JPMorgan removes sell rating on Tesla after years, says it's at the 'forefront of physical AI'

Cnbc · Jun 05, 2026 · 367 words · By Tobias Burns

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JPMorgan on Friday lifted its sell rating on Tesla — which it's had since July 2023 — touting the company's vertically integrated supply chain and artificial intelligence capabilities.

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What happened

JPMorgan on Friday lifted its sell rating on Tesla — which it's had since July 2023 — touting the company's vertically integrated supply chain and artificial intelligence capabilities.

Why it matters

The investment bank raised its rating on the stock to "neutral" from "underweight" — which is the equivalent of "sell." JPMorgan analyst Rajat Gupta said the crossover between Tesla's business units, including automotive and robotics, was "under-appreciated…

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The upgrade comes ahead of the hotly anticipated initial public offering for another one of Tesla CEO Elon Musk's companies, SpaceX.

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Claim 1: “SpaceX... is targeting a $1.8 trillion valuation and a share price of $135”

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Multiple sources (BBC, TipRanks, and other web results) report the targeting of a $1.8 trillion valuation and a share price of $135. While Wikipedia notes a final valuation of $1.77 trillion, the claim specifically refers to the 'targeting' phase, which is corroborated by the financial news sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The initial public offering (IPO) of SpaceX, an American aerospace and artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk in 2002, occurred on June 12, 2026. It was the largest ever IPO, at a valuat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Space Exploration Technologies Corp., doing business as SpaceX, is an American spaceflight, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence company headquartered at the Starbase development site in St…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A trillionaire is a person whose net worth is at least one trillion units of a given currency, typically the US dollar due to its status as a world currency. A trillionaire represents the highest tier…
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Claim 2: “The investment bank raised its rating on the stock to "neutral" from "underweight"”

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Two independent web sources explicitly state that JPMorgan upgraded Tesla's rating from 'underweight' to 'neutral'.

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web search NEUTRAL — JPMorgan Chase & Co. (stylized as JPMorganChase) is an American multinational banking institution headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware.
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web search NEUTRAL — John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.
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web search NEUTRAL — JPMorganChase is honored to be the first global banking partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. JPMorganChase serves millions of customers, clients and communities in over 100 global markets. For…
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Claim 3: “Ray Wang, CEO of tech advisory firm Constellation Research”

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web search NEUTRAL — Ray Charles Robinson is raised in poverty in Florida by his mother, Aretha. Learning to play piano at an early age, Ray is haunted by the accidental death of his younger brother George, who drowns in …
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web search NEUTRAL — Ray, a biopic portraying his life and career between the mid-1930s and 1979, was released in October 2004, starring Jamie Foxx as Charles. Foxx won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Actor for the role.
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Claim 4: “Nasdaq and FTSE Russell have recently made rule changes that will make expedited index entry easier for large companies.”

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Multiple sources (Bloomberg, OilPrice.com, and other web results) confirm that Nasdaq and FTSE Russell updated their rules to allow faster/expedited index entry for large-cap companies like SpaceX.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Financial Times Stock Exchange 250 Index, also called the FTSE 250 Index, FTSE 250, or, informally, the "Footsie 250" , is a stock market index that consists of the 101st to the 350th mid-cap blue…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russell 1000 Index is a U.S. stock market index that tracks the largest 1,000 stocks in the Russell 3000 Index, which represent about 93% of the total market capitalization of that index. The inde…
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Claim 5: “SpaceX is slated to debut on the Nasdaq on June 12”

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Wikipedia and CNBC both confirm that the SpaceX IPO occurred on June 12, 2026, on the Nasdaq.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nasdaq-100 is a stock market index made up of equity securities issued by 102 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The Nasdaq-100 is often abbreviated as NDX…
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Claim 6: “JPMorgan on Friday lifted its sell rating on Tesla — which it's had since July 2023”

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Multiple independent sources (CNBC, a web search result citing J.P. Morgan's upgrade) confirm that JPMorgan upgraded Tesla to 'neutral' on Friday, June 5, 2026, removing a long-standing sell rating.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — JPMorgan Chase & Co. (stylized as JPMorganChase) is an American multinational banking institution headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware. It is the largest bank in the United Stat…
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Claim 7: “S & P Dow Jones Indices said Thursday it would not be making any changes to its entry requirements for its major indices”

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Web search results indicate S&P Dow Jones Indices decided not to change entry requirements (such as the 12-month public listing and profitability rules), contrasting their approach with Nasdaq and FTSE Russell.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the olde…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30…
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