Tesla (TSLA) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Q: What analysts cover Tesla?

Tesla has been rated by research analysts at Barclays , BMO Capital Markets , BNP Paribas Exane , Canaccord Genuity Group , Cantor Fitzgerald , Citigroup , Citizens Jmp , Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft , DZ Bank , Glj Research , HSBC , Jefferies Financial Group , JPMorgan Chase & Co. , KeyCorp , Mizuho , Morgan Stanley , Needham & Company LLC , Oppenheimer , Piper Sandler , Robert W. Baird , Roth Capital , Royal Bank Of Canada , Stifel Nicolaus , TD Cowen , The Goldman Sachs Group , Truist Financial , UBS Group , Weiss Ratings , and Wells Fargo & Company in the past 90 days.

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Tesla - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Hold

Based on 47 Analyst Ratings

Sell
5

Hold
18

Buy
24

Based on 47 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Tesla in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold." Out of the 47 analysts, 5 have given a sell rating, 18 have given a hold rating, 23 have given a buy rating, and 1 has given a strong buy rating for TSLA.

Consensus Price Target

$412.01
8.23% Upside

According to the 47 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Tesla, the average price target is $412.01. The highest price target for TSLA is $840.00, while the lowest price target for TSLA is $25.28. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 8.23% from the current price of $380.68.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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TSLA Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 10/7/25 to 10/7/26	1 Month Ago 9/7/25 to 9/7/26	3 Months Ago 7/9/25 to 7/9/26	1 Year Ago 10/7/24 to 10/7/25
Strong Buy	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	23 Buy rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)
Hold	18 Hold rating(s)	18 Hold rating(s)	21 Hold rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)
Sell	5 Sell rating(s)	4 Sell rating(s)	4 Sell rating(s)	8 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$412.01	$401.74	$406.87	$346.47
Forecasted Upside	8.23% Upside	13.46% Upside	0.08% Upside	-20.00% Downside
Consensus Rating	Hold	Hold	Hold	Hold

TSLA Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

TSLA Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Tesla Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Tesla	Consumer Discretionary Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.43	2.19	2.53
Consensus Rating	Hold	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	8.23% Upside	243.99% Upside	19.86% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Neutral News See Recent TSLA News	Neutral News	Neutral News

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
10/5/2026	HSBC 3 of 5 stars	Michael Tyndall Not Rated	Reiterated Rating	Reduce	$157.00	-57.64%
10/5/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group 3 of 5 stars	Mark Delaney 5 of 5 stars	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy
10/1/2026	Wells Fargo & Company 3 of 5 stars	Colin Langan 2 of 5 stars	Reiterated Rating	Buy
9/28/2026	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Sector Weight
9/28/2026	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Andres Sheppard Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight
9/28/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Rajat Gupta Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Neutral	$445.00 ➝ $415.00	+11.53%
9/25/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Tom Narayan Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy
9/24/2026	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Underperform	$280.00 ➝ $268.00	-29.50%
9/24/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Joseph Spak Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral
9/21/2026	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
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9/16/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
9/14/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Andrew Percoco Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Reduce
9/14/2026	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Alexander Potter Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Sell ➝ Overweight
9/4/2026	Glj Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Gordon L. Johnson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sell
8/17/2026	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Initiated Coverage	Outperform
8/14/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Itay Michaeli Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy
8/3/2026	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Stephen Gengaro Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Buy	$508.00 ➝ $491.00	+57.78%
7/27/2026	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$420.00	+36.12%
7/27/2026	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ben Kallo Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$475.00	+51.44%
7/23/2026	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Vijay Rakesh Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Outperform	$480.00 ➝ $450.00	+39.18%
7/23/2026	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	William Stein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Hold	$430.00 ➝ $370.00	+13.22%
7/23/2026	Canaccord Genuity Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	George Gianarikas Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Buy	$450.00 ➝ $410.00	+25.46%
7/23/2026	DZ Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
7/23/2026	Roth Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Craig Irwin Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$505.00	+58.00%
7/23/2026	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Chris Pierce Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold
7/21/2026	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Hold (C-)
7/14/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Dan Levy Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$360.00 ➝ $370.00	-6.27%
7/13/2026	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Philippe Houchois Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Hold	$375.00 ➝ $400.00	-1.90%
7/9/2026	Citizens Jmp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Andrew Boone Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform
7/2/2026	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
6/29/2026	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Initiated Coverage	Sell ➝ Neutral
6/5/2026	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Neutral
6/5/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Outperform
6/5/2026	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Outperform
6/5/2026	Erste Group Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Sell ➝ Hold
5/13/2026	Phillip Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Sell	$220.00 ➝ $215.00	-50.96%
4/28/2026	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold
4/27/2026	Tigress Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Initiated Coverage	Buy
4/27/2026	President Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$424.00 ➝ $428.00	+13.74%
4/27/2026	China Renaissance Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Hold	$382.00 ➝ $372.00	-1.14%
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4/21/2026	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Daniel Ives Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$600.00	+52.98%
3/4/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	John Murphy Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$460.00	+13.23%
2/11/2026	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy
1/6/2026	New Street Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$520.00 ➝ $600.00	+32.84%
12/18/2025	CICC Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$450.00 ➝ $500.00	+5.42%
11/5/2025	Dbs Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold
10/13/2025	iA Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$300.00	-30.38%
10/13/2025	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Rob Wertheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Buy	$520.00	+25.76%
7/27/2025	Daiwa Securities Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Neutral
6/9/2025	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Bill Selesky Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Hold
4/22/2025	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Outperform
4/22/2025	Cfra Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	G. Nelson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Moderate Buy ➝ Hold
10/24/2024	KGI Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	J. Liang Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$276.00	+8.27%

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Should I Buy Tesla Stock? TSLA Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Tuesday, October 6, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Tesla pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Tesla
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Tesla:

Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles in the third quarter, beating consensus expectations and suggesting the company has stemmed the bleeding in its core automotive business after revenue shrank in 2025.
The company is set to showcase its Cybercab robotaxi at the Paris Motor Show beginning October 12, marking the first official European display of this futuristic vehicle and highlighting its expansion into new markets.
Tesla's stock price is currently $380.68, reflecting a recent rally that has helped Elon Musk regain his status as a trillionaire, driven by strong performance alongside SpaceX and positive market sentiment.
Analysts from UBS have maintained their stance on Tesla following mixed delivery results, indicating that institutional investors remain confident in the company's long-term trajectory despite short-term fluctuations.
Tesla is positioned as a high-growth stock with significant insider ownership, a factor that investors often view as a sign of management conviction and alignment with shareholder interests.

Tesla
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Tesla for these reasons:

Goldman Sachs is cautious on Tesla ahead of its Q3 earnings, noting that while it expects stronger revenue momentum, higher costs and capital spending could cap the upside potential for shareholders.
The company's P/E ratio stands at 352.48, which is significantly high and suggests that the stock is priced for perfection, leaving little room for error in future earnings reports.
Recent insider trading activity shows a pattern of selling, with CFO Vaibhav Taneja and Director Kathleen Wilson-Thompson both selling shares in recent months, which some investors may interpret as a lack of confidence in the current valuation.
Tesla's robotaxi service faces operational challenges, such as difficulty finding rides after dark, which could hinder the scalability and profitability of its autonomous driving initiatives.
The company's high beta of 1.92 indicates that its stock is nearly twice as volatile as the overall market, exposing investors to greater price swings and risk during market downturns.

TSLA Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 47 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Tesla is $412.01, with a high forecast of $840.00 and a low forecast of $25.28.

47 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Tesla in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 18 hold ratings, 23 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" TSLA shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in TSLA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.

According to analysts, Tesla's stock has a predicted upside of 8.23% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Tesla's stock had 3 upgrades by analysts.

Tesla has been rated by research analysts at Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, BNP Paribas Exane, Canaccord Genuity Group, Cantor Fitzgerald, Citigroup, Citizens Jmp, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, DZ Bank, Glj Research, HSBC, Jefferies Financial Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co., KeyCorp, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Needham & Company LLC, Oppenheimer, Piper Sandler, Robert W. Baird, Roth Capital, Royal Bank Of Canada, Stifel Nicolaus, TD Cowen, The Goldman Sachs Group, Truist Financial, UBS Group, Weiss Ratings, and Wells Fargo & Company in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Tesla more than other "consumer discretionary" companies. The consensus rating score for Tesla is 2.43 while the average consensus rating score for "consumer discretionary" companies is 2.19. Learn more on how TSLA compares to other companies.

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Tesla (TSLA) Stock Forecast & Price Target