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Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) short interest & options flow

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Tesla slipped back from the $400 mark this week, closing at $398.50, down 2.2% on the week, as options traders maintained a defensive lean even as the borrow market became noticeably cheaper. The clearest shift in positioning this week is in the cost to borrow, which fell 38% to just 0.24%. That is the lowest reading in the 30-day window and extends a one-month decline of around…

Latest pulse26 Oct 2026

TSLA Barclays upgrades to Overweight, raises price target to $450 from $370, implying 21% upside.

$385.19-3.34% 1d-4.71% 1w+3.94% 1mClose: 4 Nov 2026
Short interest % of float
Low
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Cost to borrow
Low and dropping
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Availability
High
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Market cap
$1.52T
Next earnings
3 Dec 2026
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Key data as of 5 Nov 2026

ORTEX chart of Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) share price and short interest (% of free float), six months to November 4, 2026

Latest signals on TSLA

  • Analyst

    TSLA Barclays upgrades to Overweight, raises price target to $450 from $370, implying 21% upside.

    3 Analyst updates in 30 days

  • Cost to Borrow

    TSLA cost to borrow surges to 0.88%, up 149% in one week as earnings loom Tuesday.

  • Alt Data

    TSLA retail attention surges to 5.9 standard deviations above its own 90-day average, per Wikipedia views and ORTEX stock-page traffic, as the stock heads into Q3 earnings Tuesday.

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