Petrus Trust Company LTA Acquires Shares of 5,313 Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Petrus Trust Company LTA acquired a new position in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER - Free Report) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 5,313 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $439,000.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Berbice Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Teradyne by 200.0% during the first quarter. Berbice Capital Management LLC now owns 300 shares of the company's stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Teradyne by 44.7% during the first quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 453 shares of the company's stock valued at $37,000 after acquiring an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group boosted its position in Teradyne by 189.9% during the first quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 461 shares of the company's stock valued at $38,000 after acquiring an additional 302 shares during the last quarter. Sentry Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in Teradyne during the first quarter valued at $45,000. Finally, AdvisorNet Financial Inc boosted its position in Teradyne by 319.0% during the first quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 595 shares of the company's stock valued at $49,000 after acquiring an additional 453 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.77% of the company's stock.

Teradyne Stock Performance

Shares of Teradyne stock traded down $3.32 on Friday, hitting $112.24. The company had a trading volume of 5,903,343 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,296,807. The stock has a market capitalization of $17.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.84, a P/E/G ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 1.80. Teradyne, Inc. has a 1 year low of $65.77 and a 1 year high of $144.16. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $106.14 and a 200-day moving average of $91.71.

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

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 5th will be paid 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 dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 16.61%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

TER has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a "sell" rating and set a $85.00 price target on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a "neutral" rating and set a $102.00 price target (up previously from $88.00) on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Morgan Stanley raised shares of Teradyne from an "underweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $74.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $105.00 price objective on shares of Teradyne and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 24th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Teradyne from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, September 1st. One equities research 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. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $114.44.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Teradyne news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 554 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were 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 owned 96,993 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,281,258. This trade represents a 0.57% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.16% of the company's stock.

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.