Investors Purchase Large Volume of Call Options on Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER)

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) was the target of unusually large options trading on Thursday. Stock traders acquired 6,641 call options on the company. This is an increase of 16% compared to the typical daily volume of 5,732 call options.

Trending Headlines about Teradyne

Here are the key news stories impacting Teradyne this week:

• Positive Sentiment: JPMorgan upgraded TER from Neutral to Overweight and set a $400 price target, calling the post-earnings pullback an attractive entry—this upgrade is a clear catalyst lifting the stock. JPMorgan upgrade article
• Positive Sentiment: Teradyne was added to Zacks’ Rank #1 (Strong Buy) momentum list, which can attract momentum and quant flows into the name. Zacks momentum article
• Positive Sentiment: Unusual options activity—6,641 calls traded (about +16% vs. average)—signals speculative/hedged bullish positioning by traders that can amplify upside on positive headlines. Options activity report
• Neutral Sentiment: A brokerage consensus piece cites a $324.53 target for TER—useful context for analyst expectations but mixed given targets vary widely post-earnings. Brokerage target article
• Negative Sentiment: Teradyne’s Q2 guidance ($1.15B–$1.25B revenue) and management’s model (longer-term $6B revenue / $9.50–$11 EPS framework) disappointed investors relative to lofty expectations, triggering the initial selloff after otherwise strong Q1 results. Q2 guidance article
• Negative Sentiment: Despite a blowout Q1 (record revenue, EPS beat), shares plunged as investors framed the move as an “expectations issue”—Morgan Stanley flagged a tempered AI networking outlook, reinforcing caution. Morgan Stanley note
• Negative Sentiment: Coverage and headlines emphasizing the post-earnings 15–20% pullback kept momentum weak until fresh analyst upgrades and option flows improved sentiment. Selloff coverage

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Conning Inc. acquired a new position in Teradyne during the 1st quarter worth $204,000. Petix & Botte Co acquired a new position in Teradyne during the 1st quarter worth $296,000. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Teradyne by 22.5% during the 1st quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 9,001 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,668,000 after buying an additional 1,651 shares in the last quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC raised its position in shares of Teradyne by 25.3% during the 1st quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 5,444 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,614,000 after acquiring an additional 1,098 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Resona Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its position in shares of Teradyne by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. Resona Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 47,918 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,029,000 after acquiring an additional 440 shares during the last quarter. 99.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on TER shares. Robert W. Baird set a $350.00 target price on Teradyne in a research report on Thursday. Susquehanna lifted their target price on Teradyne from $335.00 to $415.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 9th. Northland Securities reissued a “market perform” rating and set a $270.00 target price on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Zacks Research downgraded Teradyne from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Finally, Vertical Research downgraded Teradyne from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $220.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $339.80.

Teradyne Trading Up 12.1%

NASDAQ TER opened at $343.47 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $329.08 and its two-hundred day moving average is $249.02. The company has a market capitalization of $53.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 63.61, a PEG ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.79. Teradyne has a 1-year low of $73.11 and a 1-year high of $422.11.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The company reported $2.56 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.11 by $0.45. The company had revenue of $1.28 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.20 billion. Teradyne had a return on equity of 31.79% and a net margin of 22.55%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 87.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.75 earnings per share. Teradyne has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.860-2.150 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Teradyne will post 6.33 earnings per share for the current year.

Teradyne Company Profile

Teradyne, Inc is a global supplier of automatic test equipment and related services principally used to test semiconductors, wireless products and complex electronic systems. Founded in 1960, the company is headquartered in North Reading, Massachusetts, and has a long history of developing capital equipment and software that help semiconductor manufacturers, electronics OEMs and contract manufacturers validate product performance and reliability during design and production.

The company’s product portfolio centers on automatic test equipment (ATE) and system-level test solutions that address chip- and board-level validation, burn-in and reliability screening.