Teradyne, Inc. $TER Shares Sold by Inspire Investing LLC

Inspire Investing LLC cut its stake in shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 8.7% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 19,634 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,862 shares during the quarter. Inspire Investing LLC’s holdings in Teradyne were worth $1,622,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Strs Ohio acquired a new stake in shares of Teradyne during the first quarter worth $795,000. Acadian Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Teradyne during the first quarter worth $2,398,000. Focus Partners Wealth lifted its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 12.0% during the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 44,766 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,698,000 after purchasing an additional 4,780 shares during the period. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 5.0% during the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 1,337,312 shares of the company’s stock worth $110,462,000 after purchasing an additional 63,670 shares during the period. Finally, Woodline Partners LP lifted its holdings in Teradyne by 27,928.3% in the first quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 609,896 shares of the company’s stock valued at $50,377,000 after acquiring an additional 607,720 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the company. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $130.00 target price (up previously from $120.00) on shares of Teradyne in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $105.00 target price on Teradyne and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 24th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Teradyne from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $102.00 target price (up previously from $88.00) on shares of Teradyne in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, September 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $114.44.

Insider Buying and Selling at Teradyne

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 554 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $106.00, for a total value of $58,724.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 96,993 shares in the company, valued at $10,281,258. This trade represents a 0.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 0.16% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Teradyne Stock Down 2.9%

Shares of TER stock opened at $112.24 on Friday. Teradyne, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $65.77 and a fifty-two week high of $144.16. The stock has a market cap of $17.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.84, a P/E/G ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 1.80. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $106.14 and a 200-day simple moving average of $91.71.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 business had revenue of $651.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $649.02 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.86 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 10.7% on a year-over-year basis. Teradyne has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.690-0.870 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current year.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 5th will be given a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 5th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.