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Tesla investors on track to approve ratification of Musk pay plan, Texas reincorporation
It appears that Tesla’s efforts to encourage its shareholders to vote for the ratification of Elon Musk’s 2018 CEO Performance Award and the company’s reincorporation from Delaware to Texas are bearing fruit. As per Elon Musk in a recent post on X, Tesla investors are currently on track to approve Proposals Three and Four in the 2024 Annual Stockholders Meeting, and they are doing so by a wide margin.
Musk shared a couple of graphs showing a comparison between “For” votes and “Against” votes for the 2018 CEO Performance Award and Tesla’s proposed redomestication to Tesla. As could be seen in both graphs, the “For” votes for both resolutions have passed the “Guaranteed Win” mark. Musk thanked Tesla investors in his social media post.
Both Tesla shareholder resolutions are currently passing by wide margins!
♥️♥️ Thanks for your support!! ♥️♥️ pic.twitter.com/udf56VGQdo— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 13, 2024
“Both Tesla shareholder resolutions are currently passing by wide margins! Thanks for your support!!” Musk wrote in a post on X.
Industry watchers have observed that about 70.5% of all outstanding TSLA shares, which would be worth about $400 billion, seemed to have participated in the vote for Tesla’s proposed redomestication to Texas. This represents an impressive voter turnout among Tesla investors, and it also addressed a concern that was highlighted by Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi recently.
Based on the chart below, 70.5% of all outstanding Tesla shares participated in the Texas vote. $400B worth of Tesla shares. That's gotta be a new record for voter turnout for Tesla. https://t.co/yUq8Z2o9xu pic.twitter.com/rNFCSCDzyU— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) June 13, 2024
Sacconaghi noted that one of the challenges Tesla needs to overcome at the 2024 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting was voter turnout. As per the Bernstein analyst, the company’s highest voter turnout prior to this year was only 63%. Passive investors typically just follow the recommendations of proxy advisers as well. “You have to get a majority of votes of shareholders that vote, and part of the challenge for Tesla is that not everyone votes,” the Bernstein analyst stated.
Needless to say, it appears that Tesla shareholders made their voices known this time around, and their stance on Elon Musk’s 2018 CEO Performance Award and Tesla’s reincorporation to Texas has never been clearer. After much effort on the part of TSLA shareholders, it looks like Elon Musk may still get paid for his efforts over the past six years, and Tesla may indeed be calling Texas its new home very soon.
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Tesla stock rebounds and Tim Walz backtracks: ‘I was making a joke’

Tesla stock rebounded over 20 percent in the past five trading days, and, coincidentally, the boost came just after Tim Walz said he gets a boost from watching the automaker’s shares fall.
Although Walz’s pushback against Tesla stock mostly comes from his evident distaste for CEO Elon Musk, who has joined President Donald Trump’s team as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), it seems he might not have realized the EV maker’s shares make up a portion of his state’s pension fund.
This was something Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary mentioned last week after Walz’s comments. However, now that Tesla shares are rising once again, Walz is backtracking by saying that his comment from last week was his attempt at humor.
Walz said:
“I have to be careful about being a smartass. I was making a joke. These people have no sense of humor.”
NEW: Tim Walz says he was totally joking when he celebrated Tesla stock going down, says Elon Musk makes him unhealthy.
The comment came after Walz apparently didn’t realize his own pension plan owns Tesla stock.
“I have to be careful about being a smartass. I was making a… pic.twitter.com/w1QHAYyvco
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 23, 2025
Tesla shares have rebounded nicely since a substantial drop so far this year.
Although the stock is still down about 28 percent this year, things are looking better for the company as it now shifts its focus to the release of several affordable models, the ramp of the new Model Y “Juniper,” the release of the Cybercab and Robotaxi platform in Texas and California, and other potential catalysts like the Optimus robot.
Tesla aiming to produce first “legion” of Optimus robots this 2025
Last week’s All-Hands meeting from Tesla was publicly broadcast on X and seemed to be the response many investors were hoping for as questions started to seep in regarding Musk’s commitment to the company.
While his attention seems to be on solving government spending and eliminating corruption, it is evident Musk is still paying attention to what is going on at Tesla.
Shares are up over 10 percent at 1:05 p.m. on the East Coast, trading at around $274.
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Shark Tank’s O’Leary roasts Tim Walz over Tesla stock hate session

Shark Tank personality and legendary investor Kevin O’Leary roasted former Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz over his comments regarding Tesla shares earlier this week.
Walz, a Minnesota Democrat, said that he recently added Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) to his Apple Stocks app so he could watch shares fall as they have encountered plenty of resistance in 2025 so far. He said that anytime he needs a boost, he looks at Tesla shares, which are down 36 percent so far this year:
If you need a little boost during the day, check out Tesla stock 📉 pic.twitter.com/KBEh6pOZLW
— Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) March 19, 2025
Walz, among many others, has been critical of Tesla and Elon Musk, especially as the CEO has helped eliminate excess government spending through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
However, Kevin O’Leary, a legendary investor, showed up on CNN after Walz’s comments to give him a bit of a reality check. O’Leary essentially called Walz out of touch for what he said about Tesla shares, especially considering Tesla made up a good portion of the Minnesota Retirement Fund.
As of June 2024, the pension fund held 1.6 million shares of Tesla stock worth over $319.6 million:
O’Leary continued to slam Walz for his comments:
“That poor guy didn’t check his portfolio and his own pension plan for the state. It’s beyond stupid what he did. What’s the matter with that guy? He doesn’t check the well-being of his own constituents.”
He even called Walz “a bozo” for what he said.
Of course, Walz’s comments are expected considering Musk’s support for the Trump Administration, as the Tesla CEO was a major contributor to the 45th President’s campaign for his second term.
However, it seems extremely out of touch that Walz made these comments without realizing the drop was potentially hurting his fund. While we don’t know if the fund has sold its entire Tesla holdings since June, as a newer, more recent report has not been released yet, it seems unlikely the automaker’s shares are not still making up some portion of the fund.
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Tesla gets an upgrade on ‘upcoming material catalysts’

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) received an upgraded rating on its shares from Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald, who recently took a trip to Austin to visit the company’s data centers and production lines ahead of several high-profile product launches set for this year.
It was a bold move, especially considering Tesla shares are under immense pressure currently, fending off negative news regarding the company’s sentiment and potentially lower-than-expected delivery figures due to the launch of a new version of its most popular vehicle, the Model Y.
However, the bulls on Wall Street are still considering Tesla to be a safe play, especially considering its robust presence in various industries, including automotive, energy, and AI/Robotics.
Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Andres Sheppard said in a note that, during a recent visit to Tesla’s Cortex AI data centers and the production line at Gigafactory Texas, it was clear there is a lot of potential and runway for Tesla in 2025:
“On 3/18, we visited Tesla’s Cortex AI data centers and the factory’s production lines ahead of the company’s introduction of its Robotaxi segment (targeted for June in Austin, followed by CA later in 2025). With Tesla’s shares now down ~45% YRD, we upgrade Tesla to Overweight (from Neutral) ahead of upcoming material catalysts. Our $425 12-month PT is unchanged. Our Thoughts: Attractive Entry Point Ahead of Material Catalysts.”
Sheppard went on to mention the catalysts, which he believes are the Robotaxi rollout in Austin in June, along with the continued rollout of Full Self-Driving in China, the eventual rollout of FSD in Europe, and the introduction of the affordable models in the first half of this year, and those were just on the automotive side.
There are several others, including Optimus, growth in the energy division, and in the longer term, the Semi.
In terms of potential weaknesses, Sheppard expects the likely removal of the EV tax credit and some of its growth to be offset by tariffs as the two big things that stand in the way of even more growth for the company.
Tesla is up over 5 percent on Wednesday, trading at $236.86.
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