Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) have received an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the eighteen brokerages that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have issued a hold recommendation, nine have assigned a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $121.2667.

Several analysts have recently commented on the company. Wall Street Zen upgraded Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, September 1st. Susquehanna raised their target price on Teradyne from $133.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on Teradyne from $85.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Teradyne from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st.

Teradyne Stock Up 0.4%

Teradyne stock opened at $145.19 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $120.84 and a two-hundred day moving average of $96.39. The firm has a market cap of $23.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 50.24, a P/E/G ratio of 3.04 and a beta of 1.82. Teradyne has a twelve month low of $65.77 and a twelve month high of $150.71.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.57 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $649.02 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.86 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Teradyne has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.690-0.870 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Teradyne will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Investors of record on Friday, September 5th were paid a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 5th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 16.61%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Teradyne

In other Teradyne news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 554 shares of Teradyne stock in a transaction dated 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 owned 95,885 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,118,905.15. This trade represents a 0.57% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 2,216 shares of company stock worth $251,028. Company insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Teradyne

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Teradyne by 2.5% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 20,922,231 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,728,176,000 after purchasing an additional 516,332 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of Teradyne by 3.0% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,920,100 shares of the company’s stock worth $442,413,000 after acquiring an additional 143,058 shares in the last quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. grew its stake in shares of Teradyne by 79.7% in the second quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 3,785,067 shares of the company’s stock worth $340,353,000 after acquiring an additional 1,679,215 shares in the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC grew its stake in shares of Teradyne by 26.4% in the second quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,118,297 shares of the company’s stock worth $286,634,000 after acquiring an additional 652,175 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Primecap Management Co. CA grew its stake in shares of Teradyne by 58.6% in the second quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA now owns 3,047,558 shares of the company’s stock worth $274,036,000 after acquiring an additional 1,125,868 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

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.