Representative Josh Gottheimer (D-New Jersey) recently bought shares of Tesla, Inc. NASDAQ: TSLA. In a filing disclosed on June 11th, the Representative disclosed that they had bought between $1,001 and $15,000 in Tesla stock on May 27th. The trade occurred in the Representative's "MORGAN STANLEY - SELECT UMA ACCOUNT # 1" account.
Representative Josh Gottheimer also recently made the following trade(s):
- Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Visa NYSE: V on 6/26/2025.
- Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Visa NYSE: V on 6/25/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Broadcom NASDAQ: AVGO on 6/25/2025.
- Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of ConocoPhillips NYSE: COP on 6/24/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of NVIDIA NASDAQ: NVDA on 6/24/2025.
- Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Visa NYSE: V on 6/24/2025.
- Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Visa NYSE: V on 6/20/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Cloudflare NYSE: NET on 6/20/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Carvana NYSE: CVNA on 6/20/2025.
- Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of McDonald's NYSE: MCD on 6/20/2025.
Tesla Stock Performance
Shares of TSLA traded up $10.76 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $316.06. 147,437,834 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 90,285,424. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.02 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 182.69, a P/E/G ratio of 11.59 and a beta of 2.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 2.04 and a quick ratio of 1.54. Tesla, Inc. has a twelve month low of $182.00 and a twelve month high of $488.54. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $324.70 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $314.65.
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 for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.43 by ($0.03). Tesla had a net margin of 6.54% and a return on equity of 7.98%. The company had revenue of $22.50 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $23.18 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.52 EPS. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 11.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts predict that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 earnings per share for the current year.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of brokerages have commented on TSLA. William Blair lowered Tesla from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating in a research report on Monday, July 7th. Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their price objective on Tesla from $425.00 to $355.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price objective on Tesla from $314.00 to $307.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on Tesla from $120.00 to $115.00 and set an "underweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 23rd. Finally, Bank of America boosted their target price on Tesla from $305.00 to $341.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Monday. Ten 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 company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $302.75.
Check Out Our Latest Research Report on TSLA
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, SVP Xiaotong Zhu sold 15,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $323.81, for a total value of $4,857,150.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 67,600 shares in the company, valued at $21,889,556. The trade was a 18.16% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at 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 shares were sold at an average price of $357.39, for a total value of $32,732,635.32. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 1,463,220 shares in the company, valued at approximately $522,940,195.80. The trade was a 5.89% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 835,509 shares of company stock valued at $279,420,485. Company insiders own 20.70% of the company's stock.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On Tesla
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of TSLA. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Tesla during the 4th quarter valued at $14,420,248,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Tesla by 322.1% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 26,590,525 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $6,891,201,000 after purchasing an additional 20,291,139 shares during the period. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in Tesla in the 1st quarter valued at about $3,247,619,000. FMR LLC increased its position in Tesla by 40.1% in the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 34,661,400 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $13,997,660,000 after buying an additional 9,920,325 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in Tesla by 27,378.6% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 9,812,316 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $2,542,960,000 after purchasing an additional 9,776,607 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 66.20% of the company's stock.
About Representative Gottheimer
Josh Gottheimer (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing New Jersey's 5th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2017. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.
Gottheimer (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 5th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.
Gottheimer is also running for election for Governor of New Jersey. He declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on June 10, 2025.
Gottheimer attended the University of Pennsylvania for his undergraduate degree. He became a Thouron Fellow at Oxford and attended Harvard Law School. Gottheimer worked as a speech writer under former President Bill Clinton (D), assisting with two State of the Union addresses, among other projects. Before running for Congress, he worked for Microsoft as a general manager for corporate strategy.
Tesla Company Profile
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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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