Insider trade

CFO sold ~$938K of TSLA shares in the open market

Traded Sep 8, 2026 · Filed Sep 9, 2026

TeslaTSLA

~$938K
Reported value · 2,605.75 sh @ $360.134: 26K
Holds after · shares reported: -3.8%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 -0.3%, $368.16 → $354.11 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

An automatic sale tied to taxes or pay, not a fresh decision

An automatic sale tied to taxes or pay, not a fresh decision
Sold 9% of their holdings
Routine for them: 5 sales in the past year

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Sep 8, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Sep 9, 2026

CFO$500K–$1MPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$938,419

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

48 days after results of Jul 22, 2026, 24 days before results of Oct 2, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $368.16 on Sep 8, 2026, 23% above its 52-week low and 25% below its high, after a 19% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $298.32 (Jul 29, 2026) to $489.88 (Dec 16, 2025), 36% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $309.22 on Jul 27, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references tax withholding

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+0.7%	+0.6%	+0.1%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001104659-26-106432
Filed / recorded: Sep 9, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 1, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Tesla, Inc.
Issuer CIK: 1318605
Ticker: TSLA
Reporting person: Vaibhav Taneja
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Chief Financial Officer
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Sep 8, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 2,605.75
Price per share: $360.134
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 25,972.25
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

PURSUANT TO THE ISSUER'S EQUITY PLAN AND POLICIES, THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK WERE AUTOMATICALLY WITHHELD AND SOLD BY THE ISSUER TO SATISFY THE REPORTING PERSON'S TAX WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO THE VESTING OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS REPORTED HEREIN.