5 Solar Stocks Billionaires Are Loading Up On

1. Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 82

Number of Billionaire Investors: 15

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s Energy Generation and Storage segment is responsible for the design, manufacture, installation, commercialization, and leasing of solar energy generation and energy storage products, as well as related services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. It is one of the top solar stocks on the radar of billionaires. 

Barclays analyst Dan Levy believes that Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s future is characterized by significant growth potential, expecting the company to achieve substantial volume growth and market share gains in the coming years. Levy forecasts that by 2030, Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s volume will reach 6.2 million units, with a global market share of 7%. While Tesla is well-positioned to benefit from the global shift toward electric vehicles and is a leader in software-defined vehicles, the company needs to address the issue of model concentration as it expands its volume. Barclays maintained an Overweight rating on Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s shares with a price target of $220 on May 30. 

According to Insider Monkey’s first quarter database, 82 hedge funds were bullish on Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), compared to 91 funds in the prior quarter. Billionaire David Shaw’s D E Shaw is a prominent stakeholder of the company, with 6.2 million shares worth $1.3 billion. 

Baron Opportunity Fund made the following comment about Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) in its Q1 2023 investor letter:

“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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