Why Are People Buying TSLA Shares?

Tesla surged to $266.44 per share Friday, but it remains 13.0% above its mean target price of $235.79. There may still be room for more downwards movement — even after today's 4.2% drop. Analysts are giving the large-cap Auto Manufacturers stock on average rating of hold, with target prices ranging from $24.33 to $350.0 per share.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 3.5%, and a short ratio of 0.59. The company's insiders own 13.06% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that only a small number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 44.9% of Tesla's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Tesla

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-03-31 Vanguard Group Inc 7% 220,623,239 $58,782,856,337
2023-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 6% 178,662,226 $47,602,763,931
2023-03-31 State Street Corporation 3% 99,683,820 $26,559,757,244
2023-03-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 50,047,967 $13,334,780,449
2023-03-31 Capital World Investors 1% 43,760,201 $11,659,468,061
2023-03-31 FMR, LLC 1% 33,326,389 $8,879,483,166
2023-03-31 JP Morgan Chase & Company 1% 29,229,125 $7,787,808,136
2022-12-31 Norges Bank Investment Management 1% 28,085,245 $7,483,032,746
2023-03-31 Northern Trust Corporation 1% 27,057,308 $7,209,149,209
2023-03-31 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 1% 26,224,189 $6,987,172,981

Besides an analyst belief that shares are overpriced, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Tesla.

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