FY2025 Earnings Forecast for Tesla Issued By William Blair

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) - Stock analysts at William Blair decreased their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Tesla in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, July 7th. William Blair analyst J. Dorsheimer now forecasts that the electric vehicle producer will post earnings of $1.05 per share for the year, down from their prior 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.

Several other analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. Mizuho dropped their target price on shares of Tesla from $390.00 to $375.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. BNP Paribas set a $137.00 price target on shares of Tesla and gave the company an "underperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 16th. Baird R W cut shares of Tesla from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, June 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on shares of Tesla from $120.00 to $115.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on shares of Tesla from $135.00 to $130.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a report on Friday, March 14th. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have issued a hold rating, seventeen have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $300.19.

Tesla Price Performance

TSLA traded up $3.64 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $313.51. The company's stock had a trading volume of 78,861,329 shares, compared to its average volume of 100,306,334. The company has a quick ratio of 1.54, a current ratio of 2.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $322.07 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $322.26. Tesla has a 1 year low of $182.00 and a 1 year high of $488.54. The company has a market cap of $1.01 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 172.26, a PEG ratio of 8.80 and a beta of 2.39.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last posted 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 firm had revenue of $19.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $22.93 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.45 EPS.

Insider Activity at Tesla

In related news, SVP Xiaotong Zhu sold 15,000 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the senior vice president owned 67,600 shares in the company, valued at approximately $21,889,556. This trade represents a 18.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Kimbal Musk sold 91,588 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the director directly owned 1,463,220 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $522,940,195.80. This represents a 5.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 835,509 shares of company stock valued at $279,420,485 in the last ninety days. 20.70% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of TSLA. Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of Tesla during the 4th quarter worth about $56,600,000. Means Investment CO. Inc. increased its stake in Tesla by 37.7% during the first quarter. Means Investment CO. Inc. now owns 23,089 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $5,984,000 after purchasing an additional 6,323 shares during the last quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. lifted its position in Tesla by 3.1% in the 1st quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 22,467 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $5,823,000 after purchasing an additional 670 shares during the last quarter. IFM Investors Pty Ltd boosted its stake in Tesla by 8.5% during the 1st quarter. IFM Investors Pty Ltd now owns 586,460 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $153,436,000 after purchasing an additional 46,087 shares during the period. Finally, Harvard Management Co. Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Tesla in the 4th quarter worth approximately $8,158,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.20% 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.