Guinness Asset Management LTD Has $327,000 Stock Holdings in Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Guinness Asset Management LTD lowered its position in shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 12.3% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 3,962 shares of the company’s stock after selling 554 shares during the quarter. Guinness Asset Management LTD’s holdings in Teradyne were worth $327,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Federated Hermes Inc. boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 188.8% during the first quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 2,105,852 shares of the company’s stock worth $173,943,000 after purchasing an additional 1,376,631 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Teradyne by 1,612.4% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,404,752 shares of the company’s stock worth $113,251,000 after buying an additional 1,322,716 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Teradyne by 224.0% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,851,684 shares of the company’s stock worth $152,949,000 after acquiring an additional 1,280,120 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. grew its stake in Teradyne by 124.3% in the first quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,120,250 shares of the company’s stock valued at $92,533,000 after acquiring an additional 620,918 shares during the period. Finally, Woodline Partners LP increased its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 27,928.3% in the first quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 609,896 shares of the company’s stock worth $50,377,000 after acquiring an additional 607,720 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Teradyne

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 554 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $106.00, for a total transaction of $58,724.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 96,993 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,281,258. This represents a 0.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

TER has been the subject of several research analyst reports. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $130.00 price objective (up from $120.00) on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $102.00 price target (up previously from $88.00) on shares of Teradyne in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, September 1st. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $105.00 price objective on shares of Teradyne and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 24th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on Teradyne from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Teradyne presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $114.44.

Teradyne Stock Down 1.9%

Shares of TER stock opened at $115.56 on Friday. Teradyne, Inc. has a 12 month low of $65.77 and a 12 month high of $144.16. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $105.75 and its 200-day simple moving average is $91.71. The firm has a market cap of $18.38 billion, a PE ratio of 39.99, a P/E/G ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.80.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.03. Teradyne had a net margin of 16.59% and a return on equity of 18.16%. The firm had revenue of $651.80 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $649.02 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.86 EPS. The company’s revenue was down 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Teradyne has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.690-0.870 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 29th. Investors of record on Friday, September 5th will be given a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 5th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. Teradyne’s payout ratio is currently 16.61%.

Teradyne Profile

Teradyne, Inc designs, develops, manufactures, and sells automated test systems and robotics products worldwide. It operates through four segments; Semiconductor Test, System Test, Robotics, and Wireless Test. The Semiconductor Test segment offers products and services for wafer level and device package testing of semiconductor devices in automotive, industrial, communications, consumer, smartphones, cloud, computer and electronic game, and other applications.