Goofed off this day, inspired by the Trump - Biden debate.VIDEO VIDEO barrons.com Tesla Earnings Reactions: How 15 Wall Street Analysts Responded Al Root Tesla reported earnings Wednesday evening. Earnings were better than expected , and the company’s fifth straight quarterly profits. That could be a recipe for stock market fireworks. The most surprising thing about the earnings “print,” however, might be the investor reaction. The stock did nothing.Wall Street analysts, many of which took up their target prices following the quarterly release. Joseph Spak took his target to $339 from $290, up almost $50. He still, however, rates Tesla stock at Sell. Ben Kallo took his target to $488 from $450, up $38. He upgraded shares to Buy Thursday. Joe Osha established a new $516 price target. He upgraded the stock to Buy as well. He didn’t have a price target going into earnings, but the last time he had one, in July, it was $300 a share. Colin Rusch increased his price target to $486 from $451. He rates shares at Buy. Mark Delaney made a smaller adjustment. He took his target to $455 from $450. He remains Hold-rated. Ryan Brinkman took his target to $80 from $75. He has a Sell rating on Tesla stock. Not every analyst, of course, raised target prices. Pierre Ferragu left his target at $578, the highest among large brokers and research firms. He rates Tesla stock at Buy, as do Emmanuel Rosner , Jefferies analyst Phillippe Houchois , and Piper Sandler analyst Alex Potter . They also left their price targets unchanged at $500, $500, and $515, respectively. Adam Jonas , Credit Suisse’s Dan Levy , and Wedbush’s Dan Ives all rate Tesla shares Hold. Their unchanged target prices remain $333, $400, and $500, respectively. Toni Sacconaghi’s price target stayed at $180. He rates shares Sell. Brian Johnson rates shares at Sell, too. He left his price target unchanged at $125. Broadly speaking, Tesla now has nine price targets from major brokerages which are above the current stock price. That isn’t typical. Analysts, generally speaking, have a hard time keeping up with Tesla stock. And all target price from Buy-rated analysts are now above where the stock trades. As odd as it sounds, that also isn’t typical for Tesla stock recently.price target moved up roughly $15 on Thursday, or 5%, to $340. That’s still more than 20% below where shares trade. average Buy-rating ratio for stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average is about 58%. S&P 500 index .Write to Al Root at allen.root@dowjones.com 
