HighTower Advisors LLC Buys 124 Shares of Teradyne, Inc. $TER

HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 1.0% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 12,528 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 124 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Teradyne were worth $1,035,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Teradyne by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,748 shares of the company’s stock valued at $472,000 after acquiring an additional 103 shares during the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Teradyne by 44.7% in the first quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 453 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,000 after acquiring an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB boosted its holdings in Teradyne by 22.2% in the first quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $68,000 after acquiring an additional 149 shares during the last quarter. Heritage Family Offices LLP boosted its holdings in Teradyne by 6.7% in the first quarter. Heritage Family Offices LLP now owns 2,568 shares of the company’s stock valued at $212,000 after acquiring an additional 161 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. boosted its holdings in Teradyne by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 5,258 shares of the company’s stock valued at $664,000 after acquiring an additional 177 shares during the last quarter. 99.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have issued reports on TER. Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Teradyne in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated a “neutral” rating and set a $102.00 price target (up from $88.00) on shares of Teradyne in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Morgan Stanley upgraded Teradyne from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $74.00 to $100.00 in a report on Thursday, July 31st. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “sell” rating and set a $85.00 price target on shares of Teradyne in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Finally, Susquehanna cut their price target on Teradyne from $155.00 to $133.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $114.44.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 554 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $106.00, for a total value of $58,724.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 96,993 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,281,258. This represents a 0.57% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Teradyne Stock Up 1.3%

Shares of TER opened at $118.61 on Wednesday. Teradyne, Inc. has a 12-month low of $65.77 and a 12-month high of $144.16. The business’s fifty day moving average is $98.92 and its 200 day moving average is $91.22. The stock has a market cap of $18.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.04, a P/E/G ratio of 2.46 and a beta of 1.72.

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. Teradyne had a return on equity of 18.16% and a net margin of 16.59%.The company had revenue of $651.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $649.02 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.86 EPS. Teradyne’s quarterly revenue was down 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Teradyne has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.690-0.870 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 EPS for the current year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 29th. Investors of record on Friday, September 5th will be issued a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 5th. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 16.61%.

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.