What is Zacks Research’s Forecast for Tesla Q3 Earnings?

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) – Analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Tesla in a report released on Tuesday, June 17th. Zacks Research analyst R. Singhi now expects that the electric vehicle producer will earn $0.33 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.31. The consensus estimate for Tesla’s current full-year earnings is $2.56 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Tesla’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.29 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.95 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.68 EPS.

A number of other analysts also recently weighed in on TSLA. Mizuho increased their target price on shares of Tesla from $325.00 to $390.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 16th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $400.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a research report on Tuesday, June 10th. UBS Group cut their target price on Tesla from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 10th. Argus reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Monday, June 9th. Finally, Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and set a $350.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have given a hold rating, nineteen have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $293.67.

Tesla Price Performance

Shares of TSLA opened at $322.05 on Thursday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $303.42 and a 200-day moving average of $332.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 2.00 and a quick ratio of 1.54. The company has a market capitalization of $1.04 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 176.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 11.88 and a beta of 2.47. Tesla has a 1 year low of $179.66 and a 1 year high of $488.54.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.53 by ($0.26). The company had revenue of $19.34 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $22.93 billion. Tesla had a net margin of 6.66% and a return on equity of 9.02%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.45 EPS.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Kimbal Musk sold 91,588 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $357.39, for a total value of $32,732,635.32. Following the transaction, the director now owns 1,463,220 shares in the company, valued at $522,940,195.80. This trade represents a 5.89% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Xiaotong Zhu sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $323.81, for a total value of $4,857,150.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 67,600 shares in the company, valued at $21,889,556. This trade represents a 18.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 833,509 shares of company stock valued at $278,648,925 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 20.70% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Tesla

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. True Wealth Design LLC grew its holdings in Tesla by 79.5% in the 4th quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 70 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 31 shares during the last quarter. Horrell Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Tesla by 75.6% in the fourth quarter. Horrell Capital Management Inc. now owns 79 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 34 shares during the last quarter. GS Investments Inc. increased its holdings in Tesla by 193.3% during the 4th quarter. GS Investments Inc. now owns 88 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 58 shares during the period. Navigoe LLC bought a new position in Tesla during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Finally, CoreFirst Bank & Trust purchased a new stake in Tesla in the 4th quarter worth approximately $38,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 66.20% of the company’s stock.

Tesla Company Profile

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.