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Tesla shares outstanding TSLA

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2010.

Latest quarter, to Sep 30, 2026
3.5B
On a year earlier
+0.4%
more shares

Tesla had 3.5B diluted shares outstanding on average in Q3 FY26, the quarter to Sep 30, 2026.

That is about the same as a year earlier.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY20253.5B+1%
FY20243.5B+1%
FY20233.5B+0%
FY20223.5B+3%
FY20213.4B−3%
FY20203.5B+28%
FY20192.7B+5%
FY20182.6B+2%
FY20172.5B+9%
FY20162.3B+18%
FY20152B+4%
FY20141.9B+2%
FY20131.8B+8%
FY20121.7B+9%
FY20111.6B+11%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q3 FY263.5B+0%
Q2 FY263.5B+1%
Q1 FY263.5B+0%
Q4 FY253.5B+1%
Q3 FY253.5B+1%
Q2 FY253.5B+1%
Q1 FY253.5B+1%
Q4 FY243.5B+1%
Q3 FY243.5B+0%
Q2 FY243.5B+0%
Q1 FY243.5B+0%
Q4 FY233.5B+0%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.