14 Most Buzzing Stocks to Invest In According to Hedge Funds

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2. Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)

Average Volume (3-Month): 80.581 million

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 120 

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is one of the most buzzing stocks to invest in according to hedge funds. On January 2, Truist analyst William Stein lowered the firm’s price target on Tesla to $439 from $444 with a Hold rating on the shares. Following the company’s Q4 2025 announcement of 418,000 deliveries, Truist characterized the subsequent stock recovery as a better-than-feared reaction from investors. While vehicle deliveries lagged, energy storage deployments exceeded expectations.

However, Truist maintains that the core investment thesis should shift toward AI initiatives, specifically Full Self-Driving/FSD. The firm argues that Tesla’s long-term cash flow and stock valuation are now driven more by these AI advancements than by traditional automotive delivery metrics.

On this day, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) reported record-breaking performance for Q4 2025, highlighted by the deployment of 14.2 GWh of energy storage products. In terms of vehicle production and logistics, the company produced a total of 434,358 vehicles and delivered 418,227 units during the quarter. The vast majority of this volume was driven by the Model 3/Y line, which accounted for 422,652 units produced and 406,585 delivered. Other models contributed 11,706 in production and 11,642 in deliveries. Notably, 3% of total Q4 deliveries were subject to operating lease accounting.

The full-year results for 2025 show substantial scale across both automotive and energy sectors. Tesla produced a cumulative 1,654,667 vehicles and delivered 1,636,129 units throughout the year. The Model 3/Y remained the primary growth driver with 1,600,767 units produced and 1,585,279 delivered, while other models totaled 53,900 in production and 50,850 in deliveries. Additionally, the company’s energy storage business achieved a total of 46.7 GWh in deployments for the entire year.

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) designs, develops, manufactures, leases, and sells EVs, and energy generation and storage systems in the US, China, and internationally through two segments: Automotive and Energy Generation & Storage.

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