Teradyne, Inc. $TER Shares Bought by Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC raised its position in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 22.6% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 21,032 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,871 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC’s holdings in Teradyne were worth $1,892,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Teradyne by 2.5% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 20,922,231 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,728,176,000 after purchasing an additional 516,332 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Teradyne by 4.6% in the first quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 2,957,049 shares of the company’s stock valued at $244,252,000 after purchasing an additional 131,152 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Teradyne by 16.1% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,790,898 shares of the company’s stock valued at $230,528,000 after purchasing an additional 387,705 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its stake in shares of Teradyne by 3.1% in the first quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 2,466,122 shares of the company’s stock valued at $203,726,000 after purchasing an additional 75,226 shares during the period. Finally, ARK Investment Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Teradyne by 16.7% in the first quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC now owns 2,243,590 shares of the company’s stock valued at $185,321,000 after purchasing an additional 320,580 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Teradyne from $100.00 to $136.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Northland Securities set a $161.00 price objective on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Tuesday, October 7th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, September 1st. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald set a $105.00 price objective on shares of Teradyne and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Teradyne currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $124.93.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $145.24, for a total transaction of $160,925.92. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 94,777 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,765,411.48. This trade represents a 1.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders have sold 3,324 shares of company stock worth $411,954 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Teradyne Price Performance

NASDAQ TER opened at $139.30 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.16 billion, a PE ratio of 48.20, a P/E/G ratio of 2.96 and a beta of 1.82. Teradyne, Inc. has a 12 month low of $65.77 and a 12 month high of $150.71. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $124.05 and its 200 day simple moving average is $98.17.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 net margin of 16.59% and a return on equity of 18.16%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.86 earnings per share. Teradyne has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.690-0.870 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Investors of record on Friday, September 5th were issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 5th. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 16.61%.

About Teradyne

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.