Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Price Target Cut to $145.00 by Analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Key Points

• JPMorgan cut its Tesla price target to $145 (from $150) and kept an "underweight" rating, a target that implies a potential downside of 65.19% from the stock's current price.
• Analyst coverage is mixed: the MarketBeat consensus is a "Hold" with an average price target of $410.71, based on 17 Buy, 14 Hold and 8 Sell ratings.
• Tesla beat Q4 EPS and revenue estimates but reported its first full-year revenue decline and weaker vehicle deliveries, while pursuing major initiatives including a $2B investment in xAI and plans for roughly $20B capex in 2026, which raise execution and cash‑flow concerns.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) had its target price decreased by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $150.00 to $145.00 in a research note issued to investors on Friday. The firm currently has an "underweight" rating on the electric vehicle producer's stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s price target points to a potential downside of 65.19% from the stock's current price.

Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Glj Research reissued a "sell" rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Thursday. TD Cowen raised their price target on Tesla from $509.00 to $519.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday. CICC Research lifted their price objective on shares of Tesla from $450.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, December 18th. Melius Research set a $520.00 target price on shares of Tesla and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, October 13th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a "neutral" rating and issued a $405.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a research note on Thursday. Seventeen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Hold rating and eight have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $410.71.

Tesla Stock Performance

TSLA opened at $416.56 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 1.67 and a current ratio of 2.07. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $446.91 and its 200 day simple moving average is $406.71. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.39 trillion, a PE ratio of 385.70, a PEG ratio of 7.36 and a beta of 1.83. Tesla has a 52-week low of $214.25 and a 52-week high of $498.83.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 28th. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.05. Tesla had a return on equity of 4.93% and a net margin of 4.00%.The company had revenue of $24.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $24.75 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.73 EPS. The business's revenue was down 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Tesla will post 2.56 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Networth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Tesla during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Davidson Capital Management Inc. grew its position in Tesla by 79.4% during the 4th quarter. Davidson Capital Management Inc. now owns 61 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 27 shares during the last quarter. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. acquired a new position in Tesla in the 3rd quarter worth about $30,000. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Tesla during the third quarter worth about $29,000. Finally, Prism Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Tesla in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Institutional investors own 66.20% of the company's stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Tesla

Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wedbush and other bulls highlight Tesla as a top “physical AI” play — Dan Ives says TSLA (with NVDA) are indispensable to the physical-AI era, supporting a bullish narrative and upside to long-term valuation. Tesla, Nvidia — ‘Best Physical AI Plays,’ Says Daniel Ives
• Positive Sentiment: Tesla beat Q4 EPS and revenue expectations and reported accelerating energy-storage revenue and >1M FSD subscriptions — proof points that software/energy can offset automotive weakness and support higher multiple scenarios. Tesla revenue beats despite weaker vehicle deliveries
• Positive Sentiment: Tesla’s announced $2B investment in Elon Musk’s xAI and continued Cybercab/robotaxi progress reinforce the company’s strategy to monetize autonomy and AI beyond car sales. That narrative is supporting upside from momentum investors. Tesla to invest $2B in xAI
• Neutral Sentiment: SpaceX merger chatter (reports that SpaceX is considering combining with Tesla or xAI) is driving headline volume — the strategic upside is large but the timing, structure and regulatory/financial impact are highly uncertain. SpaceX said to consider merger with Tesla
• Neutral Sentiment: Musk has teased TeraFab/chip plans and the company is leaning into build‑out of custom AI silicon — strategically important but execution- and capital-intensive, so investors are watching for concrete milestones. Musk Teases Bigger Announcement on TeraFab
• Negative Sentiment: Fundamentals show strain: Tesla posted its first full-year revenue decline and falling vehicle deliveries, and profit was down materially — raising questions about near-term auto demand and the valuation premium for growth. Tesla suffers first annual drop in revenue
• Negative Sentiment: Tesla plans to more than double capex to ~$20B in 2026 to fund robotaxi/Optimus and factories — investors worry this could push the company back toward cash‑burn mode and make near-term returns harder to justify. Tesla plans $20 billion capex spree
• Negative Sentiment: Execution and regulatory risks are rising: the company will end Model S/X production to refit lines for Optimus and faces scrutiny around autonomous driving (analysts warn Waymo incidents/regulatory probes could spill over). Those raise short-term revenue and execution uncertainty. Tesla ending Model S/X production  Regulatory concerns after Waymo crash

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.

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