Image from MarketBeat Media, LLC. Key Points Birinyi Associates boosted its Tesla stake by 348.7% in Q3 to 6,730 shares worth about $2.99 million, representing roughly 0.8% of its portfolio and the firm's 24th largest holding. Institutional investors own about 66.20% of Tesla, with giants like Vanguard (≈251.4M shares) and a new Norges Bank position (≈$11.84B) among the largest shareholders, underscoring heavy institutional exposure. Tesla faces a mixed near-term outlook: analysts have a consensus rating of "Hold" with an average target of $410.46, while positive catalysts (Dojo3 revival, insurance/FSD moves) compete with negatives like Berlin staff cuts and recent insider sales (~119,457 shares, ~$53.5M), increasing potential volatility. Tesla’s Earnings Loom With Almost No Room for Error NASDAQ:TSLA opened at $431.44 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 1.67 and a current ratio of 2.07. Tesla, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $214.25 and a fifty-two week high of $498.83. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $442.96 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $401.85. The company has a market capitalization of $1.43 trillion, a PE ratio of 287.63, a P/E/G ratio of 7.13 and a beta of 1.83. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 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 company had revenue of $28.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $24.98 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.72 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts anticipate that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 earnings per share for the current year. Insiders Place Their Bets In related news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,637 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $443.93, for a total transaction of $1,170,643.41. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 13,757 shares of the company's stock, valued at $6,107,145.01. This trade represents a 16.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $450.66, for a total value of $25,606,501.20. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 1,391,615 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $627,145,215.90. The trade was a 3.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 119,457 shares of company stock worth $53,501,145. Company insiders own 19.90% of the company's stock. About Tesla