FORA Capital LLC Makes New Investment in Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Key Points

• FORA Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Teradyne, Inc., purchasing 45,078 shares valued at approximately $3.72 million in the first quarter of the year.
• Teradyne's stock experienced fluctuations, opening at $117.07 after reaching a fifty-two week low of $65.77 and a high of $144.16, indicating significant volatility.
• The company recently announced a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share, reflecting a 0.4% yield and low payout ratio of 16.61%.

FORA Capital LLC acquired a new position in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 45,078 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,723,000.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Berbice Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Teradyne by 200.0% during the 1st quarter. Berbice Capital Management LLC now owns 300 shares of the company's stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the period. Manchester Capital Management LLC raised its position 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 during the last quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group raised its position 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 during the last quarter. Sentry Investment Management LLC bought a new position in Teradyne in the 1st quarter valued at $45,000. Finally, AdvisorNet Financial Inc raised its position in Teradyne by 319.0% in the 1st quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 595 shares of the company's stock valued at $49,000 after purchasing an additional 453 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.77% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on Teradyne from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. 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. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $105.00 target price on Teradyne and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 24th. Wall Street Zen cut Teradyne from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Sunday, August 24th. Finally, UBS Group reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $130.00 target price (up from $120.00) on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. One equities research 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 given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $114.44.

Teradyne Stock Performance

TER traded up $0.35 on Friday, hitting $118.24. 4,107,503 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,577,917. Teradyne, Inc. has a 12 month low of $65.77 and a 12 month high of $144.16. The company has a market cap of $18.81 billion, a PE ratio of 40.91, a PEG ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.72. The stock's fifty day moving average is $100.81 and its 200-day moving average is $91.46.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results 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 business had revenue of $651.80 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $649.02 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.86 earnings per share. Teradyne's revenue was down 10.7% on a year-over-year basis. Teradyne has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.690-0.870 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 EPS for the current fiscal 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 issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 5th. Teradyne's dividend payout ratio is presently 16.61%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Teradyne news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 554 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $106.00, for a total transaction of $58,724.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 96,993 shares of the company's stock, valued at $10,281,258. The trade was a 0.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.16% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.