Buttonwood Financial Advisors Inc. Makes New Investment in Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Key Points

• Buttonwood Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in Teradyne, purchasing 22,260 shares valued at approximately $2,002,000 during the 2nd quarter.
• CEO Gregory Stephen Smith recently sold 554 shares at an average price of $115.00, reducing his ownership to 96,439 shares, valued at about $11.1 million.
• Several analyst firms have raised their price targets for Teradyne, with UBS Group setting a target of $130.00 and Stifel Nicolaus raising theirs to $100.00.

Buttonwood Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER - Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 22,260 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,002,000.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. DAVENPORT & Co LLC lifted its position in shares of Teradyne by 29.8% during the 1st quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 5,094 shares of the company's stock worth $421,000 after buying an additional 1,170 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Teradyne by 17.3% during the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 143,760 shares of the company's stock worth $11,893,000 after buying an additional 21,219 shares in the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its position in shares of Teradyne by 56.0% during the 1st quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 3,045 shares of the company's stock worth $252,000 after buying an additional 1,093 shares in the last quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. lifted its position in shares of Teradyne by 6.4% during the 1st quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 4,328 shares of the company's stock worth $357,000 after buying an additional 261 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Advisors Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 36.2% in the 1st quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 9,395 shares of the company's stock worth $776,000 after purchasing an additional 2,498 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 99.77% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at Teradyne

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 554 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, September 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $115.00, for a total value of $63,710.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 96,439 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,090,485. The trade was a 0.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders have sold 1,662 shares of company stock valued at $181,008 in the last ninety days. 0.16% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on TER shares. UBS Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $130.00 price target (up previously from $120.00) on shares of Teradyne in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Teradyne from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Morgan Stanley raised shares of Teradyne from an "underweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $74.00 to $100.00 in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Teradyne from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, September 1st. Finally, Cowen reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of Teradyne in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Teradyne currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $118.63.

Teradyne Stock Performance

Teradyne stock opened at $134.68 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $21.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 46.60, a PEG ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 1.80. Teradyne, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $65.77 and a fifty-two week high of $144.16. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $109.96 and its 200-day moving average price is $92.21.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $651.80 million for 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 business's quarterly revenue was down 10.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior 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 predict that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current year.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 29th. Investors of record on Friday, September 5th will be given a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 5th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%. Teradyne's payout ratio is 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.

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