2,300 Shares in Teradyne, Inc. $TER Bought by AGF Management Ltd.

AGF Management Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 2,300 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $207,000.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Teradyne by 2.5% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 20,922,231 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,728,176,000 after buying an additional 516,332 shares in the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its stake in Teradyne by 26.4% during the 2nd quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,118,297 shares of the company’s stock worth $286,634,000 after purchasing an additional 652,175 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its position in shares of Teradyne by 16.1% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,790,898 shares of the company’s stock valued at $230,528,000 after buying an additional 387,705 shares during the last quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 16.7% in the first quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC now owns 2,243,590 shares of the company’s stock worth $185,321,000 after buying an additional 320,580 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Federated Hermes Inc. boosted its position in Teradyne by 188.8% during the first quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 2,105,852 shares of the company’s stock worth $173,943,000 after acquiring an additional 1,376,631 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $145.24, for a total transaction of $160,925.92. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 94,777 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $13,765,411.48. This represents a 1.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders have sold a total of 2,216 shares of company stock worth $294,656 over the last 90 days. 0.16% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have commented on TER shares. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Teradyne from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Northland Securities set a $186.00 price target on Teradyne in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Evercore ISI boosted their price objective on Teradyne from $120.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Wall Street Zen raised Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, September 1st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $130.00 to $148.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $164.06.

Teradyne Stock Down 3.7%

Shares of NASDAQ TER opened at $177.23 on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $142.18 and its two-hundred day moving average is $110.07. Teradyne, Inc. has a 52-week low of $65.77 and a 52-week high of $191.56. The firm has a market cap of $27.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 64.45, a PEG ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.90.

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

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 24th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio is 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.