Image from MarketBeat Media, LLC. New York State Common Retirement Fund trimmed its holdings in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA - Free Report) by 4.4% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 3,189,883 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock after selling 146,000 shares during the period. Tesla accounts for about 1.8% of New York State Common Retirement Fund's investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest position. New York State Common Retirement Fund owned about 0.10% of Tesla worth $1,418,605,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Get Tesla alerts: MarketBeat Week in Review – 01/19 - 01/23 In other Tesla news, Director James R. Murdoch sold 60,000 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $445.40, for a total transaction of $26,724,000.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 577,031 shares of the company's stock, valued at $257,009,607.40. The trade was a 9.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sale, the director owned 1,391,615 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $627,145,215.90. This represents a 3.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders sold 119,457 shares of company stock worth $53,501,145. 19.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In Several brokerages recently weighed in on TSLA. Truist Financial cut their target price on shares of Tesla from $439.00 to $438.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Mizuho set a $540.00 price objective on shares of Tesla and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $500.00 target price on shares of Tesla in a research note on Thursday. DZ Bank reiterated a "sell" rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Thursday. Finally, CICC Research raised their price objective on Tesla from $450.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, December 18th. Seventeen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have given a Hold rating and eight have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $410.86.