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Tesla stock TSLA fell 3% on Tuesday, giving back part of its 5.5% gain from the previous session as investors reassessed the company’s robo-taxi prospects and digested mixed vehicle registration data from Europe.

Tesla shares were down 3.1% during Tuesday’s session, compared with declines of about 0.5% for both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average.

The stock’s Monday rally was widely linked to renewed optimism around Tesla’s self-driving taxi business. However, investors remain focused on whether the company can scale its robo-taxi operations meaningfully enough to justify the enthusiasm surrounding autonomous driving.

Tesla launched its robo-taxi service in Austin, Texas, in June 2025 and has since expanded operations to several cities, including Miami and Dallas. However, growth has remained relatively slow.

Gary Black, co-founder of Future Fund, estimated that Tesla’s robo-taxi fleet consists of about 100 vehicles. That compares with an estimated fleet of nearly 4,000 vehicles operated by Alphabet’s Waymo across more than a dozen US cities.

Black described Monday’s rally as Tesla bulls getting ahead of themselves, highlighting the gap between expectations and the current scale of Tesla’s robo-taxi operations. 

Tesla’s shares remain only a few dollars above their level in late June 2025, shortly after the robo-taxi launch, despite the recent gains. This indicates that investors are still waiting for the business to expand substantially.

Competition in the autonomous ride-hailing market is also increasing. 

Amazon’s Zoox is offering robo-taxi rides, while Waymo has expanded its presence and is promoting its service through advertising.

The potential size and profitability of the robo-taxi market remain uncertain. 

Tesla is competing against established and emerging players, making it difficult to determine which company will capture the largest share of the market.

The economics of autonomous ride-hailing are another key consideration for investors. 

Morgan Stanley values Tesla’s autonomous driving technologies at roughly $1 trillion, around six times the value it places on the company’s traditional car business.

That valuation highlights the importance of Tesla’s self-driving ambitions to its broader investment case and helps explain why developments around the robo-taxi business can influence the stock.

Tesla’s August vehicle registrations across several European markets provided a mixed picture. 

Registrations, which serve as a proxy for sales, increased 279% year over year in France and 104% in Denmark, according to industry data.

However, registrations declined 79% in Norway and Spain, 41% in Sweden, 37% in Portugal and 36% in Italy.

Rico Luman, senior economist at ING Research, said France and Denmark benefited from increasing electric vehicle adoption and Tesla’s more affordable pricing. 

Matthias Schmidt, a European auto market analyst at Schmidt Automotive, attributed the decline in Norway partly to difficult comparisons with the previous year, when buyers accelerated purchases ahead of a fiscal policy change.

Tesla’s European sales have rebounded this year after two consecutive annual declines, helped by easier comparisons, higher fuel prices, government incentives and growing consumer interest in electric vehicles.

Registration data from the UK and Germany, Europe’s two largest car markets, is due later this week and could provide additional insight into Tesla’s sales performance across the region.

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Waymo argued last week that fully autonomous vehicles are not possible without using a mix of sensors, and that “pure end-to-end” AI systems are not safe enough — shots at Tesla, despite the Alphabet-owned company not naming names.

The company took these swings in a blog post and an interview with Axios just one week ahead of a September 3 event where Tesla is expected to formally introduce its two-seater Cybercab into its own small-but-growing robotaxi fleet. Waymo also announced three new markets on Tuesday morning, further extending its robotaxi network, which is serving customers in more than a dozen U.S. cities.

Despite being technical and a bit wonky, Waymo’s claims kicked off a social media fight that lasted all weekend.

“Arguments they bring forward are poor,” Pierre Ferragu, an analyst and managing partner at New Street Research who covers Tesla, wrote on X. “My read: Waymo built a driving gas plant that AI at scale makes irrelevant, and now falls into incumbent rhetoric. Innovator dilemma 101.”

“How it feels to say your data and record of success leads you to believe driverless mileage, AI interpretability, and multiple sensor types are critical for safe, fully autonomous driving at scale,” wrote Ethan Teicher, a Waymo spokesperson, while sharing a John Wick promo image that depicts more than a dozen guns pointed at the head of Keanu Reeves’ character.

The metaphorical knives — or guns, apparently — are out because if Tesla can prove the Cybercab is capable of performing at scale, it would set up a major fight between the two companies and their disparate approaches to developing autonomous vehicles. At stake is a market that could be worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

For years, this fight was more academic or philosophical than anything. But last week Waymo flexed its real-world experience.

“Cameras are incredible, but they aren’t enough,” Srikanth Thirumalai, a VP who oversees Waymo’s driving software, wrote in the company’s blog post. “For years, there’s been a debate over whether cameras alone could solve full autonomy. Now, after more than 200 million real-world miles, the data is clear: safe, fully autonomous operations at scale require more. By combining inputs from cameras, lidar, and radar, the Waymo Driver creates a rich, redundant world view that no single sensor can replicate.”

Thirumalai also wrote that a pure end-to-end neural architecture that “takes in raw pixels and directly outputs steering commands” — which is Tesla’s approach to autonomy — will “run the risk of black box failures.”

“Even the best AI models with trillions of parameters still hallucinate,” he told Axios. “There is no click reboot or reload or refresh [in] physical AI. You have to deal with the consequences of it.”

Waymo has long taken the approach of integrating a mix of cameras, radar, and lidar sensors into vehicles built by other manufacturers. While it’s a more conservative technological approach, it has allowed the company to scale to a fleet of around 4,000 robotaxis across 14 U.S. cities, which provides 500,000 paid trips per week.

At Tesla, Elon Musk has long derided the use of lidar, calling it a “crutch.” The company has instead put all its efforts into trying to make fully autonomous cars using just cameras and AI. And Tesla has spent the last few years developing the Cybercab, a purpose-built two-seater gold sedan designed to be autonomous from the get-go.

The Cybercab has no steering wheel or pedals, a relatively small battery, and Tesla plans to pump out thousands of them — a recent filing shows the company aiming to build more than 125,000 annually.

Of course, Tesla still needs to show that its self-driving software is capable of full autonomy. The company is years behind schedule; Musk once promised there would be 1 million robotaxis on the road in 2020 — though the company has spent the last year trialing its own Tesla Robotaxi network in a handful of cities in Texas and Florida using modified Model Y SUVs.

Those trials have stayed small, with Tesla claiming it’s prioritizing safety over scale. It’s only within the last few weeks that Tesla has pulled safety monitors out of a majority of those cars.

But that is likely about to change. Tesla has started registering Cybercabs with the Texas DMV ahead of the September 3 event. It’s unclear how quickly the company plans to scale the fleet after introducing the shiny two-seater, though social media users have spotted dozens of them sitting in parking lots around the country.

If Tesla can show that its AI-first approach to sefl driving can work at scale, it would be a major accomplishment for the company and validation for its software engineers.

The company will still have to demonstrate that it can solve all the other problems that come with operating a robotaxi network, though — problems that Waymo continues to discover as it operates thousands of self-driving cars. Those include navigating harsh weather, steering clear of emergency situations, and operating safely around school zones.

But beyond the technological differences, there’s another fight brewing: cost. Waymo’s technological approach is naturally more expensive. It uses more sensors, and installs them on vehicles that other companies manufacture. That means Waymo has to buy those vehicles and, in the case of the Zeekr-made Ojai, pay import taxes on them before they’re even outfitted with self-driving technology.

Tesla makes its own cars and is betting its AI will be capable enough to never need anything other than a few cameras to navigate the world. It’s a major gamble — one Waymo clearly thinks won’t pay off. But if it does, it gives Tesla the chance to outcompete Waymo, or possibly even Uber, on price.

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Aljian Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 5,402 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock, valued at approximately $2,272,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Crestwood Advisors Group LLC increased its stake in Tesla by 34.7% in the 4th quarter. Crestwood Advisors Group LLC now owns 19,567 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $8,799,000 after purchasing an additional 5,039 shares in the last quarter. Wealthquest Corp purchased a new stake in Tesla during the fourth quarter valued at about $1,035,000. Private Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Tesla by 139.3% in the fourth quarter. Private Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 21,331 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $9,593,000 after buying an additional 12,417 shares during the period. Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Tesla by 34.8% in the fourth quarter. Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC now owns 64,481 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $28,998,000 after acquiring an additional 16,652 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co increased its position in shares of Tesla by 3.0% in the fourth quarter. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co now owns 404,023 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $181,697,000 after acquiring an additional 11,900 shares in the last quarter. 66.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets In other Tesla news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $402.20, for a total value of $1,048,133.20. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 22,039 shares in the company, valued at $8,864,085.80. The trade was a 10.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders own 19.90% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Tesla Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week: Positive Sentiment: Anticipation is building for Tesla’s Cybercab event in Austin, where the company is expected to showcase a two-seat autonomous vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals. Investors are treating the event as a potential catalyst for Tesla’s robotaxi strategy and future revenue growth. Tesla Cybercab launch article Positive Sentiment: Reports that Tesla has begun production of its Optimus humanoid robot, along with updates involving artificial intelligence and Grok, reinforced the bull case that Tesla is becoming more than an electric-vehicle manufacturer. Optimus and Grok updates Positive Sentiment: Tesla’s potential expansion of solar production with SpaceX and a reported large Texas chip-making facility added to optimism around its energy, computing and AI infrastructure ambitions. Texas chip facility report Positive Sentiment: Higher crude oil prices and renewed geopolitical concerns revived the possibility that expensive gasoline could improve consumer interest in electric vehicles. Tesla also plans to raise prices on certain Cybertruck models, potentially supporting revenue per vehicle. Oil prices and Tesla shares Neutral Sentiment: Speculation that Tesla could resume accepting Bitcoin payments resurfaced after Bitcoin mining reportedly surpassed Elon Musk’s earlier clean-energy threshold. No policy change has been confirmed, so the near-term stock impact is uncertain. Tesla Bitcoin payments report Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that Tesla’s roughly $25 billion 2026 capital budget, including spending on Optimus and robotaxis, could pressure cash flow if commercialization is delayed. Analysts also warn that autonomy may become a commodity, limiting Tesla’s eventual market share and valuation upside. Tesla investment risks Negative Sentiment: A failed reported Robotaxi ride and Tesla’s decision to discontinue Solar Roof sales highlight execution and product-adoption risks, although the company is shifting toward conventional solar panels and energy storage. Tesla Solar Roof decision Tesla Trading Up 5.5% Shares of NASDAQ:TSLA opened at $367.95 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $359.59 and a two-hundred day moving average of $384.52. The company has a quick ratio of 1.55, a current ratio of 1.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09. Tesla, Inc. has a 12-month low of $297.38 and a 12-month high of $498.83. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.45 trillion, a P/E ratio of 340.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 17.61 and a beta of 1.83.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by ($0.17). The company had revenue of $28.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $26.42 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 3.82% and a net margin of 3.67%.The company’s revenue was up 25.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.33 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts expect that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.88 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In TSLA has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $500.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. William Blair reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Thursday, July 2nd. BMO Capital Markets initiated coverage on Tesla in a report on Monday, August 17th. They issued an “outperform” rating for the company. Evercore raised Tesla from a “hold” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, June 5th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $475.00 price target on Tesla in a report on Monday, July 27th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have assigned a Buy rating, nineteen have given a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Tesla presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $401.74.

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Tesla, Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is an American company that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles, energy generation and energy storage products. Founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, Tesla grew into a vertically integrated mobility and clean‑energy company with Elon Musk serving as its chief executive officer. The company’s stated mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, reflected in its combined focus on electric drivetrains, battery technology, renewable energy products and software.

Tesla’s automotive business includes a lineup of battery‑electric vehicles and related services.

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Global Strategic Investment Solutions LLC acquired a new position in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 2,351 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock, valued at approximately $989,000.

A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Chapman Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Tesla during the second quarter worth approximately $26,000. Friedenthal Financial lifted its holdings in Tesla by 66.7% in the first quarter. Friedenthal Financial now owns 75 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the period. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. bought a new position in Tesla in the third quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Texas Capital Bancshares Inc TX acquired a new stake in Tesla during the 3rd quarter worth $31,000. Finally, Harborfront Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in Tesla during the 2nd quarter worth $34,000. 66.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Guggenheim assumed coverage on Tesla in a research note on Monday, June 29th. They issued a “neutral” rating on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $500.00 price objective on shares of Tesla in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. HSBC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Monday, June 15th. The Goldman Sachs Group initiated coverage on Tesla in a research note on Friday, June 5th. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock. Finally, Piper Sandler decreased their target price on Tesla from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, July 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have assigned a Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $401.74.

Get Our Latest Research Report on Tesla Insider Activity In related news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $402.20, for a total transaction of $1,048,133.20. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 22,039 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,864,085.80. This represents a 10.57% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Corporate insiders own 19.90% of the company’s stock.

Tesla Stock Performance TSLA stock opened at $367.95 on Tuesday. Tesla, Inc. has a 1-year low of $297.38 and a 1-year high of $498.83. The company has a current ratio of 1.94, a quick ratio of 1.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09. The firm has a market cap of $1.45 trillion, a PE ratio of 340.70, a P/E/G ratio of 17.61 and a beta of 1.83. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $359.59 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $384.52.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.50 by ($0.17). The business had revenue of $28.24 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $26.42 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 3.82% and a net margin of 3.67%.The firm’s revenue was up 25.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.33 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.88 earnings per share for the current year.

Key Tesla News Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:

Positive Sentiment: Anticipation is building for Tesla’s Cybercab event in Austin, where the company is expected to showcase a two-seat autonomous vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals. Investors are treating the event as a potential catalyst for Tesla’s robotaxi strategy and future revenue growth. Tesla Cybercab launch article Positive Sentiment: Reports that Tesla has begun production of its Optimus humanoid robot, along with updates involving artificial intelligence and Grok, reinforced the bull case that Tesla is becoming more than an electric-vehicle manufacturer. Optimus and Grok updates Positive Sentiment: Tesla’s potential expansion of solar production with SpaceX and a reported large Texas chip-making facility added to optimism around its energy, computing and AI infrastructure ambitions. Texas chip facility report Positive Sentiment: Higher crude oil prices and renewed geopolitical concerns revived the possibility that expensive gasoline could improve consumer interest in electric vehicles. Tesla also plans to raise prices on certain Cybertruck models, potentially supporting revenue per vehicle. Oil prices and Tesla shares Neutral Sentiment: Speculation that Tesla could resume accepting Bitcoin payments resurfaced after Bitcoin mining reportedly surpassed Elon Musk’s earlier clean-energy threshold. No policy change has been confirmed, so the near-term stock impact is uncertain. Tesla Bitcoin payments report Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that Tesla’s roughly $25 billion 2026 capital budget, including spending on Optimus and robotaxis, could pressure cash flow if commercialization is delayed. Analysts also warn that autonomy may become a commodity, limiting Tesla’s eventual market share and valuation upside. Tesla investment risks Negative Sentiment: A failed reported Robotaxi ride and Tesla’s decision to discontinue Solar Roof sales highlight execution and product-adoption risks, although the company is shifting toward conventional solar panels and energy storage. Tesla Solar Roof decision About Tesla (Free Report)

Tesla, Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is an American company that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles, energy generation and energy storage products. Founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, Tesla grew into a vertically integrated mobility and clean‑energy company with Elon Musk serving as its chief executive officer. The company’s stated mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, reflected in its combined focus on electric drivetrains, battery technology, renewable energy products and software.

Tesla’s automotive business includes a lineup of battery‑electric vehicles and related services.

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Grandfield & Dodd LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 2,445 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock, valued at approximately $1,028,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TSLA. Crestwood Advisors Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Tesla by 34.7% in the fourth quarter. Crestwood Advisors Group LLC now owns 19,567 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $8,799,000 after buying an additional 5,039 shares in the last quarter. Wealthquest Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Tesla during the fourth quarter valued at $1,035,000. Private Capital Advisors Inc. increased its stake in Tesla by 139.3% in the 4th quarter. Private Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 21,331 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $9,593,000 after purchasing an additional 12,417 shares in the last quarter. Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Tesla by 34.8% during the 4th quarter. Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC now owns 64,481 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $28,998,000 after buying an additional 16,652 shares during the period. Finally, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co lifted its stake in Tesla by 3.0% during the fourth quarter. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co now owns 404,023 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $181,697,000 after buying an additional 11,900 shares in the last quarter. 66.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Tesla Stock Up 5.5% Tesla stock opened at $367.95 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $1.45 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 340.70, a P/E/G ratio of 17.61 and a beta of 1.83. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $359.59 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $384.52. Tesla, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $297.38 and a fifty-two week high of $498.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 1.94 and a quick ratio of 1.55.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.50 by ($0.17). The business had revenue of $28.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $26.42 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 3.82% and a net margin of 3.67%.Tesla’s revenue for the quarter was up 25.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.33 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.88 earnings per share for the current year. Key Tesla News Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:

Positive Sentiment: Anticipation is building for Tesla’s Cybercab event in Austin, where the company is expected to showcase a two-seat autonomous vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals. Investors are treating the event as a potential catalyst for Tesla’s robotaxi strategy and future revenue growth. Tesla Cybercab launch article Positive Sentiment: Reports that Tesla has begun production of its Optimus humanoid robot, along with updates involving artificial intelligence and Grok, reinforced the bull case that Tesla is becoming more than an electric-vehicle manufacturer. Optimus and Grok updates Positive Sentiment: Tesla’s potential expansion of solar production with SpaceX and a reported large Texas chip-making facility added to optimism around its energy, computing and AI infrastructure ambitions. Texas chip facility report Positive Sentiment: Higher crude oil prices and renewed geopolitical concerns revived the possibility that expensive gasoline could improve consumer interest in electric vehicles. Tesla also plans to raise prices on certain Cybertruck models, potentially supporting revenue per vehicle. Oil prices and Tesla shares Neutral Sentiment: Speculation that Tesla could resume accepting Bitcoin payments resurfaced after Bitcoin mining reportedly surpassed Elon Musk’s earlier clean-energy threshold. No policy change has been confirmed, so the near-term stock impact is uncertain. Tesla Bitcoin payments report Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that Tesla’s roughly $25 billion 2026 capital budget, including spending on Optimus and robotaxis, could pressure cash flow if commercialization is delayed. Analysts also warn that autonomy may become a commodity, limiting Tesla’s eventual market share and valuation upside. Tesla investment risks Negative Sentiment: A failed reported Robotaxi ride and Tesla’s decision to discontinue Solar Roof sales highlight execution and product-adoption risks, although the company is shifting toward conventional solar panels and energy storage. Tesla Solar Roof decision Insider Buying and Selling In other Tesla news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, June 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $402.20, for a total value of $1,048,133.20. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 22,039 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,864,085.80. This represents a 10.57% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. 19.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades TSLA has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. DZ Bank upgraded shares of Tesla from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. BMO Capital Markets initiated coverage on Tesla in a research report on Monday, August 17th. They issued an “outperform” rating for the company. Evercore raised Tesla from a “hold” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, June 5th. Roth Capital restated a “buy” rating and set a $505.00 price objective on shares of Tesla in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein raised shares of Tesla from an “underperform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, June 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have assigned a Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Tesla currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $401.74.

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Tesla, Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is an American company that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles, energy generation and energy storage products. Founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, Tesla grew into a vertically integrated mobility and clean‑energy company with Elon Musk serving as its chief executive officer. The company’s stated mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, reflected in its combined focus on electric drivetrains, battery technology, renewable energy products and software.

Tesla’s automotive business includes a lineup of battery‑electric vehicles and related services.

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Cornerstone Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 106,428 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock, valued at approximately $44,764,000. Tesla accounts for approximately 1.5% of Cornerstone Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 14th largest position.

Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Chapman Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Tesla in the second quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Friedenthal Financial grew its stake in Tesla by 66.7% in the first quarter. Friedenthal Financial now owns 75 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. purchased a new position in Tesla during the 3rd quarter worth $30,000. Texas Capital Bancshares Inc TX bought a new stake in Tesla during the 3rd quarter valued at $31,000. Finally, Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors purchased a new stake in shares of Tesla in the 4th quarter worth $37,000. 66.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Tesla Trading Up 5.5% NASDAQ TSLA opened at $367.95 on Tuesday. Tesla, Inc. has a 52 week low of $297.38 and a 52 week high of $498.83. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $359.59 and a 200 day moving average price of $384.52. The company has a quick ratio of 1.55, a current ratio of 1.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09. The firm has a market cap of $1.45 trillion, a PE ratio of 340.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 17.61 and a beta of 1.83.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.50 by ($0.17). The firm had revenue of $28.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $26.42 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 3.82% and a net margin of 3.67%.Tesla’s revenue for the quarter was up 25.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.33 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.88 EPS for the current fiscal year. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth TSLA has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Jefferies Financial Group set a $400.00 price target on Tesla and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 13th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $485.00 price objective (down from $510.00) on shares of Tesla in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Friday, August 14th. Piper Sandler cut their target price on shares of Tesla from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $491.00 price target on shares of Tesla and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have assigned a Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $401.74.

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Trending Headlines about Tesla Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:

Positive Sentiment: Anticipation is building for Tesla’s Cybercab event in Austin, where the company is expected to showcase a two-seat autonomous vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals. Investors are treating the event as a potential catalyst for Tesla’s robotaxi strategy and future revenue growth. Tesla Cybercab launch article Positive Sentiment: Reports that Tesla has begun production of its Optimus humanoid robot, along with updates involving artificial intelligence and Grok, reinforced the bull case that Tesla is becoming more than an electric-vehicle manufacturer. Optimus and Grok updates Positive Sentiment: Tesla’s potential expansion of solar production with SpaceX and a reported large Texas chip-making facility added to optimism around its energy, computing and AI infrastructure ambitions. Texas chip facility report Positive Sentiment: Higher crude oil prices and renewed geopolitical concerns revived the possibility that expensive gasoline could improve consumer interest in electric vehicles. Tesla also plans to raise prices on certain Cybertruck models, potentially supporting revenue per vehicle. Oil prices and Tesla shares Neutral Sentiment: Speculation that Tesla could resume accepting Bitcoin payments resurfaced after Bitcoin mining reportedly surpassed Elon Musk’s earlier clean-energy threshold. No policy change has been confirmed, so the near-term stock impact is uncertain. Tesla Bitcoin payments report Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that Tesla’s roughly $25 billion 2026 capital budget, including spending on Optimus and robotaxis, could pressure cash flow if commercialization is delayed. Analysts also warn that autonomy may become a commodity, limiting Tesla’s eventual market share and valuation upside. Tesla investment risks Negative Sentiment: A failed reported Robotaxi ride and Tesla’s decision to discontinue Solar Roof sales highlight execution and product-adoption risks, although the company is shifting toward conventional solar panels and energy storage. Tesla Solar Roof decision Insider Buying and Selling at Tesla In other news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $402.20, for a total value of $1,048,133.20. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 22,039 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,864,085.80. This trade represents a 10.57% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. 19.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Tesla Company Profile (Free Report)

Tesla, Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is an American company that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles, energy generation and energy storage products. Founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, Tesla grew into a vertically integrated mobility and clean‑energy company with Elon Musk serving as its chief executive officer. The company’s stated mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, reflected in its combined focus on electric drivetrains, battery technology, renewable energy products and software.

Tesla’s automotive business includes a lineup of battery‑electric vehicles and related services.

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Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI acquired a new position in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 91,080 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock, valued at approximately $38,308,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Chapman Financial Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Tesla in the second quarter worth about $26,000. Friedenthal Financial lifted its position in shares of Tesla by 66.7% during the 1st quarter. Friedenthal Financial now owns 75 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. bought a new stake in Tesla during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Texas Capital Bancshares Inc TX acquired a new stake in Tesla in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors bought a new position in Tesla in the 4th quarter worth approximately $37,000. Institutional investors own 66.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Tesla In other Tesla news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $402.20, for a total transaction of $1,048,133.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 22,039 shares in the company, valued at $8,864,085.80. This trade represents a 10.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. 19.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Tesla Trading Up 5.5% Shares of Tesla stock opened at $367.95 on Tuesday. Tesla, Inc. has a 52-week low of $297.38 and a 52-week high of $498.83. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.45 trillion, a PE ratio of 340.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 17.61 and a beta of 1.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 1.94 and a quick ratio of 1.55. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $359.59 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $384.52. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by ($0.17). The business had revenue of $28.24 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $26.42 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 3.82% and a net margin of 3.67%.Tesla’s revenue was up 25.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.33 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.88 EPS for the current year.

Tesla News Summary Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:

Positive Sentiment: Anticipation is building for Tesla’s Cybercab event in Austin, where the company is expected to showcase a two-seat autonomous vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals. Investors are treating the event as a potential catalyst for Tesla’s robotaxi strategy and future revenue growth. Tesla Cybercab launch article Positive Sentiment: Reports that Tesla has begun production of its Optimus humanoid robot, along with updates involving artificial intelligence and Grok, reinforced the bull case that Tesla is becoming more than an electric-vehicle manufacturer. Optimus and Grok updates Positive Sentiment: Tesla’s potential expansion of solar production with SpaceX and a reported large Texas chip-making facility added to optimism around its energy, computing and AI infrastructure ambitions. Texas chip facility report Positive Sentiment: Higher crude oil prices and renewed geopolitical concerns revived the possibility that expensive gasoline could improve consumer interest in electric vehicles. Tesla also plans to raise prices on certain Cybertruck models, potentially supporting revenue per vehicle. Oil prices and Tesla shares Neutral Sentiment: Speculation that Tesla could resume accepting Bitcoin payments resurfaced after Bitcoin mining reportedly surpassed Elon Musk’s earlier clean-energy threshold. No policy change has been confirmed, so the near-term stock impact is uncertain. Tesla Bitcoin payments report Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that Tesla’s roughly $25 billion 2026 capital budget, including spending on Optimus and robotaxis, could pressure cash flow if commercialization is delayed. Analysts also warn that autonomy may become a commodity, limiting Tesla’s eventual market share and valuation upside. Tesla investment risks Negative Sentiment: A failed reported Robotaxi ride and Tesla’s decision to discontinue Solar Roof sales highlight execution and product-adoption risks, although the company is shifting toward conventional solar panels and energy storage. Tesla Solar Roof decision Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth A number of research analysts have recently commented on TSLA shares. Glj Research reiterated a “sell” rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Tuesday, August 18th. HSBC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Monday, June 15th. Erste Group Bank upgraded shares of Tesla from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, June 5th. Citizens Jmp began coverage on shares of Tesla in a report on Thursday, July 9th. They issued a “market perform” rating for the company. Finally, William Blair restated a “market perform” rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Thursday, July 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have issued a Buy rating, nineteen have given a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $401.74.

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Tesla Company Profile (Free Report)

Tesla, Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is an American company that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles, energy generation and energy storage products. Founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, Tesla grew into a vertically integrated mobility and clean‑energy company with Elon Musk serving as its chief executive officer. The company’s stated mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, reflected in its combined focus on electric drivetrains, battery technology, renewable energy products and software.

Tesla’s automotive business includes a lineup of battery‑electric vehicles and related services.

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Tesla stock is pulling back hard two days before a major product launch, and the selling looks nothing like what the rest of the market is doing. Mixed European registration data just landed, and the bigger numbers from Britain and…

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Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) stock is giving back part of a large August advance two trading days before a scheduled product event, and the selling is far heavier than what the broader large-cap technology benchmark or its own theme fund is showing this morning. The move lands into a fresh but mixed European registration read, with market-specific numbers arriving before the open and larger-country figures still ahead this week. That combination sets up a name where the price action is louder than any single verified catalyst.

Tesla stock is down 3% to $356.86 in early trading, giving back part of Monday’s rally. The Global X Autonomous & Electric Vehicles ETF (NASDAQ:DRIV) is down 1% to $34.10, a much shallower slide than Tesla’s move. Meanwhile, the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) is down 1.31% to $707.34, tracking a slightly softer session for large-cap technology.

Tesla stock rose 6% on Monday to close at $367.95, and Barron’s reported the Monday gain as 5.5% while noting the optimism was not easy to explain. Future Fund co-founder Gary Black stated that the likeliest reason was robotaxis. Over the past month through Monday’s close, Tesla stock was up 18%.

European Registration Data Reads Split The observable trigger this morning is a split set of August registration numbers reported before the open by InvestorsHub. Tesla’s new vehicle registrations rose 279% year over year in France and 104% in Denmark, while falling 79% in Norway and 41% in Sweden. Those figures come from automotive industry body PFA, from bilstatistik.dk, from OFV, and from Mobility Sweden, respectively.

Registration figures from Britain and Germany, Europe’s two largest automotive markets, are scheduled for release later this week. Tesla’s European sales have recovered this year after two consecutive annual declines, aided by easier year-over-year comparisons, higher fuel prices, government incentives, and rising consumer interest in electric vehicles. Registrations indicate sales rather than report them directly, so the split-tilt August data set reads as a partial signal and not a verdict on the region.

Selling Looks Name-Specific Tesla shares are falling far harder than DRIV, its own theme fund, and QQQ, the large-cap technology benchmark, on a percentage basis this morning. That gap frames today’s action as name-specific selling rather than a broad risk-off wash, even though high-multiple growth names are softer across the board. The scale of the divergence matters, since a name-specific move tends to hinge on its own upcoming catalyst rather than the wider sentiment reset.

Tesla’s Q2 2026 report delivered $28.2 billion in revenue on record deliveries of 480,126 vehicles, beating the revenue estimate but missing on non-GAAP EPS at $0.33 against a $0.54 consensus. Active FSD subscriptions grew to 1.48 million. Those crosscurrents help explain why headline European figures move the stock even when the market-by-market read is genuinely mixed.

Two electric vehicle peers sit adjacent to Tesla in investor mindshare on days like this. Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN) is one such reference name in the EV comparison basket. Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) is the other, though neither is central to the Tesla-specific story landing today, since the near-term catalyst set here belongs to Tesla alone.

There’s no verified company-specific negative announcement behind the decline. The plain read is profit taking after a large prior run, in a session that is softer for high-multiple names, with a scheduled catalyst on the calendar two trading days out. Framing the mechanism plainly matters more than assigning a specific story to the session.

What to Watch Tesla will launch the Cybercab on September 3. Teslarati reported that Tesla’s Cybercab fleet in Austin has been growing ahead of the launch event, so the setup pairs a visible ramp in test vehicles with a stretched short-term chart. The unresolved question is whether the reveal clears a bar that an 18% monthly advance has already priced in.

Investors can watch for a broader European registration read later this week when Britain and Germany report, since those two markets carry more weight than the market-by-market figures already in hand. Traders may want to keep an eye on whether Tesla stock defends its August range if the Cybercab event underwhelms.

Position sizing matters here given that Tesla stock trades at a P/E ratio of 383x, alongside mixed operating momentum from a Q2 that beat on revenue but missed on EPS. Free cash flow was negative at $1.09 billion in the quarter, and shareholders comfortable with high-multiple volatility could scale entries around the September 3 catalyst rather than press into it (we wrote a free playbook on sizing speculative positions to no more than 5% of a portfolio here: Small Stakes, Big Swings). The setup pairs a scheduled event with a name-specific pullback rather than a clean fundamental deterioration, which is where disciplined sizing tends to pay off.

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Texas’ public automated-vehicle records now show 45 Cybercabs under Tesla Robotaxi, LLC, alongside 269 Model Ys, giving the Sept. 3 Austin launch a more consequential backdrop: Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is beginning to assemble the purpose-built fleet it says will power its autonomous ride-hailing ambitions.

Tesla’s Texas authorization for commercial automated vehicles is not new. Under Texas’ rules, an approved operator can maintain an active vehicle list by adding and deleting specific vehicles under its authorization. In other words, the meaningful development is that Cybercabs are now appearing in that existing fleet, not that Tesla suddenly received permission to operate them.

The latest reporting based on the Texas DMV database shows the Cybercab count rising from an initial seven vehicles to 45. That represents roughly 14% of Tesla Robotaxi’s 314 authorized vehicles in the state, with the rest consisting of Model Ys.

That mix matters: Tesla has explicitly positioned the Cybercab as something different from the modified Model Ys currently used for Robotaxi service.

Tesla’s Robotaxi ShiftTesla said in its latest quarterly filing that it had started production of Cybercab, which it describes as a “purpose-built autonomous EV designed to be the workhorse of our Robotaxi fleet.” The company also said engineering test drives of production Cybercabs had begun on public roads and that employee rides started at Gigafactory Texas in July.

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That makes the growing Texas fleet more than a display of new hardware. It offers an early glimpse of Tesla’s intended transition from using existing vehicles for autonomous rides toward a vehicle designed specifically for that business.

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Tesla’s own Robotaxi site currently says autonomous rides are being offered in Austin, Dallas, and Houston, as well as Miami, Orlando, and Tampa, and that Cybercab will offer rides in additional areas “in the future.”

The Sept. 3 event is therefore arriving at an important moment. Tesla’s official event page confirms the Cybercab launch event in Austin runs through Sept. 3, while the fleet records show the vehicle is already being incorporated into the state’s authorized autonomous-vehicle system.

Tesla’s Autonomy TestFor investors, the more important question now shifts from what the Cybercab looks like to how quickly Tesla can turn it into a fleet.

The Elon Musk-led company has spent years promising that autonomy could transform Tesla’s economics. A purpose-built vehicle with no conventional driver controls is a much clearer test of that proposition than a driverless ride using a vehicle originally designed for consumers.

Investors should watch what happens after the Sept. 3 event: how many Cybercabs actually enter commercial service, where they operate, and how quickly Tesla can expand the fleet. Forty-five vehicles do not establish a scaled robotaxi business, but their appearance in Texas’ authorized fleet marks a tangible step from Tesla demonstrating autonomy to building the hardware needed to commercialize it.

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TSLA buy on autonomy credibility

Buy NASDAQ:TSLA. The stock is already pricing a positive autonomy step; the catalyst is Thursday’s Cybercab launch. The thesis is that Tesla can convert “demo” into measurable progress—clearer deployment plan, early fleet utilization targets, and credible cost-per-mile narrative—supporting a re-rating despite low current robotaxi revenue.

Key Risk: Cybercab is another showcase with vague timelines (low deployment volumes and no clear path to unsupervised operations), so the market decides the autonomy premium is unjustified.

TSLA sell if robotaxi economics disappoint

Sell NASDAQ:TSLA if Thursday fails to provide concrete autonomy milestones. The valuation depends on robotaxi scaling; if Tesla can’t outline near-term geographic rollout, autonomous-ride economics, and progress toward removing safety monitors, the market will compress the autonomy multiple quickly.

Key Risk: Tesla gives no credible numbers on fleet scale, autonomous miles, or ride economics—execution risk overwhelms the technology story.

Tesla stock NASDAQ:TSLA surged 5.5% on Monday as investors positioned for a key autonomy event, putting its $1.45 trillion valuation back under scrutiny.

The stock closed at $367.95 on August 31, extending its August gain to about 18% as the broader market slipped. Tesla remains down roughly 18% in 2026.

Attention now turns to Thursday’s Cybercab launch event in Austin. The purpose-built autonomous vehicle has no steering wheel or pedals and is designed to become central to Tesla’s robotaxi network.

The gap between Tesla’s current robotaxi revenue and the value investors assign to the business is striking.

Morningstar senior equity analyst Seth Goldstein estimated on August 18 that robotaxis generated well under 0.5% of Tesla’s total revenue in 2025, yet account for more than 30% of Morningstar’s $450-per-share fair value estimate.

Goldstein called putting Cybercab into Tesla’s fleet “a positive step forward” for its autonomous-driving software.

Morningstar expects the vehicles to have relatively low operating costs and believes the service could eventually generate strong margins.

But that also raises the bar for Thursday, as investors already assign significant value to profits that barely exist today.

A credible launch therefore needs more than another futuristic demonstration.

Deployment timing, autonomous miles, fleet utilisation, operating costs and the pace at which safety monitors can be removed are likely to matter more to the valuation debate.

The bullish case rests on Tesla turning those technological advantages into a large commercial network.

New Street Research analyst Peter Vogel reiterated a Buy rating and $600 price target. He argues Tesla has three major robotaxi advantages: low vehicle costs, a flexible supply model and a huge existing fleet.

Vogel also sees Tesla’s vertically integrated, camera-based approach producing structurally lower costs per mile than rival systems.

New Street estimates robotaxis could eventually generate more than $40 billion in revenue and about $15 billion in EBIT by 2030.

Wedbush analyst Dan Ives is more aggressive.

TipRanks reported that Ives sees Tesla exceeding a $2 trillion market value over the coming year, with a bull case approaching $3 trillion by the end of 2026 if autonomy and robotics scale successfully.

His argument makes execution the bridge between Tesla’s current valuation and another major re-rating.

Cybercab must become a scalable commercial service, not simply another vehicle Tesla can manufacture.

The risk is that Tesla’s autonomy rollout has repeatedly taken longer than some of Elon Musk’s earlier forecasts.

Barclays analyst Dan Levy remains cautious. The analyst pointed to slower-than-expected progress in Tesla’s robotaxi ambitions and the danger that enthusiasm around Cybercab could run ahead of execution.

That matters because Tesla’s conventional automotive business alone does not explain the valuation investors see across investment platforms.

Investors are paying a substantial premium for autonomy, artificial intelligence and robotics, making delays more consequential.

Thursday does not need to prove Cybercab can immediately become profitable. But investors will want clearer answers on deployment volumes, geographic expansion, unsupervised operations and autonomous-ride economics.

Tesla TSLA shares climbed 3% on Monday after the electric-vehicle maker introduced a lower-priced version of its Model 3 in Hong Kong and Macau.

The rear-wheel-drive model starts at HK$205,000 in Hong Kong, equivalent to about $26,000, and 252,000 patacas, or roughly $31,000, in Macau. The Hong Kong price is about 8.5% below Tesla's previous entry-level offering.

The lower-cost configuration gives Tesla another option for attracting buyers in two markets where affordability could influence demand. The move comes as EV manufacturers continue competing on price while regulators in the region tighten oversight of vehicle safety and technology.

Tesla and eight other automakers were also involved last month in a recall covering about 4.3 million vehicles in China over concerns that some doors could be difficult to open during emergencies. Beijing has raised safety requirements as competition among EV makers intensifies.

The cheaper Model 3 could help Tesla broaden demand, though pricing pressure and tighter regulatory scrutiny remain key factors for investors.

The weekly paychecks from this Tesla-linked ETF arrived like clockwork, but the price chart tells a different story. Before you assume you know which number matters more, you need to see what the chart is actually hiding.

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If you bought Roundhill Tesla WeeklyPay ETF (CBOE:TSLW) for the paychecks, the paychecks arrived. A distribution hit your account almost every Friday in 2026, most recently $0.183637 per share paid on August 25. Then you looked at the price chart. TSLW opened the year at $24.82 and closed August 28 at $17.56, a price return of negative 29.26%. Something is missing from that picture.

What the Chart Is Not Showing You TSLW is a weekly income vehicle wrapped around Tesla exposure. Distributions are paid out of net asset value on each ex-date. That mechanical drop is baked into the price line you see. That drop reflects cash that left the fund and, in theory, landed in your brokerage account, separate from any expense ratio or fund-inflicted loss.

Here is why that matters for the reader who bought TSLW and only watches the ticker. Trailing twelve-month distributions totaled 17.660754 per share. On a share that trades below $19, that is a large slice of value moving out of NAV and into holders’ hands every year. A shareholder who reinvested those payments had a very different experience than the chart implies. A shareholder who spent them has been living off cash while the residual quoted price falls.

Weekly Checks, Variable Amounts, Volatility Risk The distributions are also not fixed. In 2026 alone, the weekly payment ranged from $0.048741 on August 3 to $0.393965 on January 5. That is how option income works. Premiums rise and fall with volatility on the underlying. When Tesla stops moving, the paycheck shrinks. When Tesla whips around, it swells. A separate summary field in the data labels the fund as monthly with 12 payments per year, which conflicts with the weekly ex-date records, so investors should confirm the payment cadence in the fund prospectus rather than in a data widget. Investors who want a predictable schedule instead of a variable option-income payout can look at more conventional monthly payers (we rounded up seven of them in a free report).

Look Under the Hood Despite the ticker, this fund holds much more than Tesla stock. As of the June 30, 2026 N-PORT filing, TSLW held 67.2455% Treasury bills, 19.6225% Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) common stock (47,116 shares), 11.6866% derivatives, and 1.5369% in a First American government money market fund, on net assets of $100,991,369.61. The Treasuries are collateral. The derivatives sleeve is where option premium comes from. The 19.6% direct Tesla stake is your equity participation. That is a structural point most holders never internalize: about four-fifths of the fund on that date was not Tesla stock at all.

TSLW Versus Just Owning Tesla The apples-to-apples comparison is uncomfortable, and it needs a caveat. TSLW’s price return excludes its distributions. Tesla’s price return does not carry that drag because Tesla does not pay a dividend. Over the same window, TSLA went from $449.72 on December 31, 2025 to $348.75 on August 28, 2026, a price return of negative 22.45%. Over one year, TSLW’s price return was negative 5.74% while TSLA’s was positive 0.80%. The gap between those two chart lines is the visible fingerprint of every distribution that left NAV.

The cheaper mirror is direct Tesla ownership. You keep every dollar of upside, you skip the option cap, you pay no management fee, and you do not receive weekly income. That is the trade.

Cost Data You Should Ask For Two figures a prospective holder needs are not in the data available for this piece: TSLW’s stated expense ratio and its official distribution yield. The most recent N-PORT snapshot returned a null expense ratio. Anyone considering this fund should pull both numbers directly from the Roundhill prospectus, along with the fund’s disclosed treatment of return of capital in distributions, before deciding whether the paycheck justifies the packaging.

What This Means for You TSLW’s income is real. Its price chart is legitimate. The question a retirement-focused holder should ask is narrower: do the weekly payments, net of taxes on ordinary income and any return of capital, deliver more usable cash than trimming a direct Tesla position on your own schedule would? If the answer is no, you are paying for a wrapper you do not need.

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Key Takeaways
Tesla is expected to publicly launch its cybercab, a fully autonomous two-seater, at an event this week.Tesla shares surged in August but still have a ways to go before returning to positive territory for the year.

Tesla shares just wrapped up a banner month as anticipation builds ahead of what could be a big event for the company.

The stock rose 5.5% on Monday, extending a rally that saw the shares gain 18% in August. Despite the recent surge, the stock is down more than 25% from the 52-week high hit last December.

Tesla (TSLA) is set to hold an event in Austin, Texas on Thursday, during which it’s expected to publicly launch its cybercab, the golden two-seater with butterfly doors that was designed without a steering wheel or pedals in a show of commitment to a fully autonomous future.1 

The company hasn’t offered many details so far about what to expect from Thursday’s invitation-only event, giving way to speculation about whether it could just be a limited launch, or a broader public rollout—and whether it will be true to its steering wheel-less design when it does. The cybercab has been spotted on the road in some cities during testing in recent months, though often with steering wheels and supervising drivers. 

If Thursday’s event can convince investors of meaningful progress in Tesla’s autonomous vision, it could offer a much-needed win for the company, which still faces a number of regulatory hurdles to its unsupervised robotaxi service, as well as competition. Back in July, Tesla told investors it had logged about 380,000 unsupervised miles across six cities in Texas in Florida. Rival Waymo, which is backed by Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL), claims it has already surpassed 200 million.2 

Executives have been upbeat about Tesla’s ability to catch up. “We’re going as fast as humanly possible in scaling Robotaxi while trying to ensure that we do not harm anyone,” CEO Elon Musk said during the company’s earnings call in July, according to a transcript provided by AlphaSense. Earlier this year, Musk said he expects the cybercab, which was unveiled back in 2024, could also become available for purchase by consumers sometime next year, at a price tag under $30,000.3

Analysts at JPMorgan said in a note earlier this month that they came away from a recent factory tour “with greater conviction in the robotaxi fleet ramp” through the end of this year and into early 2027, with high hopes for the cybercab. Tesla has limited additions of the Model Y—its most popular model—to its robotaxi fleet, “reflecting management’s conviction in the near-term scalability of Cybercab,” JPMorgan wrote.4 

Growing optimism about progress in the company’s transformation focusing on physical applications of AI, which encompasses its autonomous driving efforts, have helped fuel recent gains for the stock. Though many tech stocks have climbed in the same period, few have gotten as big a boost as Tesla. It saw the biggest bounce of the Magnificent 7, as some of the market’s hardest-hit tech stocks have rallied in the wake of a strong earnings season.

However, Tesla stock remains stock among the S&P 500’s weakest performers this year and still has a ways to go before returning to positive territory. It’s lost 18% since the start of 2026.

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The company is seemingly getting closer to rolling out a vehicle that comes without a steering wheel or pedals.

AMG National Trust Bank acquired a new position in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 6,599 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock, valued at approximately $2,776,000.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Marks Group Wealth Management Inc grew its holdings in Tesla by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Marks Group Wealth Management Inc now owns 1,512 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $680,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Clear Trail Advisors LLC increased its position in Tesla by 1.6% during the first quarter. Clear Trail Advisors LLC now owns 1,628 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $605,000 after buying an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Peirce Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Tesla by 1.5% in the second quarter. Peirce Capital Management LLC now owns 1,657 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $697,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Brio Consultants LLC lifted its position in shares of Tesla by 4.7% in the fourth quarter. Brio Consultants LLC now owns 575 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $259,000 after acquiring an additional 26 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Community Bank & Trust Waco Texas lifted its position in shares of Tesla by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. Community Bank & Trust Waco Texas now owns 1,581 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $711,000 after acquiring an additional 26 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Tesla In related news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $402.20, for a total value of $1,048,133.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 22,039 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,864,085.80. This trade represents a 10.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders own 19.90% of the company’s stock.

Tesla Stock Performance Shares of TSLA opened at $348.75 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $1.38 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 322.92, a PEG ratio of 17.61 and a beta of 1.83. The company has a quick ratio of 1.55, a current ratio of 1.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09. The business’s 50 day moving average is $360.33 and its two-hundred day moving average is $384.92. Tesla, Inc. has a 52-week low of $297.38 and a 52-week high of $498.83. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by ($0.17). The company had revenue of $28.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $26.42 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 3.82% and a net margin of 3.67%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 25.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.33 EPS. Analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.88 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes TSLA has been the topic of several research reports. BNP Paribas Exane lowered Tesla from a “hold” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research report on Friday, June 5th. Truist Financial set a $370.00 target price on Tesla and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Erste Group Bank raised Tesla from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, June 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on Tesla from $475.00 to $445.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, Phillip Securities lowered their price objective on shares of Tesla from $220.00 to $215.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have assigned a Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Tesla has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $401.74.

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Tesla News Roundup Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:

Positive Sentiment: Tesla is expanding its robotaxi operation beyond Austin and Miami, with longer service hours and a larger unsupervised fleet. State regulators have also approved permits for Tesla to operate robotaxis, supporting the company’s strategy to monetize autonomous driving. Tesla robotaxi expansion Positive Sentiment: Tesla is preparing an August Cybercab rollout beginning with employee rides, while Cybercab production has reportedly started. Investors view the vehicle and robotaxi network as potential long-term revenue opportunities not yet fully reflected in the stock. Cybercab rollout Positive Sentiment: Optimus humanoid robot production has reportedly begun at Tesla’s Fremont facility, and the company is installing additional robotics manufacturing lines. The development strengthens the long-term artificial-intelligence and automation narrative, although meaningful financial benefits may take time. Optimus production Positive Sentiment: Commercial truckmaker Einride expects to receive approximately 75 Tesla Semi trucks in 2026, with the remainder of its 500-truck order scheduled for 2027. The timeline provides evidence of commercial demand, though deliveries will be spread over several years. Einride Tesla Semi order Neutral Sentiment: Tesla announced a September 24 Semi event that could provide updates on autonomous trucking and production plans, making it a potential catalyst but offering no immediate earnings impact. Tesla Semi event Negative Sentiment: Tesla is voluntarily recalling about 3 million vehicles in China over door handles that may fail after severe crashes and inadequate driver-attention monitoring. The recall adds regulatory, cost and reputational risks to the company’s autonomy push. Tesla China recall Negative Sentiment: Criticism intensified after a vehicle using Tesla’s latest FSD software reportedly nearly drove into a train, renewing concerns about system reliability and the gap between supervised assistance and fully autonomous driving. Tesla FSD incident Negative Sentiment: Analysts and investors continue to question Tesla’s valuation because weak margins and traditional EV risks are not easily reconciled with a price-to-earnings ratio above 300. Toyota’s rising electrified-vehicle volume and broader EV competition further challenge Tesla’s automotive leadership. Tesla Profile (Free Report)

Tesla, Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is an American company that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles, energy generation and energy storage products. Founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, Tesla grew into a vertically integrated mobility and clean‑energy company with Elon Musk serving as its chief executive officer. The company’s stated mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, reflected in its combined focus on electric drivetrains, battery technology, renewable energy products and software.

Tesla’s automotive business includes a lineup of battery‑electric vehicles and related services.

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Shares of Tesla (TSLA +4.91%) stepped on the gas Monday morning, gaining as much as 4.9% in early trading. As of 11:22 a.m. ET, the stock was still up 4.5%.

The catalyst that sent the electric vehicle (EV) specialist higher was a weekend missive from CEO Elon Musk.

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The data center conundrum In a post on X this weekend, Musk replied to a post about plans by Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX +0.99%), aka SpaceX, to manufacture its own gas turbine blades to remove one bottleneck in data center construction. He noted that both SpaceX and Tesla were "each building 100 gigawatts per year of solar production capacity as fast as possible," but that the process would take several years.

Natural gas would be needed to fill the gap in the interim, but the "limiting factor" on current production is the time-intensive process of casting gas turbine blades. "By doing in-house casting at SpaceX, we can accelerate [natural] gas turbines coming online by up to 18 months, which is a profound game-changer."

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Investors were reminded that Tesla's energy segment produces solar panels that will be a critical component of Musk's far-reaching plans, and the company stands to benefit by supplying much-needed power for the ongoing data center build-out to support artificial intelligence (AI).

Tesla's EV sales have struggled over the past couple of years, but its solar solutions and battery storage together provide reliable energy generation and storage, and will be instrumental in reducing strain on power grids as more data centers come online.

At 169 times next year's expected earnings, there's a lot of growth already baked into Tesla's share price, so investors should weigh the potential against the cost.

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Crude oil surged on fresh Middle East tensions and Tesla shot up 4% while the broader market fell, but the last time this exact trade appeared, it collapsed before most traders could act on it.

A weekend flare-up between the United States and Iran has pushed crude oil sharply higher, and the old gasoline-price trade in electric-vehicle names is getting another look this morning. The question in the title deserves a plain answer, and the direct one is that the mechanism is plausible while no company-specific catalyst has been confirmed for Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) today.

The framing contrast matters here. Tesla stock is up 4% to $364.30 while the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) is down 0.6% to $764.93, so the move is specific to the stock rather than a rising broad market lifting everything.

Zoom out and the day looks more isolated. Tesla stock was down 22% year to date through Friday’s close, so a single strong session is sitting inside a badly negative year for the name.

Crude Spike Revives the EV Running-Cost Argument WTI crude oil is at $86.06 per barrel, up 3% over the past 24 hours, and the driver is geopolitical. The United States and Iran resumed military strikes over the weekend, and shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains constrained. That’s the risk premium moving energy this morning, and it’s what has revived a familiar debate about electric-vehicle demand.

The thesis itself is straightforward. Higher gasoline prices improve the running-cost case for an electric vehicle against a comparable gasoline model, which can support EV demand at the margin. Pump prices are already stretched, with the national average price of regular gas at $4.08 per gallon, up 2.1% from a month ago, above the $4 level that historically registers with household budgets.

A Thesis That Has Been Tested Before This same argument was examined by 24/7 Wall St. during an earlier phase of the Iran conflict in April, and it hasn’t consistently held. Published skepticism earlier in 2026 argued that Tesla stock had stopped responding to oil-price spikes, and management commentary supports that reading. On Tesla’s July 22 second-quarter call, executives attributed vehicle demand to Full Self-Driving adoption and product appeal rather than fuel-price economics.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk pointed to FSD as “a significant demand driver,” and finance chief Vaibhav Taneja stated, “One of the key factors for vehicle demand has been FSD.” So the Tesla-to-crude link is a mechanism rather than a proven cause, and history says the connection can fade as quickly as the risk premium does.

Peer Read Across and Consumer Signals If the gasoline logic were holding cleanly, the same read should extend to Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN) and Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) as the other pure electric-vehicle names in the group. Rivian and Lucid carry different fundamentals from Tesla, yet they occupy the same corner of the market the thesis would lift. That doesn’t mean the pass-through works evenly across Rivian, Lucid, and Tesla, and past episodes suggest it often doesn’t.

Elevated fuel costs are at least registering with corporate management teams this week. Affirm Holdings (NASDAQ:AFRM) CEO Max Levchin, discussing his company’s results on Thursday, August 27, flagged rising gasoline prices as a pressure on consumers. Consumer sentiment supports the broader budget-pressure read, with the University of Michigan index at 55.2, still below the level the source classifies as recessionary.

Position Sizing Comes First Position sizing deserves emphasis on a day like this. A Tesla rally built on a geopolitical risk premium in crude rather than on anything Tesla itself announced can reverse as fast as that premium does, so exposure taken on this session in Tesla stock carries headline risk in both directions. Shareholders adding to their Tesla positions on the strength should size those adds to the volatility of the underlying story, not to the size of the intraday move.

The answer to the title question is a hedged yes. The mechanism is back on the table for Tesla, the setup rhymes with the April episode, and today’s action is behaving as if the trade might work again. Whether it holds beyond a headline-driven session in Tesla stock is a separate question, and one the last few episodes have answered with more nuance than conviction.

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Centric Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 8,875 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock, valued at approximately $3,484,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of Tesla by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 114,842,934 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $51,647,164,000 after purchasing an additional 1,080,085 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Tesla by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 65,700,975 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $29,426,070,000 after buying an additional 375,946 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Tesla in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $17,128,100,000. Amundi boosted its holdings in Tesla by 14.0% during the first quarter. Amundi now owns 22,174,884 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $8,243,513,000 after buying an additional 2,727,141 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of Tesla by 3,205.5% during the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 21,459,599 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $9,650,811,000 after acquiring an additional 20,810,386 shares during the period. 66.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Tesla In other news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $402.20, for a total transaction of $1,048,133.20. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 22,039 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,864,085.80. This represents a 10.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Company insiders own 19.90% of the company’s stock.

Tesla Trading Down 1.7% Shares of Tesla stock opened at $348.75 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $360.33 and a 200-day simple moving average of $385.15. The company has a current ratio of 1.94, a quick ratio of 1.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09. Tesla, Inc. has a 12-month low of $297.38 and a 12-month high of $498.83. The stock has a market cap of $1.38 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 322.92, a PEG ratio of 17.91 and a beta of 1.83. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.50 by ($0.17). Tesla had a net margin of 3.67% and a return on equity of 3.82%. The firm had revenue of $28.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $26.42 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.33 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 25.5% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.88 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Tesla News Roundup Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:

Positive Sentiment: Tesla is expanding its robotaxi operation beyond Austin and Miami, with longer service hours and a larger unsupervised fleet. State regulators have also approved permits for Tesla to operate robotaxis, supporting the company’s strategy to monetize autonomous driving. Tesla robotaxi expansion Positive Sentiment: Tesla is preparing an August Cybercab rollout beginning with employee rides, while Cybercab production has reportedly started. Investors view the vehicle and robotaxi network as potential long-term revenue opportunities not yet fully reflected in the stock. Cybercab rollout Positive Sentiment: Optimus humanoid robot production has reportedly begun at Tesla’s Fremont facility, and the company is installing additional robotics manufacturing lines. The development strengthens the long-term artificial-intelligence and automation narrative, although meaningful financial benefits may take time. Optimus production Positive Sentiment: Commercial truckmaker Einride expects to receive approximately 75 Tesla Semi trucks in 2026, with the remainder of its 500-truck order scheduled for 2027. The timeline provides evidence of commercial demand, though deliveries will be spread over several years. Einride Tesla Semi order Neutral Sentiment: Tesla announced a September 24 Semi event that could provide updates on autonomous trucking and production plans, making it a potential catalyst but offering no immediate earnings impact. Tesla Semi event Negative Sentiment: Tesla is voluntarily recalling about 3 million vehicles in China over door handles that may fail after severe crashes and inadequate driver-attention monitoring. The recall adds regulatory, cost and reputational risks to the company’s autonomy push. Tesla China recall Negative Sentiment: Criticism intensified after a vehicle using Tesla’s latest FSD software reportedly nearly drove into a train, renewing concerns about system reliability and the gap between supervised assistance and fully autonomous driving. Tesla FSD incident Negative Sentiment: Analysts and investors continue to question Tesla’s valuation because weak margins and traditional EV risks are not easily reconciled with a price-to-earnings ratio above 300. Toyota’s rising electrified-vehicle volume and broader EV competition further challenge Tesla’s automotive leadership. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In Several equities research analysts recently commented on TSLA shares. BMO Capital Markets assumed coverage on shares of Tesla in a research report on Monday, August 17th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. HSBC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Monday, June 15th. Roth Capital reissued a “buy” rating and set a $505.00 target price on shares of Tesla in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on shares of Tesla from $475.00 to $445.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have assigned a Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $401.74.

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Tesla Company Profile (Free Report)

Tesla, Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is an American company that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles, energy generation and energy storage products. Founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, Tesla grew into a vertically integrated mobility and clean‑energy company with Elon Musk serving as its chief executive officer. The company’s stated mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, reflected in its combined focus on electric drivetrains, battery technology, renewable energy products and software.

Tesla’s automotive business includes a lineup of battery‑electric vehicles and related services.

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The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.25%) is hovering near a record high, but the risk of a sell-off might be rising due to the ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, the stubbornly high inflation rate, and the growing chance of an interest rate hike before the end of 2026.

The S&P 500 currently has a Shiller cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings (CAPE) ratio of 41.6, its highest valuation since the dot-com bubble in 2000. That makes the index especially vulnerable to downside, and if it were to enter a bear market by experiencing a 20% decline, many stocks with elevated valuations would likely also suffer sharp corrections.

The S&P 500 last traded in bear territory during 2022 and 2023, which sent Tesla (TSLA -1.71%) stock plummeting by 75% to just $100. The electric vehicle (EV) giant recovered to set a new record high of $489 last year, but it's currently on the back foot once again. Here's why I predict it will fall below $100 if the S&P enters another bear market.

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Tesla stock is trading at a sky-high valuation Tesla used to be the undisputed global leader of the EV industry, but over the last couple of years, the company has struggled to compete with the onslaught of low-cost manufacturers from China. Brands like BYD, Geely, and Zeekr sell EVs at lower starting prices than Tesla in key markets like Europe, while offering comparable features.

As a result, Tesla's EV sales declined in both 2024 and 2025. Fortunately, they are recovering in 2026, with the company's first-half deliveries growing by 16% year over year to 838,149 vehicles. However, that growth is relative to a horrible 2025, and it comes with a lower average selling price and a shrinking gross margin, suggesting Tesla is slashing prices for its EVs to attract buyers. While that strategy is good for generating sales, it's terrible for the company's bottom line.

In fact, Tesla's trailing-12-month earnings have plummeted to $1.08 per share over the last two years.

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Due to Tesla's declining earnings, its stock now trades at a sky-high price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 321, making it 12 times as expensive as the S&P 500 index. In other words, the EV giant appears heavily overvalued compared to the broader market.

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Investors often de-risk during bear markets by trimming their most vulnerable stocks, and those with unreasonably high valuations are usually first on the chopping block. Tesla's P/E actually plunged below 30 in 2023, during the last bear market in the S&P 500. If history were to repeat, its stock would have to fall by 90% to $35 in order to achieve a similar P/E today. I'm not suggesting that will happen, but it's clear that a trip below $100 certainly isn't unrealistic.

Many investors will say they currently own Tesla stock not for its EV business, but for its future product platforms, like the Cybercab autonomous robotaxi and Optimus humanoid robot. Those are still a long way from mass commercialization, but they are packed with potential, which is why I don't think Tesla stock will sink by 90% even in a bear market. 

Tesla is falling behind in the autonomous vehicle business Tesla's chief executive, Elon Musk, thinks humanoid robots could outnumber actual humans by 2040, so Optimus could be the company's most valuable product ever. But it won't be produced in any meaningful volume until 2027 at the earliest, because Tesla is still building out the supply chain and trying to overcome complex engineering challenges, such as designing the most dexterous hands.

The Cybercab robotaxi is much easier to bring to market because of Tesla's experience in the EV business. But the biggest hurdle to commercializing this product is winning widespread regulatory approval for the company's unsupervised full self-driving (FSD) software.

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Tesla's vice president of artificial intelligence software, Ashok Elluswamy, said its robotaxi program had completed only about 380,000 miles of fully driverless operation across six U.S. states as of June 30, placing it significantly behind the competition. In fact, Alphabet's Waymo is already completing over 500,000 paid, fully autonomous trips every single week across 11 major U.S. cities.

The Cybercab can't operate at scale until FSD is more widely approved by regulators, and the timeline is still uncertain. As a result, investors paying a hefty premium for Tesla stock today might be exposing themselves to significant downside if the company is still generating most of its revenue from passenger EV sales when the next bear market arrives.

For that reason, it might be best to steer clear of Tesla stock until it trades at a more reasonable valuation.

When Hollywood makes movies about humanoid robots, like Tesla's (TSLA -1.71%) Optimus, it tends to set them in a home environment. That's understandable: After all, a movie about a humanoid robot improving productivity in an automotive plant by carrying parts around isn't likely to be a box-office success. However, it's exactly the kind of application Optimus is likely to be used for.

Why the discrepancy matters Whenever investors buy into a growth stock, they will need to assess the likelihood of its market adoption. When it comes to Tesla, that means assessing the Optimus robot, which Tesla CEO Elon Musk says "will be the biggest product ever."

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Making that assessment might prove difficult if investors base it on consumers adopting humanoid robots in the home. While that will potentially happen at some point, the reality is that the initial adoption of Optimus robots will largely be in places very similar to where existing robots are used.

Current uses of robots According to the International Federation of Robotics' "World Robotics 2025" report, robots are most widely used in an industrial setting.

In particular, the automotive and logistics industries have long been early adopters of robotics to improve productivity. Indeed, according to Tesla's head of AI, Ashok Elluswamy, "We have a large number of Optimus robots practicing their tasks in what we call the Optimus Academy," and the data created from this practice "will be invaluable and help us close any minor form factor gaps that may exist between the bot and the humans."

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Does Optimus make Tesla a stock to buy? When Musk makes cautious comments (as he did on the recent earnings call) about how long it will take to ramp up Optimus production, investors shouldn't expect too much too soon. The perfecting and production scaling of Optimus is one thing, but adoption is another. Regarding the latter, investors interested in Tesla might do better to forget about Hollywood and robots running amok in homes and focus on Optimus as an extension of existing robots.

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On paper, Tesla (TSLA -1.71%) looks extremely expensive right now. The stock trades at roughly 330 times trailing earnings and around 180 times forward earnings, with a PEG ratio of close to 6.9, one of the highest multiples among large caps. That is not cheap by any normal metric, and it explains why people keep asking whether it is time to sell.

Underneath that valuation, Tesla is still a real operating company with tens of billions in revenue each quarter. In the second quarter of 2026, Tesla generated about $28.24 billion in total revenue and $398 million of operating income, although the operating margin dropped to 1.4% as the company pushed hard on new projects and absorbed higher costs. Automotive revenue was about $20.52 billion, up roughly 23% year over year, and the energy business added more than $3.14 billion, growing double digits even as margins in that segment reset lower.

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The unique moves Tesla is making this year What should keep you from selling is what Tesla is doing in 2026. Management is rolling out the most concrete roadmap yet for Full Self-Driving (FSD) and robotaxis, targeting unsupervised FSD on customer vehicles by Q4 2026 and robotaxi operations across roughly a dozen U.S. states by the end of the year. At the same time, Tesla has begun installing first-generation Optimus humanoid robot lines in Fremont, converting the old Model S and Model X line, with a target run rate capacity of up to 1 million robots per year by late 2026 and an eventual 10 million per year in Texas.

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Robotaxi and software optionality I see robotaxis as one of the main reasons to keep holding through volatility. Elon Musk and the company are clear that meaningful robotaxi and autonomy revenue is unlikely to be large before 2027, but they are already producing the Cybercab robotaxi and preparing for mass-scale deployments. Tesla also expects that about 4 million existing vehicles will need hardware retrofits to enable unsupervised autonomy, which means a sizable future upgrade cycle on top of regular car sales. If FSD reaches unsupervised capability in multiple markets, Tesla can shift from a one-time hardware sale model to a recurring software and mobility service model with much higher margin potential.

Optimus and the long-term AI pivot The other thing I'm watching is Optimus. Tesla is targeting tens of thousands of humanoid robots in 2026, with ambitions to scale  toward 500,000 units annually by 2027 with an eventual capacity of 1 million units per year at Fremont and up to 10 million per year at Gigafactory Texas. Management has talked about production costs around $20,000 to $25,000 per robot, which, if paired with useful commercial applications, could create an entirely new revenue stream separate from cars. To me, that is genuine optionality that is hard to value precisely but impossible to ignore when deciding whether to hold or sell.

Why Tesla holders should hold into 2027 I am not blind to the risks. Operating margins are low, capital expenditure is guided above $25 billion for 2026, and management itself warns about negative free cash flow while it funds Cybercab, Optimus, and chip projects. Regulatory hurdles for autonomy, supply chain challenges for robots, and potential demand swings for electric vehicles could all be factors.

Even so, when I line up what Tesla is building in 2026 against where the stock could reasonably be in 2027 and beyond, I see a company investing heavily to pivot from being just a carmaker into being an artificial intelligence, robotics, and mobility platform. For investors, that means you should live with a stretched valuation and short-term margin pressure rather than sell now and potentially miss the payoff from robotaxis, FSD, and Optimus if even part of the roadmap becomes real.

Bank of New York Mellon Corp purchased a new position in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 14,464,171 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock, valued at approximately $6,083,630,000. Tesla accounts for about 1.0% of Bank of New York Mellon Corp’s portfolio, making the stock its 12th largest position. Bank of New York Mellon Corp owned approximately 0.37% of Tesla as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in shares of Tesla by 11.8% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 87,929 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $35,509,000 after purchasing an additional 9,293 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC lifted its stake in Tesla by 21.2% in the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,317 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $2,147,000 after purchasing an additional 931 shares during the last quarter. Bison Wealth LLC boosted its position in Tesla by 52.2% in the fourth quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 10,368 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $4,187,000 after buying an additional 3,558 shares in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC boosted its position in Tesla by 9.1% in the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 12,135 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $3,855,000 after buying an additional 1,011 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AGP Franklin LLC grew its stake in shares of Tesla by 21.2% during the second quarter. AGP Franklin LLC now owns 4,861 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $1,544,000 after buying an additional 851 shares during the last quarter. 66.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity In other news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $402.20, for a total transaction of $1,048,133.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 22,039 shares in the company, valued at $8,864,085.80. This trade represents a 10.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. 19.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Tesla News Summary Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week: Positive Sentiment: Tesla is expanding its robotaxi operation beyond Austin and Miami, with longer service hours and a larger unsupervised fleet. State regulators have also approved permits for Tesla to operate robotaxis, supporting the company’s strategy to monetize autonomous driving. Tesla robotaxi expansion Positive Sentiment: Tesla is preparing an August Cybercab rollout beginning with employee rides, while Cybercab production has reportedly started. Investors view the vehicle and robotaxi network as potential long-term revenue opportunities not yet fully reflected in the stock. Cybercab rollout Positive Sentiment: Optimus humanoid robot production has reportedly begun at Tesla’s Fremont facility, and the company is installing additional robotics manufacturing lines. The development strengthens the long-term artificial-intelligence and automation narrative, although meaningful financial benefits may take time. Optimus production Positive Sentiment: Commercial truckmaker Einride expects to receive approximately 75 Tesla Semi trucks in 2026, with the remainder of its 500-truck order scheduled for 2027. The timeline provides evidence of commercial demand, though deliveries will be spread over several years. Einride Tesla Semi order Neutral Sentiment: Tesla announced a September 24 Semi event that could provide updates on autonomous trucking and production plans, making it a potential catalyst but offering no immediate earnings impact. Tesla Semi event Negative Sentiment: Tesla is voluntarily recalling about 3 million vehicles in China over door handles that may fail after severe crashes and inadequate driver-attention monitoring. The recall adds regulatory, cost and reputational risks to the company’s autonomy push. Tesla China recall Negative Sentiment: Criticism intensified after a vehicle using Tesla’s latest FSD software reportedly nearly drove into a train, renewing concerns about system reliability and the gap between supervised assistance and fully autonomous driving. Tesla FSD incident Negative Sentiment: Analysts and investors continue to question Tesla’s valuation because weak margins and traditional EV risks are not easily reconciled with a price-to-earnings ratio above 300. Toyota’s rising electrified-vehicle volume and broader EV competition further challenge Tesla’s automotive leadership. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth TSLA has been the subject of a number of research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group began coverage on Tesla in a research note on Friday, June 5th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Friday, August 14th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $485.00 target price (down from $510.00) on shares of Tesla in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Piper Sandler cut their price target on Tesla from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Finally, Truist Financial set a $370.00 price target on Tesla and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have given a Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $401.74.

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Tesla Stock Performance Shares of Tesla stock opened at $348.75 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $1.38 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 322.92, a P/E/G ratio of 17.61 and a beta of 1.83. Tesla, Inc. has a twelve month low of $297.38 and a twelve month high of $498.83. The company’s fifty day moving average is $360.33 and its 200 day moving average is $385.15. The company has a quick ratio of 1.55, a current ratio of 1.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.50 by ($0.17). Tesla had a return on equity of 3.82% and a net margin of 3.67%.The company had revenue of $28.24 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $26.42 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.33 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 25.5% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.88 EPS for the current year.

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Tesla, Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is an American company that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles, energy generation and energy storage products. Founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, Tesla grew into a vertically integrated mobility and clean‑energy company with Elon Musk serving as its chief executive officer. The company’s stated mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, reflected in its combined focus on electric drivetrains, battery technology, renewable energy products and software.

Tesla’s automotive business includes a lineup of battery‑electric vehicles and related services.

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Global Retirement Partners LLC acquired a new position in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 133,093 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock, valued at approximately $55,979,000. Tesla makes up approximately 0.9% of Global Retirement Partners LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 22nd biggest holding.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of TSLA. State Street Corp increased its stake in shares of Tesla by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 114,842,934 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $51,647,164,000 after purchasing an additional 1,080,085 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Tesla by 0.6% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 65,700,975 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $29,426,070,000 after purchasing an additional 375,946 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Tesla in the 4th quarter worth approximately $17,128,100,000. Amundi grew its stake in shares of Tesla by 14.0% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 22,174,884 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $8,243,513,000 after buying an additional 2,727,141 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of Tesla by 3,205.5% in the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 21,459,599 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $9,650,811,000 after buying an additional 20,810,386 shares during the last quarter. 66.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

More Tesla News Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:

Positive Sentiment: Tesla is expanding its robotaxi operation beyond Austin and Miami, with longer service hours and a larger unsupervised fleet. State regulators have also approved permits for Tesla to operate robotaxis, supporting the company’s strategy to monetize autonomous driving. Tesla robotaxi expansion Positive Sentiment: Tesla is preparing an August Cybercab rollout beginning with employee rides, while Cybercab production has reportedly started. Investors view the vehicle and robotaxi network as potential long-term revenue opportunities not yet fully reflected in the stock. Cybercab rollout Positive Sentiment: Optimus humanoid robot production has reportedly begun at Tesla’s Fremont facility, and the company is installing additional robotics manufacturing lines. The development strengthens the long-term artificial-intelligence and automation narrative, although meaningful financial benefits may take time. Optimus production Positive Sentiment: Commercial truckmaker Einride expects to receive approximately 75 Tesla Semi trucks in 2026, with the remainder of its 500-truck order scheduled for 2027. The timeline provides evidence of commercial demand, though deliveries will be spread over several years. Einride Tesla Semi order Neutral Sentiment: Tesla announced a September 24 Semi event that could provide updates on autonomous trucking and production plans, making it a potential catalyst but offering no immediate earnings impact. Tesla Semi event Negative Sentiment: Tesla is voluntarily recalling about 3 million vehicles in China over door handles that may fail after severe crashes and inadequate driver-attention monitoring. The recall adds regulatory, cost and reputational risks to the company’s autonomy push. Tesla China recall Negative Sentiment: Criticism intensified after a vehicle using Tesla’s latest FSD software reportedly nearly drove into a train, renewing concerns about system reliability and the gap between supervised assistance and fully autonomous driving. Tesla FSD incident Negative Sentiment: Analysts and investors continue to question Tesla’s valuation because weak margins and traditional EV risks are not easily reconciled with a price-to-earnings ratio above 300. Toyota’s rising electrified-vehicle volume and broader EV competition further challenge Tesla’s automotive leadership. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In A number of brokerages have issued reports on TSLA. Citizens Jmp initiated coverage on Tesla in a research note on Thursday, July 9th. They set a “market perform” rating for the company. Citigroup reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Monday, August 24th. Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded Tesla from an “underperform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, June 5th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on Tesla from $417.00 to $400.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, DZ Bank raised shares of Tesla from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have given a Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $401.74. View Our Latest Stock Report on TSLA

Tesla Trading Down 1.7% Tesla stock opened at $348.75 on Friday. Tesla, Inc. has a one year low of $297.38 and a one year high of $498.83. The business’s fifty day moving average is $360.33 and its 200 day moving average is $385.15. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.38 trillion, a PE ratio of 322.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 17.61 and a beta of 1.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 1.94 and a quick ratio of 1.55.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by ($0.17). The business had revenue of $28.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $26.42 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 3.82% and a net margin of 3.67%.Tesla’s quarterly revenue was up 25.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.33 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.88 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Tesla In other news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $402.20, for a total transaction of $1,048,133.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 22,039 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,864,085.80. The trade was a 10.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. 19.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Tesla Profile (Free Report)

Tesla, Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is an American company that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles, energy generation and energy storage products. Founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, Tesla grew into a vertically integrated mobility and clean‑energy company with Elon Musk serving as its chief executive officer. The company’s stated mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, reflected in its combined focus on electric drivetrains, battery technology, renewable energy products and software.

Tesla’s automotive business includes a lineup of battery‑electric vehicles and related services.

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Flputnam Investment Management Co. acquired a new position in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 6,054 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock, valued at approximately $2,546,000.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. 180 GPS Investments IC Ltd bought a new stake in Tesla during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $285,000. Horizon Investment Services LLC bought a new position in Tesla in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $974,000. Global Retirement Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Tesla during the second quarter worth approximately $55,979,000. Titiun Yejiel acquired a new position in shares of Tesla during the second quarter worth approximately $2,187,000. Finally, 1ST Source Bank bought a new stake in shares of Tesla in the second quarter valued at approximately $464,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Tesla In related news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,606 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $402.20, for a total value of $1,048,133.20. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 22,039 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,864,085.80. The trade was a 10.57% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. 19.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Tesla Stock Performance NASDAQ:TSLA opened at $348.75 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.38 trillion, a PE ratio of 322.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 17.61 and a beta of 1.83. The company has a quick ratio of 1.55, a current ratio of 1.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09. Tesla, Inc. has a 12-month low of $297.38 and a 12-month high of $498.83. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $360.33 and a 200 day moving average price of $385.15. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by ($0.17). Tesla had a net margin of 3.67% and a return on equity of 3.82%. The company had revenue of $28.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $26.42 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.33 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 25.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts anticipate that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

More Tesla News Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:

Positive Sentiment: Tesla is expanding its robotaxi operation beyond Austin and Miami, with longer service hours and a larger unsupervised fleet. State regulators have also approved permits for Tesla to operate robotaxis, supporting the company’s strategy to monetize autonomous driving. Tesla robotaxi expansion Positive Sentiment: Tesla is preparing an August Cybercab rollout beginning with employee rides, while Cybercab production has reportedly started. Investors view the vehicle and robotaxi network as potential long-term revenue opportunities not yet fully reflected in the stock. Cybercab rollout Positive Sentiment: Optimus humanoid robot production has reportedly begun at Tesla’s Fremont facility, and the company is installing additional robotics manufacturing lines. The development strengthens the long-term artificial-intelligence and automation narrative, although meaningful financial benefits may take time. Optimus production Positive Sentiment: Commercial truckmaker Einride expects to receive approximately 75 Tesla Semi trucks in 2026, with the remainder of its 500-truck order scheduled for 2027. The timeline provides evidence of commercial demand, though deliveries will be spread over several years. Einride Tesla Semi order Neutral Sentiment: Tesla announced a September 24 Semi event that could provide updates on autonomous trucking and production plans, making it a potential catalyst but offering no immediate earnings impact. Tesla Semi event Negative Sentiment: Tesla is voluntarily recalling about 3 million vehicles in China over door handles that may fail after severe crashes and inadequate driver-attention monitoring. The recall adds regulatory, cost and reputational risks to the company’s autonomy push. Tesla China recall Negative Sentiment: Criticism intensified after a vehicle using Tesla’s latest FSD software reportedly nearly drove into a train, renewing concerns about system reliability and the gap between supervised assistance and fully autonomous driving. Tesla FSD incident Negative Sentiment: Analysts and investors continue to question Tesla’s valuation because weak margins and traditional EV risks are not easily reconciled with a price-to-earnings ratio above 300. Toyota’s rising electrified-vehicle volume and broader EV competition further challenge Tesla’s automotive leadership. Analyst Ratings Changes TSLA has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Citizens Jmp began coverage on shares of Tesla in a research note on Thursday, July 9th. They issued a “market perform” rating on the stock. HSBC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Monday, June 15th. Robert W. Baird set a $475.00 price objective on shares of Tesla in a report on Monday, July 27th. Canaccord Genuity Group set a $410.00 price objective on shares of Tesla and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $420.00 target price on shares of Tesla in a research note on Monday, July 27th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have given a Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Tesla currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $401.74.

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Tesla Profile (Free Report)

Tesla, Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is an American company that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles, energy generation and energy storage products. Founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, Tesla grew into a vertically integrated mobility and clean‑energy company with Elon Musk serving as its chief executive officer. The company’s stated mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, reflected in its combined focus on electric drivetrains, battery technology, renewable energy products and software.

Tesla’s automotive business includes a lineup of battery‑electric vehicles and related services.

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