Graham Capital Management L.P. Buys 4,547 Shares of Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Key Points

• Graham Capital Management L.P. increased its stake in Teradyne, Inc. by 166.1%, acquiring an additional 4,547 shares to reach a total of 7,285 shares valued at approximately $602,000.
• Several large investors, including Vanguard Group and ARK Investment Management, also boosted their holdings in Teradyne, with institutional investors now owning 99.77% of the company's stock.
• Teradyne reported earnings of $0.57 per share for the last quarter, beating expectations and has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share scheduled for payment on September 29th.

Graham Capital Management L.P. boosted its stake in shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER - Free Report) by 166.1% in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 7,285 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 4,547 shares during the quarter. Graham Capital Management L.P.'s holdings in Teradyne were worth $602,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TER. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 2.5% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 20,922,231 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,728,176,000 after acquiring an additional 516,332 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 4.6% in the first quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 2,957,049 shares of the company's stock valued at $244,252,000 after acquiring an additional 131,152 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 16.1% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,790,898 shares of the company's stock valued at $230,528,000 after acquiring an additional 387,705 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 3.1% in the first quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 2,466,122 shares of the company's stock valued at $203,726,000 after acquiring an additional 75,226 shares during the period. Finally, ARK Investment Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 16.7% in the first quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC now owns 2,243,590 shares of the company's stock valued at $185,321,000 after acquiring an additional 320,580 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 99.77% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently weighed in on TER. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a "neutral" rating and issued a $102.00 price objective (up from $88.00) on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $105.00 price objective on Teradyne and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 24th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on Teradyne from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Wall Street Zen upgraded Teradyne from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, September 1st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group restated a "sell" rating and issued a $85.00 target price on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $114.44.

Insider Activity

In other Teradyne news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 554 shares of Teradyne stock in a transaction 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 completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 96,993 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $10,281,258. This trade represents a 0.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders own 0.16% of the company's stock.

Teradyne Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of NASDAQ TER opened at $120.20 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $103.78 and a 200 day simple moving average of $91.68. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.59, a PEG ratio of 2.51 and a beta of 1.80. Teradyne, Inc. has a one year low of $65.77 and a one year high of $144.16.

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

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 5th will be issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 5th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. Teradyne's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 16.61%.

Teradyne Company 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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