Wealthfront Advisers LLC Has $1.53 Million Stock Position in Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Wealthfront Advisers LLC lifted its stake in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 125.5% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 17,007 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,465 shares during the quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC’s holdings in Teradyne were worth $1,529,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of TER. Berbice Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 200.0% in the 1st quarter. Berbice Capital Management LLC now owns 300 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the period. Manchester Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 44.7% in the 1st quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 453 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the period. Brooklyn Investment Group raised its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 189.9% in the 1st quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 461 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 302 shares during the period. Steph & Co. bought a new stake in shares of Teradyne in the 2nd quarter valued at about $43,000. Finally, Bayforest Capital Ltd raised its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 195.5% in the 2nd quarter. Bayforest Capital Ltd now owns 523 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,000 after purchasing an additional 346 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other Teradyne news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of the 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 transaction, the chief executive officer owned 94,777 shares in the company, valued at $13,765,411.48. This represents a 1.16% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 2,770 shares of company stock worth $353,380. Corporate insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

TER has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Evercore ISI upped their target price on shares of Teradyne from $120.00 to $175.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday. Bank of America raised shares of Teradyne from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $205.00 target price on the stock in a report on Wednesday. UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Teradyne from $165.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Teradyne in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Teradyne from $122.00 to $190.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Teradyne currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $158.75.

Teradyne Stock Up 1.7%

Shares of NASDAQ:TER opened at $176.88 on Friday. Teradyne, Inc. has a 12-month low of $65.77 and a 12-month high of $179.21. The stock has a market cap of $28.14 billion, a PE ratio of 64.32, a P/E/G ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.82. The business has a 50 day moving average of $131.90 and a 200-day moving average of $103.49.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The company reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.78 by $0.07. Teradyne had a net margin of 15.49% and a return on equity of 18.04%. The firm had revenue of $769.21 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $744.20 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.90 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Teradyne has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.200-1.460 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

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

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.