What SEC filings does Tesla, Inc. submit to the SEC?

Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) submits several types of SEC filings including Form 4 (insider transactions), Form 144 (proposed insider sales), 8-K reports (material events such as earnings releases, acquisitions, leadership changes), and periodic reports — the 10-Q (quarterly) and 10-K (annual). All filings are publicly available through SEC EDGAR.

What does a Form 4 filing tell me about TSLA?

A Form 4 for TSLA discloses a transaction by a company insider — typically a director, officer, or 10%+ shareholder. It shows the source-reported date, number of shares, price, and updated ownership. These facts do not establish motive or predict future returns.

How do I interpret an 8-K filing from Tesla, Inc.?

An 8-K signals a material event requiring prompt disclosure. Common triggers include earnings pre-announcements, acquisitions, leadership appointments or departures, credit changes, or regulatory actions. Read the item codes inside the filing to understand exactly what was disclosed before drawing conclusions.

What is the difference between a 10-K and 10-Q for TSLA?

The 10-K is Tesla, Inc.'s annual report with fully audited financial statements, comprehensive MD&A, and complete risk factor disclosures — filed 60–90 days after fiscal year-end. The 10-Q is a lighter quarterly report with unaudited financials filed for the first three quarters. Together they provide a continuous financial picture of the company.

Where can I see all TSLA SEC filings directly on EDGAR?

You can view all historical Tesla, Inc. filings on the SEC EDGAR company page for TSLA. Each filing card on this page links directly to the original SEC document.

How often does Tesla, Inc. file with the SEC?

Tesla, Inc. files one 10-K per year and up to three 10-Qs per year. Form 4 insider transactions must be reported within two business days of each trade, so the frequency depends on how often insiders are buying or selling TSLA shares. 8-K filings occur whenever a material event happens — which can be several times per quarter for an active company.

TSLA SEC Filing News — Tesla, Inc.

Latest SEC filings for Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) explained in plain English. Covers insider buying and selling (Form 4), proposed insider sales (Form 144), material company events (8-K), and quarterly & annual reports (10-Q / 10-K). StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries; original filings remain at the SEC/source links and were authored by their filers, not StrongBuyAnalytics. Filing dates shown are source dates. Coverage and detection can be delayed or incomplete because of SEC availability, amendments, parsing, caching, or outages. Latest source filing date shown: 2026-10-02.

Tesla, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, leases, and sells electric vehicles, and energy generation and storage systems in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Automotive; and Energy Generation and Storage. The company offers electric vehicles, as well as sells automotive regulatory credits; and non-warranty maintenance services and collision, automotive insurance services, as well as part sales and retail merchandise sale. It also provides sed…

Sector: Consumer Cyclical Industry: Auto Manufacturers Market Cap: $1.5T CIK: 1318605

Total Filings

Bullish Classifications

Bearish Classifications

Insider Transactions

Material Events (8-K)

Periodic Reports

Rule-based classifications for TSLA currently lean bearish. Of the 20 filing records displayed, 5 carry bearish classifications (such as insider sales or negative 8-K disclosures) versus 0 bullish. This does not necessarily signal fundamental deterioration — insiders sell for many reasons — but it is worth monitoring alongside the company's core financial metrics.

TSLA Filing Activity Snapshot 2026-04-02 — 2026-10-02

Insider Transactions (Form 4)

0 buys vs 4 sells

Net insider selling in this period — insiders sell for many reasons beyond conviction.

Largest Form 144 Filing

$9.99M

Wilson-Thompson Kathleen (Director) · 2026-05-04

26,409 shares · Form 4

Form 144 Notices

Proposed insider sales filed — Form 144 is a notice of intent, not a confirmed transaction. Actual sales are confirmed via Form 4.

Insider Transactions 7 · Forms 3, 4 and 5

A Form 4 is filed within two business days of a company insider — an officer, a director, or a holder of more than ten percent of the stock — changing their position in the shares. All 7 filings in this group are Form 4s for Tesla, Inc.

The difficulty with reading these filings as a group is that a single form type covers transactions that mean entirely different things. An executive spending their own money to buy stock and an executive having shares withheld to pay tax on a vesting grant both appear as a Form 4. Every filing below is therefore tagged with the nature of the underlying transaction, taken from the transaction code reported on the form itself.

Across the 7 insider filings shown, the breakdown is 4 open-market sale, 2 option exercise and 1 disposition to issuer. 4 of them involved a discretionary open-market trade; the rest are compensation and administrative mechanics.

What each transaction type means

Open-market sale ×4: The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.
Option exercise ×2: The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.
Disposition to issuer ×1: Shares were surrendered to or repurchased by the issuer rather than sold to other investors.

Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-09-09

TSLA insider Taneja Vaibhav (Chief Financial Officer) sold 2,605 shares (~$938.1K)

Taneja Vaibhav, listed as Chief Financial Officer at Tesla, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 2,605 TSLA shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	6,539	—	—
`S`	Open-market sale	2,605	$360.13	$938.1K
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Restricted Stock Unit	6,539	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Taneja Vaibhav (Chief Financial Officer) Shares: 2,605 Est. Value: $938.1K

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Option exercise Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-17

TSLA insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Musk Elon (Director, CEO, 10% Owner) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	303,960,630	$23.34	$7.09B
`F`	Tax withholding on vested shares	17,531,857	$404.66	$7.09B
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	303,960,630	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Musk Elon (Director, CEO, 10% Owner) Shares: 321,492,487

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-06-09

TSLA insider Taneja Vaibhav (Chief Financial Officer) sold 2,605 shares (~$1.05M)

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	6,538	—	—
`S`	Open-market sale	2,605	$402.20	$1.05M
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Restricted Stock Unit	6,538	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Taneja Vaibhav (Chief Financial Officer) Shares: 2,605 Est. Value: $1.05M

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-05-15

TSLA insider Taneja Vaibhav (Chief Financial Officer) sold 3,000 shares (~$1.35M)

Taneja Vaibhav, listed as Chief Financial Officer at Tesla, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 3,000 TSLA shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	1,000	$18.44	$18.4K
`M`	Option exercise	2,000	$18.22	$36.4K
`S`	Open-market sale	3,000	$450.00	$1.35M
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	1,000	—	—
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	2,000	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Taneja Vaibhav (Chief Financial Officer) Shares: 3,000 Est. Value: $1.35M

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-05-04

TSLA insider Wilson-Thompson Kathleen (Director) sold 26,409 shares (~$9.99M)

Wilson-Thompson Kathleen, listed as Director at Tesla, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 26,409 TSLA shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	40,948	$14.99	$613.8K
`S`	Open-market sale	840	$369.01	$310.0K
`S`	Open-market sale	1,520	$369.77	$562.0K
`S`	Open-market sale	1,275	$370.93	$472.9K
`S`	Open-market sale	1,020	$371.88	$379.3K
`S`	Open-market sale	619	$372.82	$230.8K
`S`	Open-market sale	520	$374.40	$194.7K
`S`	Open-market sale	280	$375.15	$105.0K
`S`	Open-market sale	1,081	$376.69	$407.2K
`S`	Open-market sale	3,003	$377.49	$1.13M
`S`	Open-market sale	3,480	$378.57	$1.32M
`S`	Open-market sale	1,760	$379.43	$667.8K
`S`	Open-market sale	1,755	$380.76	$668.2K
`S`	Open-market sale	6,896	$381.61	$2.63M
`S`	Open-market sale	680	$382.41	$260.0K
`S`	Open-market sale	1,240	$383.61	$475.7K
`S`	Open-market sale	440	$384.28	$169.1K
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	40,948	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Wilson-Thompson Kathleen (Director) Shares: 26,409 Est. Value: $9.99M

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Disposition to issuer Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-04-23

TSLA insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Musk Elon (Director, CEO, 10% Owner) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were surrendered to or repurchased by the issuer rather than sold to other investors.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`D`	Disposition to issuer	96,000,000	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Musk Elon (Director, CEO, 10% Owner) Shares: 96,000,000

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Option exercise Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-04-02

TSLA insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Zhu Xiaotong (SVP) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	20,000	$20.57	$411.4K
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	20,000	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Zhu Xiaotong (SVP) Shares: 20,000

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Proposed Insider Sales 4 · Form 144

A Form 144 is a notice of intent to sell restricted or control securities. It is not a record that anything was sold. Tesla, Inc. has 4 such notices in this period.

The distinction matters because a Form 144 is frequently reported as though it were a completed insider sale. The filer may sell all of the shares covered, some of them, or none at all, and there is no obligation to update the notice either way. A sale that is actually executed by an officer or director shows up separately on a Form 4, which is the filing to check before treating a proposed sale as a real one.

Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-09-08

TSLA Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by VAIBHAV TANEJA (2,606 shares) ~$938.5K

VAIBHAV TANEJA filed a Form 144 with the SEC indicating intent to sell TSLA (Tesla, Inc.) shares. Form 144 reflects a proposed sale, not a completed transaction. The actual execution, if any, would typically appear later in a Form 4.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: VAIBHAV TANEJA Shares: 2,606 Est. Value: $938.5K

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-06-08

TSLA Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by VAIBHAV TANEJA (2,606 shares) ~$1.05M

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: VAIBHAV TANEJA Shares: 2,606 Est. Value: $1.05M

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-05-13

TSLA Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by VAIBHAV TANEJA (3,000 shares) ~$1.30M

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: VAIBHAV TANEJA Shares: 3,000 Est. Value: $1.30M

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 144 Large Proposed Insider Sale 2026-04-30

TSLA Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by KATHLEEN WILSON-THOMPSON (26,409 shares) ~$9.85M

KATHLEEN WILSON-THOMPSON filed a Form 144 with the SEC indicating intent to sell TSLA (Tesla, Inc.) shares. Form 144 reflects a proposed sale, not a completed transaction. The actual execution, if any, would typically appear later in a Form 4. The proposed dollar value is large enough to merit attention.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: KATHLEEN WILSON-THOMPSON Shares: 26,409 Est. Value: $9.85M

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Material Events 6 · Form 8-K

An 8-K reports a material event in the window between scheduled reports. There are 6 in this period for Tesla, Inc. Each 8-K names the item number it is filed under, and that number is the fastest way to tell a routine disclosure from a consequential one.

Item 2.02 is an earnings release, Item 5.02 is a change of directors or officers, and Item 1.01 or 2.01 covers a material agreement or a completed acquisition. Item 7.01 and Item 8.01 are the general-purpose disclosure items and carry no fixed meaning on their own.

Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-10-02