1. Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 82
Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is synonymous with electric vehicles and the ecosystem to be built around it. The company is a market leader and specializes in the development, production, and commercialization of electric vehicles, battery solutions, and energy generation. On July 24, EV stocks saw an increase in price, after a decline last week. In line with this, Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) experienced a 3.22% increase in share price, despite UBS’ latest review for the stock. This can be attributed to the company’s interest in building a plant in India, following a momentous visit of Indian diplomats to the White House.
According to Insider Monkey’s first quarter database, 82 hedge funds hold a bullish position in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), compared to 91 funds in the last quarter of 2022. D E Shaw is a prominent shareholder in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), with 6.2 million shares worth $1.295 billion.
Baron Opportunity Fund had this to say about Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) in the first quarter of 2023:
“Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) designs, manufactures, and sells EVs, related software and components, and solar and energy storage products. Following a sharp decline at the end of 2022, Tesla’s stock rebounded in the first quarter of 2023 on investor expectations that Tesla will continue to grow vehicle deliveries and maintain solid gross and operating margins despite a potential recession, competition in China, and vehicle price reductions. We wrote a long piece on Tesla last quarter and refer readers back to it, because for long-term investors not much has changed over the last three months. Tesla did hold its first Investor Day in March, and several Baron analysts and portfolio managers attended. We toured the Austin Gigafactory, drove in a Cybertruck, boarded a Semi truck, and spoke with a wide swath of Tesla senior managers. During the formal presentation, Tesla highlighted, among other things: (1) its broad and deep bench of executive talent supporting CEO Elon Musk; (2) its “Master Plan 3–Sustainable Energy for All of Earth,” which featured EVs, renewable power from solar and wind, and stationary electric storage; (3) its vehicle assembly innovations, including massive casted parts (building Model Y bodies with single front and rear castings, replacing a substantial number of parts and fastening steps), a stainless steel exoskeleton (for Cybertruck), and its next-generation highly efficient “unboxed process” for its next-gen $25,000 vehicle; (4) a future permanent[1]magnet electric motor that will not require any rare earths; and (5) the massive untapped market opportunity for commercial stationary electric storage, branded Megapack, as the world steadily shifts to renewable energy. As long-term shareholders, we have witnessed Tesla exploit its innovative Model 3/Y now-global mass-market platform to increase vehicle deliveries from barely a standing start to over 1.3 million units, while achieving industry-leading margins and reinforcing its iron-clad balance sheet to almost $23 billion in cash (and effectively no recourse debt). We expect Tesla’s next-generation EV and Megapack products to have a similar impact on company results.”
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