Piper Sandler Maintains Overweight on Tesla, $500 Price Target
- Rating
- Overweight
- Unchanged
- Target
- $500
- Unchanged
- Upside
- +45%
- TSLA at $344 today

What the analyst said
Piper Sandler analyst Alexander Potter reiterated an Overweight rating and $500.00 price target on Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA).
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Where the price stands
TSLA trades at $344. The 17 analysts who set a target in the last 3 months range from $24.86 to $500, with a median of $442. This $500 target is 13% above the median, the highest on the Street.
Since the note TSLA has moved −20% (from $428). 12-month window: day 178 of 365, closes on May 11, 2027.
Track record
This callOpen: TSLA has not reached $500 yet. This 12-month target is scored on April 23, 2027. Same target as this firm’s April 23, 2026 note, so it is scored there.
Firm track recordPiper Sandler: 78% of its 37 targets at least a year old were reached within 12 months (#15 of 26 firms); on Tesla, 3 of 5. Accuracy ranking →
Piper Sandler on Tesla
Piper Sandler price targets on Tesla
8 calls from September 22, 2025 to July 24, 2026. The target went from $500 to $450 (−10%). The rating stayed Buy.
- July 24, 2026Target cut from $500 (−10%)Buy$450
- June 10, 2026Kept the $500 targetBuy$500
- May 11, 2026 This noteKept the $500 targetBuy$500
- April 23, 2026Kept the $500 targetBuy$500
- January 29, 2026Kept the $500 targetBuy$500
- November 20, 2025Kept the $500 targetBuy$500
- October 23, 2025Kept the $500 targetBuy$500
- September 22, 2025Earliest call shownBuy$500




