Zacks Research Issues Pessimistic Outlook for Tesla Earnings

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Tesla in a report released on Monday, March 3rd. Zacks Research analyst R. Singhi now forecasts that the electric vehicle producer will post earnings of $0.57 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.59. The consensus estimate for Tesla's current full-year earnings is $2.56 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Tesla's Q2 2025 earnings at $0.70 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.85 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.83 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.98 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.99 EPS.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.66 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.74 by ($0.08). Tesla had a return on equity of 10.31% and a net margin of 7.26%.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Phillip Securities downgraded Tesla from a "moderate sell" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. Wedbush reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $550.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a report on Friday. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Monday, February 10th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed a "top pick" rating and issued a $430.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a report on Monday, March 3rd. Finally, Truist Financial upped their price target on Tesla from $351.00 to $373.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have issued a hold rating, sixteen have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Tesla presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $327.37.

Tesla Price Performance

TSLA traded down $0.78 during trading on Thursday, reaching $262.67. The stock had a trading volume of 102,166,241 shares, compared to its average volume of 82,497,328. The firm has a market capitalization of $844.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 128.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 2.50. The company has a quick ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. Tesla has a 1-year low of $138.80 and a 1-year high of $488.54. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $367.78 and a two-hundred day moving average of $318.71.

Insider Buying and Selling at Tesla

In other Tesla news, Director Robyn M. Denholm sold 112,390 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $384.04, for a total transaction of $43,162,255.60. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 85,000 shares in the company, valued at $32,643,400. This trade represents a 56.94 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 7,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $413.56, for a total value of $2,894,920.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 108,965 shares in the company, valued at approximately $45,063,565.40. This trade represents a 6.04 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 422,452 shares of company stock worth $153,659,530 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 20.70% of the company's stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Tesla

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of TSLA. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Tesla by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 243,193,181 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $98,211,134,000 after purchasing an additional 3,571,793 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Tesla by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 61,011,604 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $24,566,217,000 after purchasing an additional 1,655,203 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Tesla in the fourth quarter valued at about $14,420,248,000. FMR LLC grew its position in shares of Tesla by 40.1% in the fourth 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, Northern Trust Corp grew its position in shares of Tesla by 21.6% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 28,579,615 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock valued at $11,541,592,000 after purchasing an additional 5,075,418 shares during the last quarter. 66.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Tesla Company Profile

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.