CoreCap Advisors LLC Has $14.93 Million Stake in Tesla, Inc. $TSLA

CoreCap Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) by 5.6% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 33,559 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,780 shares during the quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC’s holdings in Tesla were worth $14,925,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Westend Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Tesla in the third quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Chapman Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Tesla in the 2nd quarter valued at $26,000. LGT Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Tesla during the 2nd quarter valued at $29,000. CoreFirst Bank & Trust bought a new position in Tesla during the second quarter worth $30,000. Finally, ESL Trust Services LLC boosted its stake in Tesla by 1,900.0% during the second quarter. ESL Trust Services LLC now owns 100 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 95 shares in the last quarter. 66.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Tesla Stock Performance

Shares of TSLA stock opened at $435.80 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 2.07 and a quick ratio of 1.67. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $444.51 and a 200-day moving average of $394.07. Tesla, Inc. has a one year low of $214.25 and a one year high of $498.83. The company has a market cap of $1.45 trillion, a P/E ratio of 290.53, a P/E/G ratio of 6.93 and a beta of 1.83.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.48 by $0.02. Tesla had a net margin of 5.51% and a return on equity of 6.61%. The business had revenue of $28.10 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $24.98 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.72 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have weighed in on TSLA. UBS Group reaffirmed a “sell” rating and issued a $247.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a research note on Monday. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their price target on Tesla from $482.00 to $551.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 23rd. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $500.00 price objective on shares of Tesla in a research note on Friday, January 2nd. Industrial Alliance Securities set a $300.00 target price on Tesla in a research report on Monday, October 13th. Finally, Melius Research set a $520.00 price target on shares of Tesla and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 13th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and nine have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $408.54.

Insider Activity at Tesla

In other Tesla news, Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $450.66, for a total value of $25,606,501.20. Following the transaction, the director owned 1,391,615 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $627,145,215.90. The trade was a 3.92% 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. Also, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,637 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $443.93, for a total value of $1,170,643.41. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 13,757 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,107,145.01. This trade represents a 16.09% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders sold 119,457 shares of company stock valued at $53,501,145. 19.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

More Tesla News

Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:

• Positive Sentiment: New Street (and some other bulls) raised their price target and reiterated a long‑term autonomy lead, providing a constructive counterpoint to recent weakness. New Street lifts TSLA to $600
• Positive Sentiment: Wedbush’s Dan Ives and other bullish analysts argue Tesla’s AI/energy optionality and brand still justify holding — a sentiment that supports buyers on weakness. Wedbush upbeat on Tesla
• Positive Sentiment: Large institutional flows (UBS AM materially increased its Q3 stake) signal continued conviction from major asset managers and provide a bid under the stock. Quiver quant: institutional moves
• Neutral Sentiment: Unusually high January options volume reflects positioning ahead of Tesla’s late‑January earnings — raises near‑term volatility but isn’t a directionally predictive signal. Options volume spike analysis
• Neutral Sentiment: Elon Musk reiterated that achieving “true” unsupervised full self‑driving will require very large real‑world datasets (he cited ~10 billion miles), underlining a long‑dated timeline for robotaxi profits. Musk on FSD mileage needs
• Neutral Sentiment: Shareholder governance/compensation votes at Tesla’s meeting signaled investors are asserting oversight — important for long‑term governance risk but not an immediate earnings driver. Proxy vote coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive threat from Nvidia’s Alpamayo and broader AI push has investors rethinking Tesla’s autonomy moat; several articles tie recent share weakness to Nvidia’s CES moves. Nvidia competition coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Tesla’s vehicle deliveries declined in 2025 and Q4 missed expectations in several regions — concrete demand and market‑share headwinds that pressure near‑term revenue and margin outlooks. Delivery miss coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple sell/reduce ratings and price‑target cuts (UBS reiterated a Sell, Truist trimmed its PT) amplify downside risk and headline volatility. UBS reiterates Sell
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling by director James Murdoch (SEC filing) and high‑profile bearish takes (e.g., Gordon Johnson’s extreme low target) weigh on sentiment and can deepen pullbacks. SEC filing: Murdoch sale Gordon Johnson $25 target

Tesla Company Profile

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.