Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio Has $4.83 Million Position in Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio boosted its stake in shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 3.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 53,670 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,805 shares during the quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio’s holdings in Teradyne were worth $4,826,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. DAVENPORT & Co LLC raised its stake in Teradyne by 29.8% during the first quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 5,094 shares of the company’s stock worth $421,000 after acquiring an additional 1,170 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its stake in Teradyne by 17.3% during the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 143,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,893,000 after acquiring an additional 21,219 shares in the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC raised its stake in Teradyne by 56.0% during the first quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 3,045 shares of the company’s stock worth $252,000 after acquiring an additional 1,093 shares in the last quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. raised its stake in Teradyne by 6.4% during the first quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 4,328 shares of the company’s stock worth $357,000 after acquiring an additional 261 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Advisors Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Teradyne by 36.2% in the first quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 9,395 shares of the company’s stock valued at $776,000 after buying an additional 2,498 shares in the last quarter. 99.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “sell” rating and issued a $85.00 target price on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Morgan Stanley upgraded Teradyne from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and raised their target price for the company from $74.00 to $100.00 in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Susquehanna raised their target price on Teradyne from $133.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald set a $105.00 target price on 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 assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Teradyne currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $118.63.

Insider Activity at Teradyne

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 554 shares of Teradyne stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $126.39, for a total transaction of $70,020.06. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 95,885 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,118,905.15. The trade was a 0.57% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 2,216 shares of company stock worth $251,028. Insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Teradyne Trading Down 0.7%

Shares of TER opened at $134.33 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $21.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 46.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.85 and a beta of 1.80. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $113.21 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $93.45. Teradyne, Inc. has a 1 year low of $65.77 and a 1 year high of $144.16.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.57 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 analyst estimates of $649.02 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.86 earnings per share. Teradyne’s 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. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 EPS for the current year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 5th were paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 5th. Teradyne’s payout ratio 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.