DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale Sells 2,309 Shares of Teradyne, Inc. $TER

DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale reduced its stake in shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 0.4% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 650,784 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,309 shares during the quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale owned about 0.41% of Teradyne worth $58,259,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 16.7% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,021 shares of the company’s stock worth $332,000 after acquiring an additional 576 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in Teradyne by 306.9% in the 1st quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 37,661 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,111,000 after purchasing an additional 28,406 shares in the last quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue grew its position in shares of Teradyne by 2.7% during the first quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 19,078 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,575,000 after purchasing an additional 505 shares in the last quarter. Kentucky Retirement Systems Insurance Trust Fund bought a new stake in shares of Teradyne in the first quarter worth about $375,000. Finally, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. lifted its position in shares of Teradyne by 8.0% in the first quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 14,033 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,159,000 after buying an additional 1,040 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Teradyne

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $145.24, for a total value of $160,925.92. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 94,777 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,765,411.48. The trade was a 1.16% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. In the last three months, insiders have sold 3,324 shares of company stock valued at $411,954. Insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently commented on TER. UBS Group increased their price target on Teradyne from $130.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday. Northland Securities set a $161.00 target price on Teradyne in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of Teradyne from $100.00 to $136.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on Teradyne from $133.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $127.27.

Teradyne Stock Up 3.0%

Shares of NASDAQ TER opened at $143.33 on Wednesday. Teradyne, Inc. has a twelve month low of $65.77 and a twelve month high of $150.71. The firm has a market cap of $22.80 billion, a PE ratio of 49.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.92 and a beta of 1.82. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $125.99 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $99.62.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.54 by $0.03. The business 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 business’s revenue was down 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.86 EPS. Teradyne has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.690-0.870 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current year.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 5th were given a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 5th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 16.61%.

Teradyne 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.