shares during the period. Secured Retirement Advisors LLC's holdings in Tesla were worth $1,351,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Cherry Tree Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Tesla by 86.3% in the first 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 in the last quarter. First PREMIER Bank boosted its position in Tesla by 79.2% in the 1st quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 95 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 42 shares during the period. Newton One Investments LLC grew its stake in shares of Tesla by 250.0% in the first quarter. Newton One Investments LLC now owns 105 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Arcadia Investment Management Corp MI acquired a new position in shares of Tesla in the first quarter worth $27,000. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC raised 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 acquiring an additional 31 shares in the last quarter. 66.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Tesla news, Director Ira Matthew Ehrenpreis sold 477,572 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $357.30, for a total value of $170,636,475.60. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 855,394 shares in the company, valued at approximately $305,632,276.20. This trade represents a 35.83% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Kimbal Musk sold 91,588 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $357.39, for a total value of $32,732,635.32. Following the sale, the director owned 1,463,220 shares of the company's stock, valued at $522,940,195.80. This trade represents a 5.89% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 835,509 shares of company stock valued at $279,420,485 in the last quarter. 20.70% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently commented on TSLA. BNP Paribas set a $137.00 target price on Tesla and gave the stock an "underperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on Tesla from $120.00 to $115.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, April 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus set a $450.00 target price on shares of Tesla and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, April 24th. Truist Financial set a $280.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Finally, Raymond James Financial downgraded shares of Tesla to an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have given a hold rating, seventeen have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Tesla currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $300.19.

Tesla Stock Up 1.2%

TSLA stock opened at $313.51 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $1.01 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 172.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 9.33 and a beta of 2.39. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $322.60 and a 200 day moving average price of $320.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 2.00 and a quick ratio of 1.54. Tesla, Inc. has a 12 month low of $182.00 and a 12 month 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 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.53 by ($0.26). Tesla had a net margin of 6.66% and a return on equity of 9.02%. The business had revenue of $19.34 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $22.93 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.45 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts expect that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 earnings per share for the current year.

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.

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