Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) Given Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

Key Points

• Teradyne, Inc. has received a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from analysts, with an average 12-month price target of $114.44.
• The company reported $0.57 EPS in its last quarterly earnings, exceeding expectations, but its revenue was down 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year.
• Teradyne recently announced a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share, yielding 0.4%, with the next payment scheduled for September 29th.

Shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER - Get Free Report) have earned a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the eighteen research firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have issued a hold recommendation, ten have issued a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price objective among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $114.4375.

TER has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Cowen restated a "buy" rating on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. UBS Group restated a "buy" rating and issued a $130.00 target price (up previously from $120.00) on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. 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. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $105.00 target price on Teradyne and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 24th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Teradyne from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, September 1st.

Teradyne Trading Down 2.9%

Shares of TER opened at $112.24 on Monday. Teradyne has a 12 month low of $65.77 and a 12 month high of $144.16. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $106.14 and a 200-day moving average price of $91.43. The firm has a market cap of $17.85 billion, a PE ratio of 38.84, a P/E/G ratio of 2.36 and a beta of 1.80.

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, beating 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 firm had revenue of $651.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $649.02 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.86 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Teradyne has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.690-0.870 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Teradyne will post 3.88 EPS for the current year.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

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 paid a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 5th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. Teradyne's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 16.61%.

Insider Transactions at Teradyne

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 554 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on 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 transaction, the chief executive officer owned 96,993 shares in the company, valued at $10,281,258. This trade represents a 0.57% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.16% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Teradyne

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 2.8% during the 4th quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,748 shares of the company's stock valued at $472,000 after buying an additional 103 shares during the last quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 4.3% during the 2nd quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. now owns 2,722 shares of the company's stock valued at $245,000 after buying an additional 113 shares during the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 1.0% during the 1st quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 12,528 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,035,000 after buying an additional 124 shares during the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 29.4% during the 2nd quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 586 shares of the company's stock valued at $53,000 after buying an additional 133 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 22.2% during the 1st quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 820 shares of the company's stock valued at $68,000 after buying an additional 149 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.77% of the company's stock.

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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