Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) Receives $121.27 Average PT from Brokerages

Shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) have been given an average rating of “Moderate Buy” by the eighteen analysts that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have assigned a hold recommendation, nine have given a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $124.9333.

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $100.00 to $136.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of Teradyne from $100.00 to $119.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $130.00 price target (up from $120.00) on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Wall Street Zen raised Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, September 1st. Finally, Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Teradyne in a report on Wednesday, July 30th.

Teradyne Stock Down 1.6%

TER stock opened at $136.97 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $122.67 and a 200 day moving average price of $97.48. The stock has a market cap of $21.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.39, a PEG ratio of 2.93 and a beta of 1.82. Teradyne has a fifty-two week low of $65.77 and a fifty-two week high of $150.71.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $651.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $649.02 million. Teradyne had a return on equity of 18.16% and a net margin of 16.59%.The firm’s revenue was down 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.86 earnings per share. Teradyne has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.690-0.870 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Teradyne will post 3.88 EPS for the current year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 5th were paid a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 5th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. Teradyne’s payout ratio is currently 16.61%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 554 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $126.39, for a total value of $70,020.06. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 95,885 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,118,905.15. This represents a 0.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 2,216 shares of company stock valued at $251,028. 0.16% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Teradyne

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Fulton Bank N.A. raised its holdings in Teradyne by 4.3% during the second quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. now owns 2,722 shares of the company’s stock worth $245,000 after purchasing an additional 113 shares in the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 1.0% during the 1st quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 12,528 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,035,000 after buying an additional 124 shares in the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 29.4% during the 2nd quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 586 shares of the company’s stock worth $53,000 after buying an additional 133 shares in the last quarter. Outlook Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 4.8% during the 2nd quarter. Outlook Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,452 shares of the company’s stock worth $310,000 after buying an additional 157 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 0.3% during the 1st quarter. Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec now owns 51,076 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,219,000 after buying an additional 166 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

Teradyne Company 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.