JPMorgan Chase & Co. Lowers Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Price Target to $145.00

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) had its target price cut by equities researchers at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $150.00 to $145.00 in a research note issued on Friday. The brokerage currently has an “underweight” rating on the electric vehicle producer’s stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co.‘s target price indicates a potential downside of 65.19% from the stock’s current price.

A number of other brokerages also recently weighed in on TSLA. Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $600.00 target price on shares of Tesla in a research note on Thursday. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Tesla in a research note on Tuesday. DZ Bank restated a “sell” rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Thursday. China Renaissance lifted their target price on Tesla from $349.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, October 24th. Finally, Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Thursday. Seventeen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have given a Hold rating and eight have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $410.71.

Tesla Trading Down 3.5%

NASDAQ TSLA opened at $416.56 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.39 trillion, a PE ratio of 385.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.36 and a beta of 1.83. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $446.91 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $406.71. The company has a current ratio of 2.07, a quick ratio of 1.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. Tesla has a 12 month low of $214.25 and a 12 month high of $498.83.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January 28th. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $24.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $24.75 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 4.93% and a net margin of 4.00%.The firm’s revenue was down 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.73 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect that Tesla will post 2.56 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Tesla

In other news, Director James R. Murdoch sold 60,000 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $445.40, for a total transaction of $26,724,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 577,031 shares in the company, valued at $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 available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 2,637 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 13,757 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,107,145.01. The trade was a 16.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 119,457 shares of company stock valued at $53,501,145. Corporate insiders own 19.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Tesla

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of TSLA. Networth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Tesla in the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. Chapman Financial Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Tesla during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $26,000. Davidson Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Tesla by 79.4% in the 4th quarter. Davidson Capital Management Inc. now owns 61 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 27 shares during the last quarter. LGT Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Tesla in the second quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Finally, Manning & Napier Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Tesla during the third quarter worth $29,000. Institutional investors own 66.20% of the company’s stock.

Tesla News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wedbush and other bulls highlight Tesla as a top “physical AI” play — Dan Ives says TSLA (with NVDA) are indispensable to the physical-AI era, supporting a bullish narrative and upside to long-term valuation. Tesla, Nvidia — ‘Best Physical AI Plays,’ Says Daniel Ives
• Positive Sentiment: Tesla beat Q4 EPS and revenue expectations and reported accelerating energy-storage revenue and >1M FSD subscriptions — proof points that software/energy can offset automotive weakness and support higher multiple scenarios. Tesla revenue beats despite weaker vehicle deliveries
• Positive Sentiment: Tesla’s announced $2B investment in Elon Musk’s xAI and continued Cybercab/robotaxi progress reinforce the company’s strategy to monetize autonomy and AI beyond car sales. That narrative is supporting upside from momentum investors. Tesla to invest $2B in xAI
• Neutral Sentiment: SpaceX merger chatter (reports that SpaceX is considering combining with Tesla or xAI) is driving headline volume — the strategic upside is large but the timing, structure and regulatory/financial impact are highly uncertain. SpaceX said to consider merger with Tesla
• Neutral Sentiment: Musk has teased TeraFab/chip plans and the company is leaning into build‑out of custom AI silicon — strategically important but execution- and capital-intensive, so investors are watching for concrete milestones. Musk Teases Bigger Announcement on TeraFab
• Negative Sentiment: Fundamentals show strain: Tesla posted its first full-year revenue decline and falling vehicle deliveries, and profit was down materially — raising questions about near-term auto demand and the valuation premium for growth. Tesla suffers first annual drop in revenue
• Negative Sentiment: Tesla plans to more than double capex to ~$20B in 2026 to fund robotaxi/Optimus and factories — investors worry this could push the company back toward cash‑burn mode and make near-term returns harder to justify. Tesla plans $20 billion capex spree
• Negative Sentiment: Execution and regulatory risks are rising: the company will end Model S/X production to refit lines for Optimus and faces scrutiny around autonomous driving (analysts warn Waymo incidents/regulatory probes could spill over). Those raise short-term revenue and execution uncertainty. Tesla ending Model S/X production  Regulatory concerns after Waymo crash

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.