William Blair Has Optimistic Outlook of Tesla Q3 Earnings

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) – Equities research analysts at William Blair upped their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Tesla in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, October 1st. William Blair analyst J. Dorsheimer now forecasts that the electric vehicle producer will post earnings per share of $0.35 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.34. William Blair has a “Market Perform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Tesla’s current full-year earnings is $2.56 per share.

TSLA has been the topic of several other reports. Stifel Nicolaus set a $440.00 target price on Tesla in a research report on Friday, September 5th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price target on Tesla from $300.00 to $395.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Mizuho raised their price objective on Tesla from $375.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on Tesla from $345.00 to $435.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, September 26th. Finally, China Renaissance reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $349.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a report on Friday, July 25th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and eight have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Tesla presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $341.46.

Tesla Trading Down 5.1%

Shares of Tesla stock opened at $436.00 on Thursday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $361.74 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $319.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.45 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 252.02, a PEG ratio of 15.97 and a beta of 2.08. Tesla has a 12-month low of $212.11 and a 12-month high of $488.54. The company has a current ratio of 2.04, a quick ratio of 1.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.43 by ($0.03). The company had revenue of $22.50 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $23.18 billion. Tesla had a net margin of 6.54% and a return on equity of 7.98%. The business’s revenue was down 11.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.52 EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Tesla

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Means Investment CO. Inc. increased its stake in Tesla by 37.7% during the 1st quarter. Means Investment CO. Inc. now owns 23,089 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $5,984,000 after buying an additional 6,323 shares in the last quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Tesla by 3.1% in the first quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 22,467 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $5,823,000 after acquiring an additional 670 shares during the last quarter. Siren L.L.C. purchased a new stake in shares of Tesla during the first quarter worth approximately $2,332,000. Zuckerman Investment Group LLC raised its stake in Tesla by 6.9% in the 1st quarter. Zuckerman Investment Group LLC now owns 12,748 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $3,304,000 after purchasing an additional 826 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Keystone Global Partners LLC purchased a new position in Tesla in the 1st quarter valued at $594,000. 66.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, SVP Xiaotong Zhu sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $363.75, for a total transaction of $7,275,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 47,600 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $17,314,500. This represents a 29.59% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director James R. Murdoch sold 120,000 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $350.29, for a total transaction of $42,034,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 697,031 shares in the company, valued at $244,162,988.99. This represents a 14.69% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 208,606 shares of company stock valued at $77,360,462. 19.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About Tesla

Tesla, Inc designs, develops, manufactures, leases, and sells electric vehicles, and energy generation and storage systems in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Automotive, and Energy Generation and Storage. The Automotive segment offers electric vehicles, as well as sells automotive regulatory credits; and non-warranty after-sales vehicle, used vehicles, body shop and parts, supercharging, retail merchandise, and vehicle insurance services.