4,315 Shares in Teradyne, Inc. $TER Acquired by EntryPoint Capital LLC

Key Points

• EntryPoint Capital LLC has purchased 4,315 shares of Teradyne, Inc., valued at approximately $356,000, marking a new investment in the company.
• Institutional investors and hedge funds collectively own 99.77% of Teradyne's stock, indicating strong investor confidence and interest in the company.
• Teradyne's earnings report revealed an EPS of $0.57, surpassing analysts' expectations, despite a 10.7% year-over-year revenue decline.

EntryPoint Capital LLC bought a new stake in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 4,315 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $356,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. DAVENPORT & Co LLC grew its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 29.8% in the first quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 5,094 shares of the company's stock valued at $421,000 after purchasing an additional 1,170 shares in the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC grew its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 56.0% in the first quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 3,045 shares of the company's stock valued at $252,000 after purchasing an additional 1,093 shares in the last quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 6.4% in the first quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 4,328 shares of the company's stock valued at $357,000 after purchasing an additional 261 shares in the last quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. boosted its stake in Teradyne by 5.5% during the first quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 68,612 shares of the company's stock worth $5,667,000 after buying an additional 3,589 shares during the period. Finally, Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in Teradyne by 306.9% during the first quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 37,661 shares of the company's stock worth $3,111,000 after buying an additional 28,406 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have commented on TER shares. Cowen reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a "sell" rating and set a $85.00 price objective on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Teradyne from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Sunday. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised shares of Teradyne from an "underweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $74.00 to $100.00 in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $114.44.

Teradyne Price Performance

TER stock traded up $2.11 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $119.18. The company had a trading volume of 800,612 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,474,054. The company has a market capitalization of $18.96 billion, a PE ratio of 41.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 1.72. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $98.28 and a 200 day moving average of $91.03. Teradyne, Inc. has a 12 month low of $65.77 and a 12 month high of $144.16.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.03. Teradyne had a return on equity of 18.16% and a net margin of 16.59%.The company had revenue of $651.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $649.02 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.86 earnings per share. Teradyne's revenue was down 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Teradyne has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.690-0.870 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 EPS for the current year.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 29th. Investors of record on Friday, September 5th will be issued a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. Teradyne's payout ratio is currently 16.61%.

Teradyne declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Monday, April 28th that allows the company to buyback $1.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 8.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling at Teradyne

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 554 shares of Teradyne stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $106.00, for a total value of $58,724.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 96,993 shares in the company, valued at $10,281,258. The trade was a 0.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 0.16% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.