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TSLA — structural market context

Tesla, Inc.

Structural market context from public regulatory and market data, shown with its as-of dates. Descriptive only: nothing on this page is a recommendation, a prediction, or advice to buy or sell any security.

What changed

As of the close on Oct 22. Each line shows the earlier value, the later value and their dates.

Price

Close $374.58 (Oct 22) vs $386.47 (Oct 21): −3.08%.

Volume

1.45× its 20-session average (35.8M) on Oct 22.

Includes pre- and post-market trading.

Short interest

Short interest 70.9M shares (settlement Sep 30) vs 68.9M (Sep 15).

No new publication in this window. Latest: settlement Sep 30, published Oct 10.

Fails-to-deliver

Latest file (settlements Sep 15–Sep 30, published Oct 16): 7 days with fails, largest 50K shares on Sep 21.

Previous file (settlements Sep 1–Sep 14, published Sep 30): 4 days with fails, largest 5K shares on Sep 1.

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Analyst rating actions

19 rating actions recorded.

Cowen & Co. — Rating maintained — Oct 22

Piper Sandler — Rating maintained — Oct 22

Piper Sandler — Price target change — Oct 22

UBS — Rating maintained — Oct 22

UBS — Price target change — Oct 22

Goldman Sachs — Rating maintained — Oct 22

CLSA — Upgrade — Oct 22

CLSA — Price target change — Oct 22

Canaccord Genuity — Price target change — Oct 22

Exane BNP Paribas — Upgrade — Oct 22

Cantor Fitzgerald — Coverage initiated — Oct 22

RBC Capital — Downgrade — Oct 22

Oppenheimer — Coverage initiated — Oct 22

BMO Capital — Upgrade — Oct 22

Tigress Financial — Coverage initiated — Oct 22

William Blair — Downgrade — Oct 22

Wolfe Research — Downgrade — Oct 22

Stifel Nicolaus — Price target change — Oct 22

BNP Paribas — Price target change — Oct 22

Insider filings (Form 4)

None recorded in this window.

TSLA: what the public data shows

Each row is the latest public record we hold for TSLA, with its own date and source. Figures are descriptive and delayed by their source.

DataLatest recordAs ofSource
Short interest→ Short Interest & FTD tracker70.9M shares short · 1.9 days to cover · 2.5% of float · +3.0% vs 2026-09-152026-09-30FINRA
Fails-to-deliver→ Short Interest & FTD tracker17 shares failed to deliver on 2026-09-292026-09-29SEC fails-to-deliver files
Insider Form 4 (P/S)→ Insider Buying tracker0 purchases and 1 sale in 12 months · latest filed 2026-09-09 by Taneja Vaibhav2026-09-09SEC Form 4
Analyst rating actions5 recent actions · latest published by BNP Paribas on 2026-10-222026-10-22Firms' published actions
Short interest→ Short Interest & FTD tracker
Latest record
70.9M shares short · 1.9 days to cover · 2.5% of float · +3.0% vs 2026-09-15
As of
2026-09-30
Source
FINRA
Fails-to-deliver→ Short Interest & FTD tracker
Latest record
17 shares failed to deliver on 2026-09-29
As of
2026-09-29
Source
SEC fails-to-deliver files
Insider Form 4 (P/S)→ Insider Buying tracker
Latest record
0 purchases and 1 sale in 12 months · latest filed 2026-09-09 by Taneja Vaibhav
As of
2026-09-09
Source
SEC Form 4
Analyst rating actions
Latest record
5 recent actions · latest published by BNP Paribas on 2026-10-22
As of
2026-10-22
Source
Firms' published actions

TSLA events and their magnitude

Latest SEC filing in the event study

8-K 2.02 · Earnings release · filed 2026-10-21 · View on sec.gov ↗

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TSLA short interest & days to cover

SHARES SHORT
70.9M
% OF FLOAT
2.5%
DAYS TO COVER
1.9
CHANGE VS PRIOR
+3.0%

FINRA consolidated short interest, reported twice a month and published ~2 weeks after each settlement date. % of float uses reported free float. · as of 2026-09-30 (23d ago)

TSLA fails-to-deliver (FTD)

Settlement dateFailed sharesPrice
2026-09-29 · 24d17$357.45
2026-09-28 · 25d25K$372.11
2026-09-24 · 29d3K$380.12

SEC fails-to-deliver files, published twice a month with ~6 weeks of delay.

TSLA insider buying and selling (Form 4)

Last 12 months, Form 4 codes P and S: 0 purchases · 1 sale

Most recent Form 4 shown for TSLA: Taneja Vaibhav (Chief Financial Officer) reported a sale (code S) of 2,605 shares at $360.13 on 2026-09-08, filed 2026-09-09 (1 day after the trade).

InsiderTypeSharesPriceValueTrade dateFiled
Taneja Vaibhav · officer: Chief Financial OfficerSale (S)3K$360.13$938K2026-09-082026-09-09 · +1d

SEC Form 4 filings: purchases and sales reported on Form 4 (transaction codes P and S) only; grants and option exercises excluded. Attributed public records.

TSLA analyst ratings

FirmActionRatingPublished
BNP Paribasprice_target—2026-10-22
Stifel Nicolausprice_target—2026-10-22
Cantor FitzgeraldinitialiseOverweight2026-10-22
RBC CapitaldowngradeSector Perform (from Outperform)2026-10-22
OppenheimerinitialiseOutperform (from Perform)2026-10-22

Rating actions as published by the firms, from public feeds. They are not graded here.

Frequently asked questions

What is TSLA's short interest?
As of the FINRA settlement date 2026-09-30, TSLA had 70.9M shares sold short — 2.5% of its float, with 1.9 days to cover at average volume. FINRA publishes this data roughly two weeks after each twice-monthly settlement, so it is inherently delayed. A short-interest figure describes an aggregate position; it does not predict what the stock will do.
Are insiders buying TSLA?
In the last 12 months of SEC Form 4 filings, TSLA recorded 0 insider purchases and 1 sale reported on Form 4 (transaction codes P and S; grants and option exercises excluded). These are attributed public records — information, not instruction.
What do analysts say about TSLA?
The most recent action: BNP Paribas price_target on 2026-10-22. Rating actions are shown as published by the firms; they are not graded here.
Is this page telling me to buy or sell TSLA?
No. Everything on this page is descriptive, structural market context from public data, shown with its as-of dates. TradeAI News does not issue directional recommendations, price predictions, or buy/sell advice — for any ticker.
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