Andra AP fonden Raises Holdings in Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Andra AP fonden lifted its position in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 98.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 433,524 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 215,400 shares during the quarter. Andra AP fonden owned about 0.27% of Teradyne worth $38,982,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Resona Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its stake in Teradyne by 10.0% in the 2nd quarter. Resona Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 55,768 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,018,000 after acquiring an additional 5,050 shares during the last quarter. Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 60.9% in the second quarter. Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 9,130 shares of the company’s stock valued at $821,000 after purchasing an additional 3,454 shares in the last quarter. Huntington National Bank grew its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 7.4% in the second quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 3,502 shares of the company’s stock valued at $315,000 after purchasing an additional 242 shares in the last quarter. Machina Capital S.A.S. increased its position in Teradyne by 96.3% in the second quarter. Machina Capital S.A.S. now owns 5,425 shares of the company’s stock worth $488,000 after purchasing an additional 2,661 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of Montreal Can raised its stake in Teradyne by 126.0% during the second quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 281,205 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,286,000 after purchasing an additional 156,754 shares in the last quarter. 99.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have commented on TER shares. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $100.00 to $136.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Evercore ISI increased their price target on shares of Teradyne from $120.00 to $175.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Bank of America upgraded Teradyne from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $205.00 price target for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on Teradyne from $130.00 to $148.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Teradyne in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $164.06.

Insider Buying and Selling at Teradyne

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $13,765,411.48. The trade was a 1.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders sold 2,770 shares of company stock worth $353,380 in the last ninety days. 0.16% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Teradyne Price Performance

Teradyne stock opened at $187.59 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $29.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 68.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.82. Teradyne, Inc. has a 1-year low of $65.77 and a 1-year high of $188.94. The company’s 50-day moving average is $137.10 and its 200 day moving average is $106.78.

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

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 5th were paid a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 5th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 17.45%.

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.