William Blair Issues Pessimistic Forecast for Tesla Earnings

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) - Equities researchers at William Blair reduced their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Tesla in a research note issued on Monday, July 7th. William Blair analyst J. Dorsheimer now expects that the electric vehicle producer will post earnings of $0.26 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.30. 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 Q3 2025 earnings at $0.32 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.35 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.33 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.35 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.34 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on TSLA. BNP Paribas set a $137.00 target price on Tesla and gave the stock an "underperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 16th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price target on Tesla from $314.00 to $307.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Truist Financial set a $280.00 price target on Tesla in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Canaccord Genuity Group restated a "buy" rating and set a $303.00 price objective on shares of Tesla in a research report on Monday, June 30th. Finally, Baird R W downgraded Tesla from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, June 9th. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have assigned a hold rating, seventeen have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $301.13.

Tesla Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:TSLA traded up $3.87 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $297.81. 102,672,162 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 101,051,404. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $321.10 and a 200-day moving average price of $323.46. Tesla has a twelve month low of $182.00 and a twelve month high of $488.54. The stock has a market cap of $959.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 163.63, a PEG ratio of 9.17 and a beta of 2.39. The company has a current ratio of 2.00, a quick ratio of 1.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $22.93 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.45 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Tesla

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. First National Corp MA ADV raised its position in Tesla by 8.1% in the 2nd quarter. First National Corp MA ADV now owns 2,194 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $697,000 after buying an additional 165 shares during the last quarter. FF Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Tesla by 8.9% during the 2nd quarter. FF Advisors LLC now owns 1,025 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $326,000 after purchasing an additional 84 shares in the last quarter. Everpar Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Tesla by 8.4% in the second quarter. Everpar Advisors LLC now owns 9,127 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $2,899,000 after acquiring an additional 708 shares in the last quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Tesla by 3.7% in the second quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC now owns 8,807 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $2,798,000 after purchasing an additional 316 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Juncture Wealth Strategies LLC increased its position in Tesla by 25.0% in the second quarter. Juncture Wealth Strategies LLC now owns 1,694 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $538,000 after buying an additional 339 shares during the last quarter. 66.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, SVP Xiaotong Zhu sold 15,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $323.81, for a total transaction of $4,857,150.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 67,600 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $21,889,556. The trade was a 18.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 6,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $341.02, for a total value of $2,046,120.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 1,950 shares in the company, valued at approximately $664,989. The trade was a 75.47% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 829,509 shares of company stock worth $277,648,925. Corporate 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.