Swedbank AB Decreases Holdings in Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Swedbank AB trimmed its holdings in shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 11.4% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 49,102 shares of the company’s stock after selling 6,291 shares during the quarter. Swedbank AB’s holdings in Teradyne were worth $4,415,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TER. Federated Hermes Inc. lifted 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 worth $173,943,000 after purchasing an additional 1,376,631 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its position in Teradyne by 1,612.4% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,404,752 shares of the company’s stock valued at $113,251,000 after buying an additional 1,322,716 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in Teradyne by 224.0% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,851,684 shares of the company’s stock valued at $152,949,000 after buying an additional 1,280,120 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. grew its position in Teradyne by 124.3% during the first quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,120,250 shares of the company’s stock valued at $92,533,000 after buying an additional 620,918 shares during the period. Finally, Woodline Partners LP grew its position in Teradyne by 27,928.3% during the first quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 609,896 shares of the company’s stock valued at $50,377,000 after buying an additional 607,720 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

TER has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, September 1st. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $105.00 target price on shares of Teradyne and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 24th. Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $102.00 price target (up previously from $88.00) on shares of Teradyne in a report on Thursday, July 17th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $114.44.

Insider Transactions at Teradyne

In other Teradyne news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 554 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $115.00, for a total value of $63,710.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 96,439 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,090,485. This trade represents a 0.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders sold 1,662 shares of company stock valued at $181,008 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Teradyne Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of NASDAQ:TER opened at $119.85 on Monday. Teradyne, Inc. has a 52-week low of $65.77 and a 52-week high of $144.16. The company has a market capitalization of $19.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.52 and a beta of 1.80. The company has a 50 day moving average of $108.33 and a two-hundred day moving average of $91.73.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.54 by $0.03. Teradyne had a net margin of 16.59% and a return on equity of 18.16%. The business had revenue of $651.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $649.02 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.86 earnings per share. The business’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, equities analysts anticipate that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current year.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

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

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.