Tesla Stock Pulls Back Following Best Week Of 2025: What's Going On?

Tesla Inc TSLA shares are trading lower by 3.75% to $274.28 during Monday’s session. The stock is pulling back amid overall market weakness following last week’s 24% gain, its best performance of 2025.

What To Know: Investor enthusiasm around Tesla last week was fueled by a mix of favorable policy developments and strategic company initiatives. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled a new regulatory framework designed to accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles, a move widely viewed as a major boost to Tesla's robotaxi ambitions.

Meanwhile, Tesla launched new promotions to counter slowing domestic demand, including free transfers of its Full Self-Driving feature and 0% APR financing on select models. These incentives come as Tesla grapples with a sharp 71% decline in first-quarter profits.

The EV giant also introduced a more affordable Cybertruck variant and reaffirmed plans to release lower-cost models in 2025. Analysts at Piper Sandler and Wedbush remain bullish, maintaining price targets of $400 and $350, respectively, citing Tesla's potential in autonomy and new product rollouts.

Despite some investor skepticism about the immediate impact of its robotaxi initiative, Tesla pressed forward. Challenges like rising insurance costs and public protests were also formally disclosed as risks in a recent SEC filing.

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How To Buy TSLA Stock

Besides going to a brokerage platform to purchase a share – or fractional share – of stock, you can also gain access to shares either by buying an exchange traded fund (ETF) that holds the stock itself, or by allocating yourself to a strategy in your 401(k) that would seek to acquire shares in a mutual fund or other instrument.

For example, in Tesla’s case, it is in the Consumer Discretionary sector. An ETF will likely hold shares in many liquid and large companies that help track that sector, allowing an investor to gain exposure to the trends within that segment.

According to data from Benzinga Pro, TSLA has a 52-week high of $488.54 and a 52-week low of $157.40.