Franklin Street Advisors Inc. NC Purchases 2,829 Shares of Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Franklin Street Advisors Inc. NC grew its position in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 5.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 51,410 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,829 shares during the period. Teradyne comprises about 1.4% of Franklin Street Advisors Inc. NC’s portfolio, making the stock its 21st largest position. Franklin Street Advisors Inc. NC’s holdings in Teradyne were worth $24,874,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in TER. State Street Corp grew its position in Teradyne by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,078,635 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,370,141,000 after purchasing an additional 60,986 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of Teradyne by 3.0% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,920,100 shares of the company’s stock worth $442,413,000 after buying an additional 143,058 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its position in shares of Teradyne by 18.6% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 4,203,546 shares of the company’s stock worth $813,640,000 after buying an additional 659,273 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,959,330 shares of the company’s stock worth $407,322,000 after buying an additional 99,864 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 2,442,014 shares of the company’s stock worth $472,677,000 after buying an additional 45,089 shares during the last quarter. 99.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 4,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $423.03, for a total transaction of $1,692,120.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 120,470 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $50,962,424.10. This represents a 3.21% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Shannon John Poulin sold 656 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $355.00, for a total value of $232,880.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 15,722 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,581,310. The trade was a 4.01% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders sold 14,261 shares of company stock valued at $5,187,344 over the last three months. Company insiders own 0.19% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

TER has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Citigroup increased their price target on Teradyne from $325.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $420.00 price objective on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $465.00 price objective on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Weiss Ratings raised Teradyne from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Susquehanna lifted their target price on Teradyne from $415.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 30th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $396.80.

Teradyne Price Performance

Shares of TER stock opened at $379.31 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $59.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 52.03, a PEG ratio of 0.77 and a beta of 1.78. The company has a 50 day moving average of $383.46 and a 200-day moving average of $343.36. Teradyne, Inc. has a 12-month low of $104.58 and a 12-month high of $487.91.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 28th. The company reported $2.47 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.38. Teradyne had a return on equity of 39.93% and a net margin of 25.77%.The business had revenue of $1.33 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.57 earnings per share. Teradyne’s revenue for the quarter was up 103.9% on a year-over-year basis. Teradyne has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.850-2.150 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Teradyne, Inc. will post 9.1 EPS for the current year.

Teradyne Company 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.