CTO of Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA) Jeffrey B Straubel sells 12,000 shares of TSLA on 03/31/2011 at an average price of $27.73 a share.

Tesla Motors Inc. has a market cap of $2.46 billion; its shares were traded at around $25.83 with and P/S ratio of 21.1.

CFO Recent Trades:

• Sell: CFO Deepak Ahuja sold 1,000 shares of TSLA stock on 03/31/2011 at the average price of 27.42. Deepak Ahuja owns at least 500 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 5.8% since.
• Sell: CFO Deepak Ahuja sold 1,000 shares of TSLA stock on 03/18/2011 at the average price of 23.06. Deepak Ahuja owns at least 500 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 12.01% since.
• Sell: CFO Deepak Ahuja sold 1,000 shares of TSLA stock on 02/18/2011 at the average price of 23.21. The price of the stock has increased by 11.29% since.

This is the insider trade history vs. stock price of TSLA. For the complete insider trading history of TSLA, click here.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Sell: Director Stephen T Jurvetson sold 221,529 shares of TSLA stock on 03/08/2011 at the average price of 24.71. Stephen T Jurvetson owns at least 263,552 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 4.53% since.
• Sell: VP- Manufacturing Gilbert Passin sold 300 shares of TSLA stock on 03/07/2011 at the average price of 25. Gilbert Passin owns at least 200 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 3.32% since.

For the complete insider trading history of TSLA, click here.

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1. As legendary investor Peter Lynch said: "Insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price will rise."
2. TOP EXECUTIVES like CEOs and CFOs are savvy buyers of their companies' shares. One long-term study showed that they beat the market on average by six percentage points a year.
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