Krilogy Financial LLC Sells 4,105 Shares of Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Krilogy Financial LLC lowered its stake in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 22.2% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 14,419 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,105 shares during the quarter. Krilogy Financial LLC’s holdings in Teradyne were worth $1,985,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new position in Teradyne during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $31,000. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC bought a new stake in shares of Teradyne during the second quarter worth $35,000. Hemington Wealth Management grew its stake in shares of Teradyne by 43.2% during the third quarter. Hemington Wealth Management now owns 262 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. MUFG Securities EMEA plc acquired a new position in shares of Teradyne during the second quarter worth $43,000. Finally, Bayforest Capital Ltd increased its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 195.5% during the second quarter. Bayforest Capital Ltd now owns 523 shares of the company’s stock worth $47,000 after buying an additional 346 shares in the last quarter. 99.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on TER shares. Robert W. Baird set a $305.00 price objective on Teradyne in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Zacks Research raised Teradyne from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Cantor Fitzgerald raised their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $240.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on shares of Teradyne from $230.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $256.24.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $201.31, for a total transaction of $223,051.48. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 93,409 shares in the company, valued at $18,804,165.79. This represents a 1.17% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.16% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Teradyne Price Performance

Shares of TER stock opened at $321.45 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $50.34 billion, a PE ratio of 92.37, a PEG ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 1.83. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $225.03 and its 200 day simple moving average is $168.52. Teradyne, Inc. has a one year low of $65.77 and a one year high of $325.29.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 2nd. The company reported $1.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.36 by $0.44. Teradyne had a net margin of 17.37% and a return on equity of 22.68%. The firm had revenue of $1.08 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $970.44 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.95 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 43.9% on a year-over-year basis. Teradyne has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.890-2.250 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current year.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 13th. Investors of record on Friday, February 13th will be issued a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 13th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.1%. Teradyne’s payout ratio is presently 14.94%.

Teradyne Profile

Teradyne, Inc is a global supplier of automatic test equipment and related services principally used to test semiconductors, wireless products and complex electronic systems. Founded in 1960, the company is headquartered in North Reading, Massachusetts, and has a long history of developing capital equipment and software that help semiconductor manufacturers, electronics OEMs and contract manufacturers validate product performance and reliability during design and production.

The company’s product portfolio centers on automatic test equipment (ATE) and system-level test solutions that address chip- and board-level validation, burn-in and reliability screening.