Zacks Research Has Negative Forecast for Tesla Q1 Earnings

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) – Research analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Tesla in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 12th. Zacks Research analyst R. Singhi now forecasts that the electric vehicle producer will post earnings of $0.59 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.60. The consensus estimate for Tesla’s current full-year earnings is $2.54 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Tesla’s Q1 2025 earnings at $0.59 EPS, Q2 2025 earnings at $0.69 EPS, Q2 2025 earnings at $0.69 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.77 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.82 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.87 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.82 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.99 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.02 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.15 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.98 EPS.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.66 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.74 by ($0.08). Tesla had a net margin of 7.26% and a return on equity of 10.31%.

TSLA has been the topic of a number of other reports. Bank of America lowered Tesla from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $400.00 to $490.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $365.00 price objective on shares of Tesla in a research report on Wednesday, January 29th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of Tesla from $125.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Piper Sandler increased their price target on shares of Tesla from $315.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Tesla from $130.00 to $135.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have issued a hold rating, seventeen have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Tesla presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $326.50.

Tesla Stock Down 0.5 %

NASDAQ TSLA opened at $354.11 on Monday. Tesla has a 1 year low of $138.80 and a 1 year high of $488.54. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.14 trillion, a PE ratio of 173.58, a PEG ratio of 6.22 and a beta of 2.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.61. The business’s 50-day moving average is $405.64 and its 200 day moving average is $309.75.

Insider Activity at Tesla

In related news, Director Kathleen Wilson-Thompson sold 100,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $352.54, for a total transaction of $35,254,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 5,400 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,903,716. The trade was a 94.88 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 7,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $354.43, for a total transaction of $2,481,010.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 105,032 shares in the company, valued at $37,226,491.76. The trade was a 6.25 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 523,386 shares of company stock worth $195,995,200 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 20.70% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Tesla

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of TSLA. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Tesla by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 243,193,181 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $98,211,134,000 after acquiring an additional 3,571,793 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Tesla by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 61,011,604 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $24,566,217,000 after purchasing an additional 1,655,203 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Tesla in the fourth quarter worth $14,420,248,000. FMR LLC raised its position in shares of Tesla by 40.1% during the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 34,661,400 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $13,997,660,000 after purchasing an additional 9,920,325 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in Tesla by 21.6% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 28,579,615 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $11,541,592,000 after buying an additional 5,075,418 shares during the period. 66.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Tesla Company Profile

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.