The average Wall Street price target for Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is currently $299.56 per share. That implies a 10% downside potential over the next 12 months. Typically, analysts predict that stock prices will rise in the future. But not Tesla. What is making analysts so bearish? There's one obvious factor.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is hanging near its records on Thursday, but the calm surface of the U.S. stock market is hiding some roiling moves underneath. Alphabet is rising, and Tesla is tumbling following a jumble of profit reports from big U.S. companies.

Wall Street was on track for a mixed open on Thursday as investors digested uneven earnings from megacaps like Alphabet and Tesla and monitored progress in U.S. trade negotiations.