My Personal CFO LLC Takes Position in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER)

My Personal CFO LLC acquired a new stake in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER – Get Rating) during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm acquired 721 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $63,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of TER. Householder Group Estate & Retirement Specialist LLC purchased a new stake in Teradyne during the third quarter worth about $37,000. CI Investments Inc. increased its stake in Teradyne by 52.1% during the 3rd quarter. CI Investments Inc. now owns 537 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,000 after buying an additional 184 shares during the period. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich lifted its holdings in Teradyne by 47.5% during the 3rd quarter. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich now owns 590 shares of the company’s stock worth $44,000 after buying an additional 190 shares in the last quarter. CVA Family Office LLC boosted its position in Teradyne by 114.2% in the 3rd quarter. CVA Family Office LLC now owns 619 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,000 after buying an additional 330 shares during the period. Finally, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. grew its stake in shares of Teradyne by 231.6% in the first quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 620 shares of the company’s stock worth $73,000 after acquiring an additional 433 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 97.05% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Teradyne

In related news, Director Mercedes Johnson sold 750 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, January 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.00, for a total transaction of $75,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 19,737 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,973,700. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. In other news, Director Mercedes Johnson sold 750 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.00, for a total transaction of $75,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 19,737 shares in the company, valued at $1,973,700. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Mark E. Jagiela sold 67,631 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $87.60, for a total transaction of $5,924,475.60. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 167,104 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $14,638,310.40. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 82,847 shares of company stock worth $7,452,053 over the last 90 days. 0.36% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

TER has been the topic of several analyst reports. Evercore ISI set a $110.00 price objective on Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday, November 23rd. Jefferies Financial Group started coverage on shares of Teradyne in a report on Thursday, January 12th. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $112.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, February 5th. TheStreet raised Teradyne from a “c+” rating to a “b-” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 24th. Finally, Northland Securities lifted their price target on Teradyne from $84.00 to $97.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Friday, January 27th. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $87.52.

Teradyne Stock Performance

Teradyne stock traded down $0.87 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $105.10. 2,428,126 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,520,958. The stock has a market cap of $16.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.75 and a beta of 1.55. Teradyne, Inc. has a 12-month low of $67.81 and a 12-month high of $127.29. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $102.57 and its 200 day simple moving average is $90.51.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 25th. The company reported $0.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.75 by $0.17. The firm had revenue of $731.84 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $711.84 million. Teradyne had a return on equity of 30.09% and a net margin of 22.68%. The business’s revenue was down 17.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.37 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Teradyne, Inc. will post 2.97 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 17th were issued a $0.11 dividend. This represents a $0.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.42%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 16th. Teradyne’s payout ratio is currently 10.43%.

About Teradyne

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Teradyne, Inc engages in the development and sale of automatic test systems. It operates through the following business segments: Semiconductor Test, System Test, Robotics, Wireless Test, and Corporate. The Semiconductor Test segment designs, manufactures, and markets semiconductor test products and services.