Rollins Financial Advisors LLC Decreases Stake in Tesla, Inc. $TSLA
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- Feb 25, 2026
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Rollins Financial Advisors cut its Tesla stake by 34.6% in Q3, selling 19,791 shares and leaving 37,368 shares valued at about $16.62 million, with Tesla representing roughly 2.5% of the firm's portfolio (its 11th largest holding).
Mixed newsflow is creating uncertainty: Tesla sued the California DMV over FSD advertising (a potential positive), but faces other legal setbacks (an upheld $243M verdict and a hiring‑bias suit) and signs of demand weakness in Europe plus short Cybertruck promotions that could pressure near‑term pricing.
Insider selling and valuation risk: insiders have sold significant shares recently (Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares; insiders sold ~119,457 shares in the last 90 days), while the stock trades at a very high P/E (~379) and carries a consensus analyst rating of "Hold" with a $408.09 average price target. Tesla Faces Falling Sales—But Is That the Wrong Story?
In related news, Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the director owned 1,391,615 shares in the company, valued at approximately $627,145,215.90. This trade represents a 3.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,637 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $443.93, for a total value of $1,170,643.41. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 13,757 shares in the company, valued at $6,107,145.01. This represents a 16.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 119,457 shares of company stock valued at $53,501,145. 19.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Tesla Trading Up 2.4%
Shares of TSLA opened at $409.38 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.54 trillion, a PE ratio of 379.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 14.13 and a beta of 1.86. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $437.53 and a two-hundred day moving average of $420.08. Tesla, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $214.25 and a fifty-two week high of $498.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 1.77 and a current ratio of 2.16.
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 28th. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $24.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $24.75 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 4.86% and a net margin of 4.00%.The firm's quarterly revenue was down 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.73 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 EPS for the current year.
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