Geneos Wealth Management Inc. Has $12.52 Million Stock Position in Tesla, Inc. $TSLA

Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lowered its holdings in shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) by 21.0% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 28,147 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock after selling 7,503 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc.’s holdings in Tesla were worth $12,518,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Yoder Wealth Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Tesla by 8.8% during the 3rd quarter. Yoder Wealth Management Inc. now owns 1,446 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $643,000 after acquiring an additional 117 shares in the last quarter. Augustine Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Tesla by 12.8% in the 3rd quarter. Augustine Asset Management Inc. now owns 981 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $436,000 after purchasing an additional 111 shares during the last quarter. Milestone Asset Management Group LLC boosted its position in Tesla by 7.8% during the third quarter. Milestone Asset Management Group LLC now owns 3,097 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock worth $1,377,000 after purchasing an additional 225 shares during the period. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Tesla by 1.9% during the third quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,713 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $2,096,000 after purchasing an additional 87 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Gries Financial LLC raised its position in shares of Tesla by 46.2% in the third quarter. Gries Financial LLC now owns 1,235 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock valued at $549,000 after purchasing an additional 390 shares during the period. 66.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Tesla News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Tesla this week:

• Positive Sentiment: New Street (and some other bulls) raised their price target and reiterated a long‑term autonomy lead, providing a constructive counterpoint to recent weakness. New Street lifts TSLA to $600
• Positive Sentiment: Wedbush’s Dan Ives and other bullish analysts argue Tesla’s AI/energy optionality and brand still justify holding — a sentiment that supports buyers on weakness. Wedbush upbeat on Tesla
• Positive Sentiment: Large institutional flows (UBS AM materially increased its Q3 stake) signal continued conviction from major asset managers and provide a bid under the stock. Quiver quant: institutional moves
• Neutral Sentiment: Unusually high January options volume reflects positioning ahead of Tesla’s late‑January earnings — raises near‑term volatility but isn’t a directionally predictive signal. Options volume spike analysis
• Neutral Sentiment: Elon Musk reiterated that achieving “true” unsupervised full self‑driving will require very large real‑world datasets (he cited ~10 billion miles), underlining a long‑dated timeline for robotaxi profits. Musk on FSD mileage needs
• Neutral Sentiment: Shareholder governance/compensation votes at Tesla’s meeting signaled investors are asserting oversight — important for long‑term governance risk but not an immediate earnings driver. Proxy vote coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive threat from Nvidia’s Alpamayo and broader AI push has investors rethinking Tesla’s autonomy moat; several articles tie recent share weakness to Nvidia’s CES moves. Nvidia competition coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Tesla’s vehicle deliveries declined in 2025 and Q4 missed expectations in several regions — concrete demand and market‑share headwinds that pressure near‑term revenue and margin outlooks. Delivery miss coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple sell/reduce ratings and price‑target cuts (UBS reiterated a Sell, Truist trimmed its PT) amplify downside risk and headline volatility. UBS reiterates Sell
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling by director James Murdoch (SEC filing) and high‑profile bearish takes (e.g., Gordon Johnson’s extreme low target) weigh on sentiment and can deepen pullbacks. SEC filing: Murdoch sale Gordon Johnson $25 target

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Kimbal Musk sold 56,820 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director James R. Murdoch sold 60,000 shares of Tesla stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $445.40, for a total value of $26,724,000.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 577,031 shares in the company, valued at $257,009,607.40. The trade was a 9.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 119,457 shares of company stock worth $53,501,145. 19.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

TSLA has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a “sell” rating on shares of Tesla in a report on Monday. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of Tesla from $400.00 to $420.00 in a report on Friday, January 2nd. Mizuho lifted their price objective on Tesla from $475.00 to $530.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 16th. Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Tesla in a research report on Monday, November 17th. Finally, BNP Paribas raised their target price on Tesla from $307.00 to $313.00 in a report on Monday, December 1st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating, fourteen have given a Hold rating and nine have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $408.54.

Tesla Trading Up 1.0%

Tesla stock opened at $435.80 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $444.51 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $394.07. The company has a quick ratio of 1.67, a current ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. Tesla, Inc. has a 12 month low of $214.25 and a 12 month high of $498.83. The stock has a market cap of $1.45 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 290.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 6.93 and a beta of 1.83.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 23rd. The electric vehicle producer reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.48 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $28.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $24.98 billion. Tesla had a return on equity of 6.61% and a net margin of 5.51%.Tesla’s quarterly revenue was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.72 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Tesla, Inc. will post 2.56 EPS for the current year.

About Tesla

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.