AGF Management Ltd. Has $407,000 Stock Holdings in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER)

AGF Management Ltd. grew its position in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 102.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 3,236 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,640 shares during the period. AGF Management Ltd.’s holdings in Teradyne were worth $407,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Roberts Glore & Co. Inc. IL lifted its position in Teradyne by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. Roberts Glore & Co. Inc. IL now owns 4,103 shares of the company’s stock worth $517,000 after buying an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans lifted its position in Teradyne by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 6,403 shares of the company’s stock worth $858,000 after buying an additional 104 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in Teradyne by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,445 shares of the company’s stock worth $434,000 after purchasing an additional 105 shares during the last quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC raised its holdings in Teradyne by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 19,904 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,666,000 after purchasing an additional 108 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI raised its holdings in Teradyne by 5.8% during the 4th quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI now owns 2,244 shares of the company’s stock worth $283,000 after purchasing an additional 124 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have weighed in on TER shares. UBS Group set a $130.00 price objective on Teradyne and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. Robert W. Baird dropped their price objective on Teradyne from $140.00 to $110.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Vertical Research started coverage on Teradyne in a report on Friday, March 7th. They set a “buy” rating and a $135.00 price objective for the company. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on Teradyne from $125.00 to $110.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. Finally, TD Cowen dropped their price objective on Teradyne from $135.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, twelve have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $121.44.

Teradyne Stock Performance

Shares of TER opened at $86.74 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $117.60 and a 200 day simple moving average of $120.28. Teradyne, Inc. has a 52-week low of $82.98 and a 52-week high of $163.21. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.03 billion, a PE ratio of 26.05, a P/E/G ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.46.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.04. Teradyne had a return on equity of 19.08% and a net margin of 19.23%. Equities research analysts predict that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th were given a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.55%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 14th. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 14.41%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Teradyne news, CFO Sanjay Mehta sold 1,384 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $111.49, for a total transaction of $154,302.16. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 36,576 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,077,858.24. This represents a 3.65 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, VP Ryan Driscoll sold 437 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $102.00, for a total value of $44,574.00. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 4,312 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $439,824. This trade represents a 9.20 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 8,479 shares of company stock valued at $1,013,134 in the last quarter. 0.36% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.