Image from MarketBeat Media, LLC. Key Points Syon Capital raised its Tesla stake by 20.7% in Q3 to 23,602 shares worth $10.496 million, and overall institutional ownership of TSLA stands at 66.20% with several other firms also adding to positions. Wall Street consensus is a Hold with an average price target of $408.09 (18 Buy / 14 Hold / 9 Sell); Tesla’s valuation is rich (market cap ~$1.54T, PE ~380) even as the company beat EPS estimates ($0.50 vs $0.45) while revenue fell 3.1% year‑over‑year. Insiders sold 119,457 shares (~$53.5M) over the last quarter — including sales by CFO Vaibhav Taneja and director James Murdoch — occurring alongside safety, regulatory and AI/robotaxi headlines that could affect sentiment and deployment risks. Tesla P/E Hits 400: 2 Reasons It's Still a Buy, 1 to Avoid Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 28th. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.05. Tesla had a net margin of 4.00% and a return on equity of 4.86%. The company had revenue of $24.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $24.75 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.73 EPS. Tesla's quarterly revenue was down 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts expect that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 EPS for the current fiscal year. Insiders Place Their Bets In other Tesla news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,637 shares of the 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 transaction, the chief financial officer owned 13,757 shares in the company, valued at $6,107,145.01. This trade represents a 16.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, 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 completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 577,031 shares in the company, valued at approximately $257,009,607.40. This represents a 9.42% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 119,457 shares of company stock valued at $53,501,145 over the last quarter. Insiders own 19.90% of the company's stock. Tesla News Summary