Focus Partners Wealth Boosts Holdings in Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Key Points

• Focus Partners Wealth increased its stake in Teradyne, Inc. by 12% in Q1, owning 44,766 shares worth approximately $3.7 million after acquiring an additional 4,780 shares.
• Recently released quarterly earnings showed Teradyne earning $0.57 per share, surpassing analysts' estimates, despite a 10.7% year-over-year revenue decline.
• Teradyne announced a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share, indicating a yield of 0.4% and a payout ratio of 16.61%.

Focus Partners Wealth grew its stake in shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER - Free Report) by 12.0% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 44,766 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 4,780 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth's holdings in Teradyne were worth $3,698,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Berbice Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Teradyne by 200.0% in the first 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 raised its stake in Teradyne by 44.7% in the first 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 raised its stake in Teradyne by 189.9% in the first 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. Sentry Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in Teradyne in the first quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Finally, AdvisorNet Financial Inc raised its stake in Teradyne by 319.0% in the first quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 595 shares of the company's stock valued at $49,000 after purchasing an additional 453 shares in the last quarter. 99.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Teradyne Price Performance

NASDAQ:TER traded up $1.03 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $119.85. The company had a trading volume of 9,574,882 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,564,990. The company has a market capitalization of $19.06 billion, a PE ratio of 41.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.50 and a beta of 1.80. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $108.33 and a 200 day moving average price of $91.95. Teradyne, Inc. has a 52 week low of $65.77 and a 52 week high of $144.16.

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, beating the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.03. The business 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 firm's revenue for the quarter was down 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.86 earnings per share. 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 fiscal year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared 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. 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%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on TER shares. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on shares of Teradyne from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Teradyne from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, September 1st. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a "sell" rating and set a $85.00 price target on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of Teradyne from an "underweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and increased their price target for the company from $74.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $130.00 price target (up from $120.00) on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $114.44.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 554 shares of Teradyne 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 sale, the chief executive officer owned 96,439 shares in the company, valued at $11,090,485. 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 at this link. Insiders have sold a total of 1,662 shares of company stock valued at $181,008 in the last quarter. Insiders own 0.16% of the company's stock.

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.