What is the stock ticker symbol for Tesla, Inc.?

What is the stock ticker symbol for Tesla, Inc.? The answer is TSLA.

Tesla’s common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol TSLA. The company began trading under that symbol on June 29, 2010, shortly after its initial public offering. A stock ticker is a short identifier used by exchanges, brokers, financial websites, and investors.

TSLA is an abbreviation for Tesla, while the other options represent different companies: AMZN is Amazon, GOOG is Alphabet’s class C stock, and AAPL is Apple. Tesla was originally known as Tesla Motors before changing its corporate name to Tesla, Inc. in 2017, but its ticker did not change.

A related detail readers often ask about is Tesla’s exchange: its shares are listed in the United States on Nasdaq, rather than the New York Stock Exchange. The ticker identifies the company’s publicly traded common stock, not a Tesla vehicle model or product line.