Tema Etfs LLC Purchases 8,075 Shares of Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Key Points

• Tema Etfs LLC increased its stake in Teradyne, Inc. by 145.9% during the 1st quarter, owning a total of 13,611 shares valued at approximately $1.12 million.
• Recent reports from analysts show a divided outlook, with price targets ranging from $85.00 to $105.00, and a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy."
• Teradyne recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share, reflecting an annualized yield of 0.4% for its shareholders.

Tema Etfs LLC boosted its stake in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER - Free Report) by 145.9% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 13,611 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 8,075 shares during the quarter. Tema Etfs LLC's holdings in Teradyne were worth $1,124,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of TER. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 516,332 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of Teradyne by 28.3% in the fourth quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,828,689 shares of the company's stock valued at $608,025,000 after buying an additional 1,065,474 shares in the last quarter. Aspex Management HK Ltd grew its stake in shares of Teradyne by 35.5% in the fourth quarter. Aspex Management HK Ltd now owns 3,234,842 shares of the company's stock valued at $407,331,000 after buying an additional 847,409 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. grew its stake 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 buying an additional 131,152 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. grew its stake 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 buying an additional 387,705 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.77% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently weighed in on TER. 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. 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. Morgan Stanley raised shares of Teradyne from an "underweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and raised their target price for the company from $74.00 to $100.00 in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a "sell" rating and issued a $85.00 target price on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald set a $105.00 price target on Teradyne and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Tuesday, June 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $114.44.

Teradyne Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:TER traded up $0.35 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $118.24. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,107,503 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,577,917. The firm has a market capitalization of $18.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.91, a PEG ratio of 2.49 and a beta of 1.72. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $100.81 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $91.32. Teradyne, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $65.77 and a fifty-two week 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, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.54 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $651.80 million for 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 firm's revenue was down 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.86 EPS. Teradyne has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.690-0.870 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 29th. Investors of record on Friday, September 5th will be given a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 5th. Teradyne's payout ratio is presently 16.61%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 554 shares of the business's 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 of the company's stock, valued at $10,281,258. The trade was a 0.57% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at 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.