Teradyne, Inc. $TER Stake Reduced by Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Teacher Retirement System of Texas reduced its stake in shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 32.2% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 24,544 shares of the company’s stock after selling 11,668 shares during the quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas’ holdings in Teradyne were worth $2,207,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TER. DAVENPORT & Co LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 29.8% in the first quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 5,094 shares of the company’s stock valued at $421,000 after acquiring an additional 1,170 shares in the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 73.3% in the second quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 4,585 shares of the company’s stock valued at $412,000 after acquiring an additional 1,939 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 17.3% in the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 143,760 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,893,000 after acquiring an additional 21,219 shares in the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 116.7% in the second quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 6,598 shares of the company’s stock valued at $593,000 after acquiring an additional 3,553 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Asset Management One Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 3.0% in the second quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 70,657 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,353,000 after acquiring an additional 2,045 shares in the last quarter. 99.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Teradyne news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $145.24, for a total transaction of $160,925.92. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 94,777 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,765,411.48. This trade represents a 1.16% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. In the last three months, insiders sold 2,770 shares of company stock worth $353,380. Company insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. UBS Group raised their target price on Teradyne from $165.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Zacks Research raised Teradyne from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, Evercore ISI raised their target price on Teradyne from $120.00 to $175.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $164.06.

Teradyne Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:TER opened at $183.07 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $29.12 billion, a PE ratio of 66.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.82. Teradyne, Inc. has a 52 week low of $65.77 and a 52 week high of $185.91. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $134.55 and a 200 day simple moving average of $105.48.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The company reported $0.85 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $769.21 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $744.20 million. Teradyne had a net margin of 15.49% and a return on equity of 18.04%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.90 EPS. Teradyne has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.200-1.460 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 5th were given a dividend of $0.12 per share. 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 presently 17.45%.

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.