Teradyne, Inc. $TER Shares Acquired by Whittier Trust Co.

Whittier Trust Co. raised its holdings in shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 48.0% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 987 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 320 shares during the quarter. Whittier Trust Co.’s holdings in Teradyne were worth $89,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in TER. Federated Hermes Inc. boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 188.8% in the 1st quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 2,105,852 shares of the company’s stock valued at $173,943,000 after purchasing an additional 1,376,631 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 1,612.4% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,404,752 shares of the company’s stock valued at $113,251,000 after purchasing an additional 1,322,716 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 224.0% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,851,684 shares of the company’s stock valued at $152,949,000 after purchasing an additional 1,280,120 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 26.4% in the 2nd quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,118,297 shares of the company’s stock valued at $286,634,000 after purchasing an additional 652,175 shares during the period. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 124.3% in the 1st quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,120,250 shares of the company’s stock valued at $92,533,000 after purchasing an additional 620,918 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on Teradyne from $85.00 to $130.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. Northland Securities set a $161.00 price objective on Teradyne in a research note on Tuesday, October 7th. Susquehanna upped their price objective on Teradyne from $133.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on Teradyne from $100.00 to $136.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Teradyne currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $128.43.

Teradyne Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of TER stock opened at $144.28 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $22.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.04 and a beta of 1.82. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $127.84 and a 200-day simple moving average of $100.92. Teradyne, Inc. has a 12-month low of $65.77 and a 12-month high of $150.71.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last issued its 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 during 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 company’s revenue for the quarter was down 10.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.86 EPS. Teradyne has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.690-0.870 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Investors of record on Friday, September 5th were issued a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 5th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.3%. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio is currently 16.61%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Teradyne

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $145.24, for a total value of $160,925.92. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 94,777 shares in the company, valued at $13,765,411.48. This represents a 1.16% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 3,324 shares of company stock valued at $411,954. Corporate insiders own 0.16% 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.