Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Tesla FY2025 Earnings

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) – William Blair lifted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Tesla in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, October 1st. William Blair analyst J. Dorsheimer now forecasts that the electric vehicle producer will post earnings of $0.88 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $0.87. 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. William Blair also issued estimates for Tesla’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.23 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.27 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.28 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.30 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.07 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also weighed in on TSLA. Mizuho upped their target price on Tesla from $375.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 23rd. UBS Group reaffirmed a “sell” rating and issued a $215.00 price objective on shares of Tesla in a research note on Thursday. Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and issued a $475.00 target price (up previously from $350.00) on shares of Tesla in a report on Thursday, June 26th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on shares of Tesla from $395.00 to $425.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Saturday, September 27th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating, thirteen have given a Hold rating and eight have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $343.43.

Tesla Stock Performance

Shares of Tesla stock opened at $429.83 on Friday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $364.02 and a 200 day simple moving average of $321.99. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.43 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 248.46, a PEG ratio of 14.93 and a beta of 2.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 2.04 and a quick ratio of 1.55. Tesla has a one year low of $212.11 and a one year high of $488.54.

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Tesla

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Cherry Tree Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in Tesla by 86.3% in the first quarter. Cherry Tree Wealth Management LLC now owns 95 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. First PREMIER Bank lifted its stake in Tesla by 79.2% during the first quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 95 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 42 shares during the last quarter. Chapman Financial Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Tesla in the 2nd quarter worth about $26,000. Newton One Investments LLC increased its position in shares of Tesla by 250.0% during the 1st quarter. Newton One Investments LLC now owns 105 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arcadia Investment Management Corp MI purchased a new position in shares of Tesla during the 1st quarter valued at about $27,000. 66.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 4,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, July 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $292.89, for a total value of $1,171,560.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 5,924 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,735,080.36. This represents a 40.31% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP Xiaotong Zhu sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $363.75, for a total value of $7,275,000.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 47,600 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,314,500. The trade was a 29.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 208,606 shares of company stock worth $77,360,462 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 19.90% of the company’s stock.

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.