OneAscent Financial Services LLC Cuts Position in Tesla, Inc. $TSLA

OneAscent Financial Services LLC lowered its holdings in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) by 76.6% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,539 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock after selling 11,555 shares during the quarter. OneAscent Financial Services LLC’s holdings in Tesla were worth $1,574,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its position in Tesla by 11.8% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 87,929 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $35,509,000 after acquiring an additional 9,293 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Tesla by 21.2% in the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,317 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $2,147,000 after purchasing an additional 931 shares during the period. Bison Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of Tesla by 52.2% during the fourth quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 10,368 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $4,187,000 after purchasing an additional 3,558 shares in the last quarter. Ransom Advisory Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Tesla during the 1st quarter worth about $180,000. Finally, Focus Partners Wealth raised its position in shares of Tesla by 62.1% during the 1st quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 263,455 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $68,255,000 after purchasing an additional 100,900 shares during the last quarter. 66.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

TSLA has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Wall Street Zen upgraded Tesla from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, October 25th. Bank of America lifted their price target on Tesla from $341.00 to $471.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $500.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a research report on Friday, January 2nd. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $600.00 price objective on shares of Tesla in a report on Monday, December 15th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Hold rating and nine have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $408.54.

Tesla Stock Up 1.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:TSLA opened at $435.80 on Friday. Tesla, Inc. has a 52-week low of $214.25 and a 52-week high of $498.83. The stock has a market cap of $1.45 trillion, a P/E ratio of 290.53, a PEG ratio of 6.93 and a beta of 1.83. The business has a fifty day moving average of $444.51 and a two-hundred day moving average of $394.07. The company has a quick ratio of 1.67, a current ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.02. Tesla had a net margin of 5.51% and a return on equity of 6.61%. The firm had revenue of $28.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $24.98 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.72 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts expect that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Tesla

In other news, Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.66, for a total value of $25,606,501.20. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 1,391,615 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $627,145,215.90. This represents a 3.92% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,637 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $443.93, for a total transaction of $1,170,643.41. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 13,757 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,107,145.01. This represents a 16.09% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 119,457 shares of company stock worth $53,501,145 in the last ninety days. 19.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Key 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 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.