Image from MarketBeat Media, LLC. Key Points Rakuten Investment Management opened a new Q3 position in Tesla, buying 11,621 shares (~$5.17M); overall hedge funds and institutional investors now own about 66.2% of TSLA. Operational catalysts — removal of human safety monitors on some Austin Robotaxi rides, a Lemonade insurance tie‑up for FSD miles, and Elon Musk’s Davos timelines — have lifted sentiment and are driving a re‑rating of Tesla toward an autonomy/AI growth story. Meanwhile, insiders sold roughly 119,457 shares (~$53.5M) last quarter, analysts’ consensus is a Hold with an average target of $410.77, and upcoming Q4 earnings on Jan. 28 (the same week as a Fed meeting) could produce significant volatility. Tesla Bulls vs. Bears Are Getting Loud Ahead of Earnings In other news, Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $450.66, for a total transaction of $25,606,501.20. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 1,391,615 shares of the company's stock, valued at $627,145,215.90. This represents a 3.92% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director James R. Murdoch sold 60,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $445.40, for a total value of $26,724,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 577,031 shares in the company, valued at approximately $257,009,607.40. This trade represents a 9.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 119,457 shares of company stock worth $53,501,145. 19.90% of the stock is owned by insiders. Tesla Price Performance Shares of NASDAQ:TSLA opened at $449.36 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 1.67 and a current ratio of 2.07. The firm has a market cap of $1.49 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 299.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.36 and a beta of 1.83. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $443.91 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $402.18. Tesla, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $214.25 and a fifty-two week high of $498.83. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.48 by $0.02. Tesla had a net margin of 5.51% and a return on equity of 6.61%. The firm had revenue of $28.10 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $24.98 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.72 EPS. The business's quarterly revenue was up 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 earnings per share for the current year. About Tesla