Tigress Financial Initiates Coverage of Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)

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Tigress Financial Initiates Coverage of Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)

Fatima Gulzar

Sat, February 21, 2026 at 1:04 AM GMT+9 2 min read

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Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is among the** Goldman Sachs EV and Battery Stocks.**

On February 12, 2026, Tigress Financial began coverage of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), giving it a Buy rating and a $550 price target. It anticipates the company’s long-term growth and value creation to increase as it transitions from a pure-play EV maker to a multi-layered physical AI platform. Tigress noted growing Full Self Drive subscriptions, robotaxis, and Optimus humanoid robots as key drivers of a physical AI growth flywheel built on an existing big and successful EV and energy platform.

On the same day, the China Passenger Car Association reported that Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s domestic China sales dropped 45% year-on-year in January to 18,485 units. Electrek stated that this was the corporation’s lowest monthly retail total in China since November 2022. The data show considerable demand deterioration in the world’s largest EV market.

Separately, on January 21, 2026, Lemonade launched Lemonade Autonomous Car Insurance for self-driving automobiles in collaboration with Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) Full Self-Driving. The new product reduces per-mile rates by about 50% when FSD is activated. The deployment began on January 26 in Arizona and expanded to Oregon in February.

Tigress Financial Initiates Coverage of Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is a vertically integrated battery electric vehicle manufacturer and developer of real-world artificial intelligence software, such as self-driving cars and humanoid robots.

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