William Blair Estimates Tesla's Q2 Earnings (NASDAQ:TSLA)

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) - Analysts at William Blair decreased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Tesla in a report issued on Monday, June 30th. William Blair analyst J. Dorsheimer now forecasts that the electric vehicle producer will post earnings per share of $0.30 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.32. 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 $0.41 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.53 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $1.38 EPS.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.27 earnings per share 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 company 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 firm earned $0.45 EPS.

A number of other analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Oppenheimer reiterated a "mixed" rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. Guggenheim reiterated a "sell" rating and set a $175.00 target price on shares of Tesla in a research report on Monday, June 23rd. Morgan Stanley reissued an "overweight" rating and issued a $410.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a report on Friday, June 6th. Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $303.00 price objective on shares of Tesla in a report on Monday. Finally, Piper Sandler reiterated an "overweight" rating and issued a $400.00 target price on shares of Tesla in a research report on Tuesday, June 10th. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have assigned a hold rating, nineteen have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Tesla presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $298.37.

Tesla Price Performance

Tesla stock traded down $16.95 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $300.71. 144,340,064 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 102,047,482. The company has a market cap of $968.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 165.23, a PEG ratio of 12.20 and a beta of 2.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 1.54 and a current ratio of 2.00. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $316.73 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $328.38. Tesla has a 52-week low of $182.00 and a 52-week high of $488.54.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Kimbal Musk sold 91,588 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $357.39, for a total transaction of $32,732,635.32. Following the transaction, the director owned 1,463,220 shares in the company, valued at $522,940,195.80. The trade was a 5.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Robyn M. Denholm sold 112,395 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $274.12, for a total transaction of $30,809,717.40. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 85,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at $23,300,200. This trade represents a 56.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 833,509 shares of company stock valued at $278,648,925 over the last three months. Insiders own 20.70% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in TSLA. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Tesla during the 4th quarter valued at about $14,420,248,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in Tesla by 322.1% during 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 last quarter. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in shares of Tesla in the first quarter worth approximately $3,247,619,000. FMR LLC boosted its stake in Tesla by 40.1% during 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 purchasing an additional 9,920,325 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in shares of Tesla by 27,378.6% in 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 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.