Czech National Bank Has $337.05 Million Stock Holdings in Tesla, Inc. $TSLA

Czech National Bank lifted its holdings in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) by 4.6% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 801,343 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock after acquiring an additional 35,388 shares during the quarter. Tesla makes up approximately 1.8% of Czech National Bank’s holdings, making the stock its 10th largest holding. Czech National Bank’s holdings in Tesla were worth $337,045,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of TSLA. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Tesla in the fourth quarter worth $17,128,100,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of Tesla by 3,205.5% in the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 21,459,599 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $9,650,811,000 after buying an additional 20,810,386 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of Tesla by 56.0% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 20,755,605 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $9,334,211,000 after buying an additional 7,450,766 shares in the last quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. raised its holdings in shares of Tesla by 882.8% in the fourth quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 8,202,060 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $3,688,630,000 after buying an additional 7,367,507 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Tesla by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 258,925,024 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $116,443,762,000 after buying an additional 6,538,720 shares during the last quarter. 66.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

TSLA has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Phillip Securities decreased their price objective on shares of Tesla from $220.00 to $215.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Zacks Research raised shares of Tesla from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. China Renaissance reduced their target price on shares of Tesla from $382.00 to $372.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Evercore raised shares of Tesla from a “hold” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, June 5th. Finally, William Blair reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Thursday, July 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have assigned a Buy rating, nineteen have given a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $401.74.

More Tesla News

Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:

• Positive Sentiment: $16.8 billion Terafab investment: Tesla and SpaceX formally announced plans to build an advanced AI-chip factory in Texas. Management said approximately 25% of the computing capacity could support Tesla’s Optimus robots, while roughly 75% would serve AI spacecraft and other SpaceX-related needs. The project strengthens Tesla’s long-term robotics and AI narrative, although it also represents substantial capital spending. Reuters Terafab article
• Positive Sentiment: Growing energy-storage demand: SpaceX purchased approximately $295 million of Tesla Megapacks during the second quarter to support AI data centers. Tesla also began producing Megapack 3 batteries at a new Texas facility, providing evidence that its energy business may be expanding faster than its vehicle operations. CNBC Megapack article
• Positive Sentiment: Autonomy and FSD potential: Tesla is pursuing broader European deployment of Full Self-Driving, with approval votes reportedly expected in October or November. Regulatory progress could expand subscription revenue and support the company’s robotaxi valuation case. Barron’s self-driving article
• Neutral Sentiment: Robotaxi expectations are being reset: Recent commentary suggests investors had focused heavily on fleet size and city count, while management may be lowering near-term expectations. Bullish investors view the pullback as a buying opportunity, but the reset could keep the stock volatile until Tesla demonstrates commercial scale.
• Negative Sentiment: China risk is increasing: Reports that Tesla could sell or close its China operations have raised concerns because analysts estimate China represents about 25% of Tesla’s value, including future Optimus and robotaxi opportunities. Losing the market could weaken growth prospects and Tesla’s competitive position against BYD. MarketBeat China article
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and execution concerns remain: Tesla trades at a very high earnings multiple despite weak profitability, a recent quarterly EPS miss and sharply lower operating performance. Analysts and investors are questioning whether heavy AI, robotics and chip-factory spending will produce returns soon enough to justify the valuation.
• Negative Sentiment: Autonomy competition and legal exposure: Uber, Waymo and Amazon’s Zoox are advancing competing driverless-vehicle platforms, while Tesla is defending a self-driving patent dispute before the Supreme Court. These developments could slow Tesla’s path to robotaxi commercialization or increase regulatory and legal costs.

Tesla Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of NASDAQ:TSLA opened at $319.53 on Friday. Tesla, Inc. has a one year low of $297.38 and a one year high of $498.83. The company has a 50 day moving average of $380.90 and a 200-day moving average of $394.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 1.94 and a quick ratio of 1.55. The stock has a market cap of $1.26 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 295.86, a P/E/G ratio of 15.96 and a beta of 1.83.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 22nd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.50 by ($0.17). Tesla had a net margin of 3.67% and a return on equity of 3.82%. The business had revenue of $28.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $26.42 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.33 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 25.5% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 0.89 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In related news, CFO Vaibhav Taneja sold 3,000 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $450.00, for a total transaction of $1,350,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 18,106 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,147,700. The trade was a 14.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. 19.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.