Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) Shares Purchased by Vanguard Group Inc.

Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 0.5% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 20,405,899 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 92,428 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. owned approximately 12.53% of Teradyne worth $2,569,511,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of TER. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS acquired a new position in Teradyne during the 4th quarter worth approximately $6,737,000. Mizuho Securities USA LLC lifted its position in shares of Teradyne by 45.9% during the fourth quarter. Mizuho Securities USA LLC now owns 15,436 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,944,000 after purchasing an additional 4,855 shares in the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP boosted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 519.8% in the fourth quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 8,968 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,129,000 after purchasing an additional 7,521 shares during the period. Summit Global Investments acquired a new stake in Teradyne during the 4th quarter valued at $214,000. Finally, 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. increased its stake in Teradyne by 28.7% during the 4th quarter. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 1,089 shares of the company’s stock worth $137,000 after buying an additional 243 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Teradyne

In other Teradyne news, insider Richard John Burns sold 407 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $120.51, for a total transaction of $49,047.57. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 20,764 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,502,269.64. The trade was a 1.92 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $130.00, for a total transaction of $400,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 74,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,705,800. This trade represents a 3.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 8,479 shares of company stock worth $1,013,134. 0.18% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently weighed in on TER shares. Citigroup lowered their target price on Teradyne from $130.00 to $100.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. TD Cowen lowered their price objective on Teradyne from $135.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. Susquehanna cut their target price on Teradyne from $165.00 to $155.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 12th. UBS Group set a $130.00 price target on shares of Teradyne and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 12th. Finally, Robert W. Baird cut their price target on shares of Teradyne from $140.00 to $110.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, March 13th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, twelve have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Teradyne presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $121.44.

Teradyne Trading Down 1.2 %

NASDAQ:TER opened at $89.95 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $110.99 and a 200-day moving average of $118.21. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.55 billion, a PE ratio of 27.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.46. Teradyne, Inc. has a 52 week low of $82.98 and a 52 week high of $163.21.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.04. Teradyne had a return on equity of 19.08% and a net margin of 19.23%. As a group, analysts predict that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th were given a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 14th. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 14.41%.

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.