Kercheville Advisors LLC Has $7 Million Holdings in Tesla, Inc. $TSLA

Kercheville Advisors LLC trimmed its position in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) by 14.4% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 15,750 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock after selling 2,647 shares during the period. Tesla accounts for approximately 2.1% of Kercheville Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 16th biggest position. Kercheville Advisors LLC’s holdings in Tesla were worth $7,004,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Westend Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Tesla in the 3rd quarter valued at about $32,000. Chapman Financial Group LLC bought a new position in Tesla during the second quarter worth about $26,000. LGT Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Tesla during the second quarter worth approximately $29,000. CoreFirst Bank & Trust bought a new stake in Tesla in the second quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Finally, ESL Trust Services LLC boosted its stake in shares of Tesla by 1,900.0% during the 2nd quarter. ESL Trust Services LLC now owns 100 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 95 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.20% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Tesla

Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:

• Positive Sentiment: New Street Research raised its price target to $600 and reiterated a Buy, signaling some sell‑side conviction that Tesla still has meaningful upside despite recent setbacks. New Street Research lifts Tesla to $600
• Positive Sentiment: Tactical demand support in China: Tesla is offering zero‑interest loans on Model 3 and Y to try to regain market share in its largest growth market — a near‑term lever to stabilize deliveries. Tesla offers zero-interest loans in China
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed management tone on competition: Elon Musk downplays an immediate Nvidia threat but admits competitive Nvidia tech could be relevant in several years — this tempers panic but raises uncertainty on timing of risk. Musk on Nvidia competition
• Negative Sentiment: Nvidia’s Alpamayo and broader push into open autonomous‑driving AI is being viewed as an existential competitive threat to Tesla’s FSD/robotaxi lead; this has triggered ETF/stock selling and renewed skepticism about Tesla’s AI moat. Nvidia Alpamayo rattles Tesla
• Negative Sentiment: Demand weakness / delivery misses: Tesla’s 2025 deliveries fell and Q4 shipments missed some expectations (China, UK, Germany softness), reinforcing concerns about market share loss to rivals like BYD and pressuring near‑term revenue/margin outlooks. Delivery declines and analyst concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst divergence and downgrades: multiple firms (UBS, JPMorgan, DZ Bank, HSBC among others) have issued cautious to sell views citing valuation and execution risk, increasing volatility around earnings. DZ Bank sell rating
• Negative Sentiment: Insider and execution noise: Director James Murdoch sold 60,000 shares (SEC filing), and reports of trademark/robotics setbacks add to short‑term sentiment pressure. Murdoch insider sale filing
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory risk: a U.S. lawmaker is readying a bill to require manual door releases — a potential headwind for Tesla’s EV design choices and a new regulatory overhang. Door-handle safety bill

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.66, for a total value of $25,606,501.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 1,391,615 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $627,145,215.90. This represents a 3.92% decrease in their position. The sale 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 firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 transaction, the chief financial officer 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 position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 119,457 shares of company stock worth $53,501,145. 19.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Tesla Price Performance

Tesla stock opened at $431.50 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $1.44 trillion, a PE ratio of 287.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 6.93 and a beta of 1.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 2.07 and a quick ratio of 1.67. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $444.60 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $393.78. Tesla, Inc. has a one year low of $214.25 and a one year high of $498.83.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 analyst estimates of $24.98 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.72 EPS. Tesla’s quarterly revenue was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts expect that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

TSLA has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Truist Financial dropped their price target on Tesla from $444.00 to $439.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 2nd. Morgan Stanley set a $425.00 target price on shares of Tesla and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Sunday, December 7th. Industrial Alliance Securities set a $300.00 price target on shares of Tesla in a research note on Monday, October 13th. Glj Research restated a “sell” rating and set a $25.28 price objective (up from $19.05) on shares of Tesla in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Barclays reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $350.00 target price on shares of Tesla in a research report on Monday, December 1st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Hold rating and nine have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Tesla presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $408.54.

Tesla 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.