Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) Receives $164.06 Average Target Price from Brokerages

Shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) have received an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the nineteen brokerages that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have given a hold recommendation, eleven have given a buy recommendation and two have issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 1-year price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $164.0625.

TER has been the topic of several research reports. Northland Securities set a $186.00 price target on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Zacks Research upgraded Teradyne from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Wall Street Zen raised Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, September 1st. Industrial Alliance Securities set a $175.00 price objective on Teradyne in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Evercore ISI lifted their price objective on Teradyne from $120.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th.

Insider Transactions at Teradyne

In other Teradyne news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, October 10th. The stock was 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 of the company’s stock, 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 through this link. Insiders have sold a total of 2,770 shares of company stock worth $353,380 in the last quarter. 0.16% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Teradyne

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in TER. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Teradyne in the 2nd quarter worth about $152,854,000. Federated Hermes Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 79.7% during the 2nd quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 3,785,067 shares of the company’s stock worth $340,353,000 after acquiring an additional 1,679,215 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 1,612.4% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,404,752 shares of the company’s stock worth $113,251,000 after acquiring an additional 1,322,716 shares during the last quarter. Amundi boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 255.3% in the second quarter. Amundi now owns 1,812,001 shares of the company’s stock worth $170,654,000 after acquiring an additional 1,302,025 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in Teradyne by 224.0% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,851,684 shares of the company’s stock valued at $152,949,000 after purchasing an additional 1,280,120 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Teradyne Stock Performance

Shares of TER stock opened at $182.28 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $139.73 and a 200 day moving average price of $108.36. The stock has a market cap of $28.55 billion, a PE ratio of 66.28, a P/E/G ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.90. Teradyne has a 1 year low of $65.77 and a 1 year high of $191.56.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The company reported $0.85 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 analysts’ expectations of $744.20 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.90 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. Teradyne has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.200-1.460 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Teradyne will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Investors of record on Friday, September 5th were paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 5th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio 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.