What Is the Overall Sentiment on Tesla (TSLA) Shares?

Shares of Tesla fell to $261.07 during today's evening trading session. Despite the -2.4% change, the large-cap Auto Manufacturers company still trades 10.72% above its average analyst target price of $235.79. So there may be further downside for the Auto Manufacturers stock. Tesla has target prices ranging from $24.33 to $350.0 per share, and its average rating is hold.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 3.4%, and a short ratio of 0.65. The company's insiders own 13.04% 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 44.2% 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 $57,598,110,621
2023-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 6% 178,662,226 $46,643,348,650
2023-03-31 State Street Corporation 3% 99,683,820 $26,024,455,617
2023-03-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 50,047,967 $13,066,023,111
2023-03-31 Capital World Investors 1% 43,760,201 $11,424,475,995
2023-03-31 FMR, LLC 1% 33,326,389 $8,700,520,620
2023-03-31 JP Morgan Chase & Company 1% 29,229,125 $7,630,847,877
2022-12-31 Norges Bank Investment Management 1% 28,085,245 $7,332,215,117
2023-03-31 Northern Trust Corporation 1% 27,057,308 $7,063,851,597
2023-03-31 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 1% 26,224,189 $6,846,349,214

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

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