Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) Price Target Raised to $135.00

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) had its price target increased by Stifel Nicolaus from $119.00 to $135.00 in a research report released on Tuesday morning,Benzinga reports. They currently have a hold rating on the stock.

TER has been the subject of a number of other research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on Teradyne from $85.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, October 9th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, September 1st. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $133.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. Finally, UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $130.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, October 20th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $158.75.

Teradyne Stock Up 1.7%

Shares of NASDAQ TER opened at $176.88 on Tuesday. Teradyne has a 52-week low of $65.77 and a 52-week high of $179.21. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $131.90 and a 200-day moving average of $103.49. The stock has a market capitalization of $28.14 billion, a PE ratio of 64.32, a P/E/G ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.82.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The company reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.78 by $0.07. Teradyne had a return on equity of 18.04% and a net margin of 15.49%.The firm had revenue of $769.21 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $744.20 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.90 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Teradyne has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.200-1.460 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Teradyne will post 3.88 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on 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 transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 94,777 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,765,411.48. This represents a 1.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. In the last three months, insiders sold 2,770 shares of company stock valued at $353,380. 0.16% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Hemington Wealth Management boosted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 43.2% during the 3rd quarter. Hemington Wealth Management now owns 262 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc boosted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 5.8% during the 3rd quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 1,494 shares of the company’s stock valued at $206,000 after buying an additional 82 shares during the last quarter. LS Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 2.3% during the 3rd quarter. LS Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,945 shares of the company’s stock valued at $543,000 after buying an additional 89 shares during the last quarter. CVA Family Office LLC boosted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 28.9% during the 3rd quarter. CVA Family Office LLC now owns 424 shares of the company’s stock valued at $58,000 after buying an additional 95 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fulton Bank N.A. boosted its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 113 shares during the last quarter. 99.77% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Teradyne

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.