Cathie Wood Sells Another $94M In Tesla And Buys These Stocks Instead

Popular money manager Cathie Wood’s investment firm Ark Invest sold more shares in Tesla Inc on Tuesday, booking profit in the stock even as shares of the electric vehicle company fell after days of rising higher.

Ark Invest sold 80,100 shares — estimated to be worth $93.87 million — in the Elon Musk-led company’s stock, which recently broke into the $1 trillion market capitalization club.

Tesla shares, which have risen about 50% in the past month, closed 3.03% lower at $1,171.97 a share on Tuesday.

Musk on Monday expressed surprise that the news around car rental company Hertz Global Holdings was driving the stock price surge.

The Tesla CEO tweeted to say he would like to “emphasize that no contract has been signed yet” between the two companies and that the “Hertz deal has zero effect” on the automaker’s economics.

Ark has been booking profit in the stock since early September when shares of the company began an upward march.

Including the latest sale, the New York-based money managing firm has sold about $1.23 billion worth of shares in Tesla since the start of September.

Despite the sell-off, Tesla remains Ark Invest's biggest bet across ETFs — a stock it predicts would hit the $3,000 mark by the end of 2025.

Ark Invest sold Tesla shares via the Ark Innovation ETF on Tuesday. Besides ARKK, the Ark Autonomous Tech. & Robotics ETF and the ArkNext Generation Internet ETF also have stakes in Tesla.

Each of the three ETFs — which count Tesla as their largest exposure — has risen between 14% to 16% in the past month. Ahead of Tuesday’s trade, the three ETFs together held a total of 3.01 million shares — worth $3.64 billion — in the electric vehicle company.

Here are a few other key trades for Ark on Tuesday:

• Bought 746,860 shares — estimated to be worth $35.55 million in DraftKings Inc on the day the stock closed 2.9% lower at $47.60 a share.
• Sold 847,901 shares — estimated to be worth $21.97 million — in Palantir Technologies. Shares of the company closed 2.4% lower at $25.92 a share on Tuesday.
• Bought 405,757 shares — estimated to be worth $14.19 million — in Robinhood Markets Inc. Shares closed 0.40% higher at $34.99 a share.
• Bought 9,281 shares — estimated to be worth $2.6 million — in Zoom Video Communications Inc. Shares closed 0.48% higher at $280.29 a share.