Ark Invest's Cathie Wood piles back into Tesla shares again after recent sales - The Stock Market News (2024)

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Cathie Wood Keeps Buying Tesla Stock. Tesla (TSLA) Chief Executive Elon Musk took to X, formerly Twitter, late Tuesday to say that while he is not betting the entire EV giant on it, it is a "blindingly obvious" move to focus on autonomy.

That's Cathie Wood, founder and chief of ARK Invest, explaining why she still has a price target of $2,000 a share for Tesla Inc.

Tesla (TSLA) stock is angling lower in 2024, falling around 30% as analysts project 2024 vehicle deliveries could undercut last year's total with profit forecasts continuing to fall ahead of first-quarter earnings.

Tesla (TSLA) stock is down more than 30% so far in 2024, but Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood thinks "now is not the time to run for the hills." In fact, Ark has been buying the stock and thinks it could rise to $2,000 per share in the next five years, representing an increase of more than 1,000% from today's levels.

This top EV stock is currently 54% below its peak price. Growth-oriented investors who missed Tesla's long-term returns might be salivating at the opportunity to add the stock to their portfolios at a discount. While this business is great, I don't think you should buy shares.

Popular fund manager Cathie Wood has been purchasing shares of Palantir and Pinterest, two companies with growth strategies built around artificial intelligence. Cathie Wood is the founder and CEO of Ark Invest, an asset management company focused on disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence (AI).

The long-term forecasts for Tesla's stock value in 2025 show a wide range of analyst expectations, from over $550 to as high as $1100 per share. These projections account for various factors, including Tesla's market performance, EBITDA margins, and the expansion of the electric vehicle market.

Cathie Wood touts $2,000 Tesla price target, says 'now is not the time to run for the hills' as stock craters.

Ark's prediction that Tesla stock will jump to $2,000 by 2027 hinges on the company generating $1 trillion in annual revenue by then. In other words, the company's revenue will have to grow more than tenfold from here, or by 80.2% compounded annually.

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But Wall Street has kept cutting its earnings estimates. Analysts now sees 2024 earnings per share targets at $2.50 a share, according to FactSet, down from $3.79 at the end of 2023, $5.62 a share at the end of March 2023 and a whopping $7.07 at the end of 2022.

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Wall Street expects Tesla earnings per share of just $2.96 a share in 2024, according to FactSet. That would be a around a 5% decline vs. last year's $3.12. That was a 23% decline vs. 2022. Analyst project a solid increase in 2025 to $4.13 a share.

Cathie Wood buys more Tesla, says now 'is not the time to run for the hills'

Cathie Wood touts $2,000 Tesla price target, says 'now is not the time to run for the hills' as stock craters. That's Cathie Wood, founder and chief of ARK Invest, explaining why she still has a price target of $2,000 a share for Tesla Inc. despite the company's recent troubles.

Wood has a $2,000 price target on TSLA stock. For context, the stock currently trades for $171 per share. Wood recently discussed her optimism for Tesla, arguing that the company is still positioned strongly for the all-electric future.

Wood's Ark Innovation ETF bought 65,514 shares of Tesla, according to a trading notification Thursday. That cost around $14 million. The fund also bought 133,334 shares of the EV maker in an update Monday, which cost around $28 million. Tesla is currently the second top holding in the ETF out of 38 stocks.