What is William Blair's Forecast for Tesla FY2025 Earnings?

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) - William Blair reduced their FY2025 EPS estimates for Tesla in a note issued to investors on Monday, July 7th. William Blair analyst J. Dorsheimer now anticipates that the electric vehicle producer will post earnings of $1.05 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $1.38. William Blair has a "Market Perform" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Tesla's current full-year earnings is $2.56 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Tesla's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.33 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.36 EPS.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last released 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 return on equity of 9.02% and a net margin of 6.66%. The company had revenue of $19.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $22.93 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.45 EPS.

Several other analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. UBS Group set a $290.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a research note on Monday, June 30th. Truist Financial set a $280.00 price objective on shares of Tesla in a report on Tuesday, April 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on shares of Tesla from $285.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, July 3rd. Piper Sandler restated an "overweight" rating and issued a $400.00 price objective on shares of Tesla in a report on Tuesday, June 10th. Finally, HSBC restated a "reduce" rating and issued a $120.00 price objective on shares of Tesla in a report on Thursday, July 3rd. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have given a hold rating, seventeen have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $301.13.

Tesla Price Performance

NASDAQ TSLA traded down $1.93 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $295.88. 75,143,508 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 100,727,452. Tesla has a 52-week low of $182.00 and a 52-week high of $488.54. The company has a market capitalization of $953.02 billion, a PE ratio of 162.57, a PEG ratio of 8.57 and a beta of 2.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 2.00 and a quick ratio of 1.54. The firm's 50-day moving average is $321.21 and its 200-day moving average is $323.29.

Institutional Trading of Tesla

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Eagle Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Tesla in the 4th quarter worth about $331,000. Brighton Jones LLC increased its holdings in shares of Tesla by 11.8% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 87,929 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $35,509,000 after acquiring an additional 9,293 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Tesla by 21.2% in the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,317 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $2,147,000 after acquiring an additional 931 shares during the period. Mascagni Wealth Management Inc. bought a new position in Tesla in the 4th quarter valued at about $346,000. Finally, Highview Capital Management LLC DE bought a new position in Tesla in the 4th quarter valued at about $2,367,000. 66.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity

In other Tesla news, Director Ira Matthew Ehrenpreis sold 477,572 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 transaction, the director directly owned 855,394 shares in the company, valued at $305,632,276.20. This represents a 35.83% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, SVP Xiaotong Zhu sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $323.81, for a total transaction of $4,857,150.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 67,600 shares in the company, valued at $21,889,556. This trade represents a 18.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 829,509 shares of company stock worth $277,648,925 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 20.70% of the company's stock.

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.