Image from MarketBeat Media, LLC. Key Points Tred Avon Family Wealth LLC bought a new stake of 1,469 Tesla shares in the 3rd quarter, valued at approximately $653,000. Major institutions hold large positions—Vanguard Group now owns 251,390,681 shares (~$79.9B) and institutional investors collectively own about 66.20% of Tesla’s stock. Insiders have been net sellers (119,457 shares worth roughly $53.5M over the last three months) while news is mixed: Tesla is restarting its Dojo/AI push and may benefit from Canada tariff rollbacks, but faces slow robotaxi/Optimus ramp expectations and macro volatility ahead of earnings. Tesla’s Earnings Loom With Almost No Room for Error Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.02. Tesla had a net margin of 5.51% and a return on equity of 6.61%. The business had revenue of $28.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $24.98 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.72 EPS. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts predict that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 EPS for the current fiscal year. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. DZ Bank restated a "sell" rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. Wall Street Zen raised Tesla from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, October 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a "sell" rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Wedbush reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and set a $600.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a research report on Monday, December 15th. Finally, Evercore ISI raised their target price on shares of Tesla from $235.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Hold rating and nine have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $410.20.