Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. Sells 1,420 Shares of Tesla, Inc. $TSLA

Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. lowered its position in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) by 0.8% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 167,560 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock after selling 1,420 shares during the quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd.’s holdings in Tesla were worth $74,509,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vest Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of Tesla by 23.8% in the third quarter. Vest Financial LLC now owns 36,095 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $16,052,000 after acquiring an additional 6,944 shares during the last quarter. Joel Isaacson & Co. LLC increased its holdings in Tesla by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Joel Isaacson & Co. LLC now owns 4,907 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $2,182,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares in the last quarter. Allegiance Financial Group Advisory Services LLC raised its position in Tesla by 88.6% in the 3rd quarter. Allegiance Financial Group Advisory Services LLC now owns 1,960 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $872,000 after purchasing an additional 921 shares during the last quarter. Waldron Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in Tesla by 33.7% in the third quarter. Waldron Private Wealth LLC now owns 7,356 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $3,271,000 after purchasing an additional 1,856 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Demars Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Tesla by 78.6% during the third quarter. Demars Financial Group LLC now owns 2,166 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $963,000 after purchasing an additional 953 shares during the last quarter. 66.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Headlines Impacting Tesla

Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Removal of human safety monitors for some Austin Robotaxi rides is being treated as a material operational milestone that signals Tesla’s self-driving software may be ready for commercial deployment — a direct catalyst for the stock as the market re-rates Tesla toward a higher-margin autonomy/AI story. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Lemonade’s new autonomous-insurance product (50% discount for FSD miles) provides third‑party validation that Tesla’s FSD data can be monetized and de‑risked, reducing a major liability question for Robotaxi scaling. That partnership lifted sentiment across both stocks. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Elon Musk’s Davos comments — predicting widespread U.S. Robotaxi deployment by end‑of‑2026 and consumer Optimus sales by late‑2027 — reinforce the long‑term AI/robotics narrative that underpins Tesla’s premium valuation. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Technical/order‑flow signals (Power Inflow alert) and institutional buying have driven short‑term momentum, attracting traders and helping fuel the rally. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Upcoming catalysts create uncertainty: Tesla reports Q4 and full‑year 2025 earnings on Jan. 28 (same week as a Fed meeting), so guidance, margins and FSD/energy commentary could produce big moves in either direction. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Musk has warned Cybercab and Optimus production will be “agonizingly slow” at first, reminding investors that execution risk on hardware rollouts remains high and could delay revenue conversion from the autonomy/robotics thesis. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: High valuation and persistent safety/regulatory scrutiny keep downside risk elevated; public critics and competitors continue to highlight Autopilot/FSD safety issues that could attract regulators or slow approvals in other markets. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst positioning is mixed — Barclays kept an equal‑weight stance and a price target well below current levels, illustrating that some shops still see material downside if execution slips. Read More.

Analyst Ratings Changes

TSLA has been the topic of several research reports. China Renaissance upped their price target on shares of Tesla from $349.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, October 24th. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $500.00 target price on shares of Tesla in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Dbs Bank raised shares of Tesla to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Bank of America boosted their price objective on shares of Tesla from $341.00 to $471.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. Finally, Melius Research set a $520.00 price objective on Tesla and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, October 13th. Eighteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, thirteen have given a Hold rating and eight have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $410.77.

Insider Buying and Selling at Tesla

In other Tesla news, Director James R. Murdoch sold 60,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $445.40, for a total transaction of $26,724,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 577,031 shares in the company, valued at approximately $257,009,607.40. This trade represents a 9.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,637 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 13,757 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,107,145.01. This trade represents a 16.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 119,457 shares of company stock valued at $53,501,145. 19.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Tesla Price Performance

Shares of TSLA stock opened at $449.36 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $443.91 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $402.18. The stock has a market cap of $1.49 trillion, a PE ratio of 299.57, a PEG ratio of 7.36 and a beta of 1.83. Tesla, Inc. has a 52-week low of $214.25 and a 52-week high of $498.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 1.67 and a current ratio of 2.07.

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

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.