Sage Mountain Advisors LLC Buys 6,586 Shares of Tesla, Inc. $TSLA

Sage Mountain Advisors LLC lifted its position in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) by 18.0% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 43,269 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,586 shares during the period. Tesla makes up approximately 1.1% of Sage Mountain Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 16th biggest holding. Sage Mountain Advisors LLC’s holdings in Tesla were worth $19,243,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of TSLA. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Tesla by 1.8% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 251,390,681 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $79,856,764,000 after buying an additional 4,502,976 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Tesla by 2.0% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 64,767,993 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $20,480,477,000 after acquiring an additional 1,269,304 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Tesla in the second quarter worth about $11,839,824,000. Legal & General Group Plc lifted its holdings in shares of Tesla by 5.9% during the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 20,225,098 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $6,424,705,000 after purchasing an additional 1,134,678 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi grew its position in shares of Tesla by 20.4% in the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 20,194,152 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $6,374,284,000 after purchasing an additional 3,422,270 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 66.20% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories 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.

Insider Buying and Selling at Tesla

In other news, Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.66, for a total transaction of $25,606,501.20. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 1,391,615 shares in the company, valued at $627,145,215.90. The trade was a 3.92% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 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 transaction of $1,170,643.41. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 13,757 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,107,145.01. The trade was a 16.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 119,457 shares of company stock worth $53,501,145 over the last quarter. 19.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

TSLA has been the topic of a number of research reports. CICC Research lifted their price target on shares of Tesla from $450.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 18th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Wedbush reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $600.00 target price on shares of Tesla in a report on Monday, December 15th. HSBC reissued a “reduce” rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Monday, November 17th. Finally, Bank of America upped their price objective on Tesla from $341.00 to $471.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. Eighteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Hold rating and eight have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $410.77.

Tesla Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ TSLA opened at $449.36 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 1.67 and a current ratio of 2.07. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $443.91 and a 200 day moving average price of $402.18. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.49 trillion, a PE ratio of 299.57, a price-to-earnings-growth 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.

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