Roth Capital Forecasts Tesla’s Q1 Earnings (NASDAQ:TSLA)

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) – Stock analysts at Roth Capital upped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Tesla in a research report issued on Monday, December 2nd. Roth Capital analyst C. Irwin now forecasts that the electric vehicle producer will post earnings of $0.68 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.47. Roth Capital has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Tesla’s current full-year earnings is $1.99 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Tesla’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.76 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.81 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.89 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $3.14 EPS.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $25.18 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $25.47 billion. Tesla had a net margin of 13.07% and a return on equity of 10.24%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.53 earnings per share.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on TSLA. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their target price on shares of Tesla from $249.00 to $313.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 15th. William Blair assumed coverage on shares of Tesla in a report on Thursday, August 29th. They issued an “outperform” rating for the company. Bank of America lifted their price objective on shares of Tesla from $350.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. StockNews.com raised shares of Tesla from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their price objective on shares of Tesla from $254.00 to $278.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, sixteen have assigned a hold rating, fifteen have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $245.84.

Tesla Trading Up 3.2 %

NASDAQ TSLA opened at $369.49 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.19 trillion, a PE ratio of 101.23, a P/E/G ratio of 11.41 and a beta of 2.36. The company has a fifty day moving average of $282.96 and a 200 day moving average of $236.89. Tesla has a 1 year low of $138.80 and a 1 year high of $375.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 1.84 and a quick ratio of 1.37.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Tesla

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in TSLA. NBC Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Tesla by 50.7% in the 2nd quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 4,361 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $862,000 after acquiring an additional 1,467 shares during the last quarter. ACT Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in Tesla by 4.8% during the 2nd quarter. ACT Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,377 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $866,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the period. CX Institutional increased its stake in Tesla by 37.5% during the 2nd quarter. CX Institutional now owns 58,776 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $11,631,000 after buying an additional 16,034 shares during the period. TTP Investments Inc. increased its stake in Tesla by 0.5% during the 2nd quarter. TTP Investments Inc. now owns 25,888 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $5,123,000 after buying an additional 116 shares during the period. Finally, Prentice Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in Tesla by 4.6% during the 2nd quarter. Prentice Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,022 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $400,000 after buying an additional 88 shares during the period. 66.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Tesla

In other Tesla news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 7,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $354.43, for a total value of $2,481,010.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 105,032 shares in the company, valued at $37,226,491.76. The trade was a 6.25 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Kathleen Wilson-Thompson sold 100,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $346.02, for a total transaction of $34,602,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 5,400 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,868,508. This represents a 94.88 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 420,280 shares of company stock worth $135,164,640 in the last ninety days. 20.70% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.