Boston Trust Walden Corp Grows Stock Holdings in Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Boston Trust Walden Corp raised its holdings in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 5.6% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 427,399 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 22,635 shares during the quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp’s holdings in Teradyne were worth $38,432,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Berbice Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in 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 in the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in 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 in the last quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group boosted its holdings in 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 in the last quarter. Steph & Co. purchased a new stake in Teradyne in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $43,000. Finally, Summit Securities Group LLC purchased a new stake in Teradyne in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $58,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 554 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $126.39, for a total transaction of $70,020.06. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 95,885 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,118,905.15. This trade represents a 0.57% 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 2,216 shares of company stock worth $251,028 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Teradyne Price Performance

NASDAQ TER opened at $136.97 on Wednesday. Teradyne, Inc. has a 12 month low of $65.77 and a 12 month high of $150.71. The firm has a market capitalization of $21.79 billion, a PE ratio of 47.39, a P/E/G ratio of 2.93 and a beta of 1.82. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $122.67 and its 200 day simple moving average is $97.48.

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 Dividend Announcement

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 0.4%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 5th. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 16.61%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have weighed in on TER. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Teradyne in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on Teradyne from $100.00 to $136.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on Teradyne from $85.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on Teradyne from $100.00 to $119.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $124.93.

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.