Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Shares Up 4.8% After Analyst Upgrade
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- Jan 30, 2026
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Shares rose 4.8% after UBS raised its price target to $352 from $307 while keeping a sell rating; Tesla traded as high as $439.88 and volume was roughly 50% below average.
Q4 results beat expectations ( $0.50 EPS vs $0.45 est.; $24.90B revenue vs $24.75B) and Tesla reported 1.1M active FSD subscriptions, but revenue was down 3.1% YoY and management signaled >$20B in planned 2026 capex, raising execution and margin concerns.
Significant insider selling occurred recently—executives including the CFO and Kimbal Musk sold shares, with insiders offloading 119,457 shares (~$53.5M) last quarter, though insiders still own about 19.9% of the company. Mega-Cap Earnings Could Decide the Tech Sector’s Next Big Move
Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Networth Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Tesla during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Davidson Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in Tesla by 79.4% during the fourth quarter. Davidson Capital Management Inc. now owns 61 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 27 shares during the period. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Tesla in the third quarter valued at $30,000. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Tesla in the third quarter valued at about $29,000. Finally, Prism Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Tesla during the 4th quarter worth about $30,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.20% of the company's stock.
Tesla Stock Up 5.2%
The firm has a market cap of $1.46 trillion, a P/E ratio of 405.46, a P/E/G ratio of 7.36 and a beta of 1.83. The firm's fifty day moving average is $446.91 and its 200 day moving average is $406.71. 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 (NASDAQ:TSLA - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January 28th. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $24.90 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $24.75 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 4.93% and a net margin of 4.00%.The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.73 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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