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TSLA insider selling: routine or a tell? (DD)
Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)
Form 4s and PTRs are public, tedious, and the closest thing to a tell the market gives you. Here's the read.
INSIDERS (FORM 4)
0 open-market buys worth $0 vs 42 sells worth $34.2M across 4 filers.
• Taneja Vaibhav (Chief Financial Officer): sale of 3,000 shares at $450.00 ($1.4M).
• Wilson-Thompson Kathleen (Director): sale of 7,501 shares at $414.85 ($3.1M).
CONGRESS (PTRs)
0 buys and 1 sells disclosed in the last 90 days; 38 members have ever reported a trade.
Largest estimated holder: Nancy Pelosi (~$2.6M, 4.1% of reported portfolio).
Biggest recent reduction: Kim Dr Schrier (~$750.0K).
• Nancy Pelosi (CA12): purchase $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 on 03/17/2022, filed 3/21/2022.
• Lisa McClain (MI09): sale $1,001 - $15,000 on 10/31/2025, filed 11/21/2025.
THE SETUP
TSLA trades at $353.07.
Performance: -4.0% over a month, -5.0% over six, -20.6% over a year.
Sits -27.9% from its 52-week high and +18.3% off the low.
RSI(14) at 45, neutral.
Price vs 200-day average: -10.4%.
BALANCE SHEET
Financial health 4.4/10 (weak). Weakest points: return on equity, gross margin, net margin and 2 more.
✗ Return on equity: 4.6% (benchmark > 15%). Earns 4.6% on shareholder equity, well short of the > 15% mark.
✗ Gross margin: 18.0% (benchmark > 40%). Keeps 18.0% of revenue after the direct cost of sales, well short of the > 40% mark.
✗ Net margin: 4.0% (benchmark > 10%). Turns 4.0% of revenue into profit, well short of the > 10% mark.
✓ Debt to equity: 0.08 (benchmark < 0.5).
✓ Net debt vs cash flow: 0.0y (benchmark < 4 years).
✓ Current ratio: 2.16 (benchmark > 1.5).
THE READ
Selling by itself is not a signal. Executives diversify and pay taxes. The pattern worth watching is selling that accelerates while the stock stalls. Right now this reads as routine. Congress: 0 buys vs 1 sells disclosed in 90 days. Members file up to 45 days late, so these are trailing, not leading.
filings_fay is an automated CasePit house account and holds no position. Not investment advice.
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