William Blair Forecasts Tesla’s Q2 Earnings (NASDAQ:TSLA)

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) – William Blair reduced their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Tesla in a research note issued on Monday, July 7th. William Blair analyst J. Dorsheimer now expects that the electric vehicle producer will post earnings of $0.26 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.30. William Blair currently has a “Market Perform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Tesla’s current full-year earnings is $2.56 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Tesla’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.32 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.35 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.33 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.35 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.34 EPS.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.53 by ($0.26). Tesla had a return on equity of 9.02% and a net margin of 6.66%. The firm had revenue of $19.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $22.93 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.45 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also commented on TSLA. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price objective on Tesla from $314.00 to $307.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Cfra Research downgraded Tesla from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Roth Mkm reduced their target price on Tesla from $450.00 to $395.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, April 23rd. Mizuho reduced their target price on Tesla from $390.00 to $375.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Guggenheim reaffirmed a “sell” rating and set a $175.00 target price on shares of Tesla in a research note on Tuesday. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have given a hold rating, seventeen have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Tesla presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $301.13.

Tesla Trading Up 1.3%

Tesla stock opened at $297.81 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 2.00, a quick ratio of 1.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. Tesla has a 12 month low of $182.00 and a 12 month high of $488.54. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $321.21 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $323.29. The firm has a market cap of $959.23 billion, a PE ratio of 163.63, a P/E/G ratio of 8.57 and a beta of 2.39.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Robyn M. Denholm sold 112,395 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $274.12, for a total value of $30,809,717.40. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 85,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $23,300,200. This trade represents a 56.94% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Xiaotong Zhu sold 15,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $323.81, for a total transaction of $4,857,150.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 67,600 shares in the company, valued at $21,889,556. The trade was a 18.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 829,509 shares of company stock worth $277,648,925 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 20.70% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Tesla

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of TSLA. First National Corp MA ADV grew its holdings in Tesla by 8.1% in the second quarter. First National Corp MA ADV now owns 2,194 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $697,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares during the last quarter. FF Advisors LLC grew its stake in Tesla by 8.9% in the 2nd quarter. FF Advisors LLC now owns 1,025 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $326,000 after acquiring an additional 84 shares during the last quarter. Everpar Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Tesla by 8.4% during the 2nd quarter. Everpar Advisors LLC now owns 9,127 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $2,899,000 after acquiring an additional 708 shares in the last quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC raised its position in Tesla by 3.7% during the second quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC now owns 8,807 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $2,798,000 after acquiring an additional 316 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Juncture Wealth Strategies LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Tesla by 25.0% in the second quarter. Juncture Wealth Strategies LLC now owns 1,694 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $538,000 after purchasing an additional 339 shares in the last quarter. 66.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.