Acadian Asset Management LLC Purchases Shares of 29,035 Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Acadian Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 29,035 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,398,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of TER. Berbice Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Teradyne by 200.0% during the first quarter. Berbice Capital Management LLC now owns 300 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 44.7% during the first quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 453 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares in the last quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group lifted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 189.9% during the first quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 461 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 302 shares in the last quarter. Sentry Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Teradyne during the first quarter worth about $45,000. Finally, AdvisorNet Financial Inc lifted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 319.0% during the first quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 595 shares of the company’s stock worth $49,000 after purchasing an additional 453 shares in the last quarter. 99.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Teradyne 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 sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 96,993 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,281,258. This trade represents a 0.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.16% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Teradyne Price Performance

Shares of TER opened at $114.07 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $106.61 and its 200 day moving average price is $91.46. Teradyne, Inc. has a 12-month low of $65.77 and a 12-month high of $144.16. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.15 billion, a PE ratio of 39.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.36 and a beta of 1.80.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.03. Teradyne had a return on equity of 18.16% and a net margin of 16.59%.The firm 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 posted $0.86 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 10.7% on a year-over-year basis. Teradyne has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.690-0.870 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have commented on TER. Morgan Stanley upgraded Teradyne from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $74.00 to $100.00 in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, September 1st. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $130.00 price objective (up previously from $120.00) on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald set a $105.00 price objective on shares of Teradyne and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 24th. One investment 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 issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Teradyne has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $114.44.

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.