4,304 Shares in Teradyne, Inc. $TER Acquired by J. Goldman & Co LP

J. Goldman & Co LP acquired a new stake in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm acquired 4,304 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,082,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Teradyne in the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Community Financial Services Group LLC purchased a new stake in Teradyne in the 2nd quarter worth about $29,000. McIlrath & Eck LLC purchased a new stake in Teradyne in the 1st quarter worth about $30,000. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC raised its stake in Teradyne by 1,320.0% in the 2nd quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC now owns 71 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares during the period. Finally, CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC bought a new stake in Teradyne in the 2nd quarter valued at about $35,000. 99.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Teradyne

Here are the key news stories impacting Teradyne this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Teradyne declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.13 per share, payable September 25 to shareholders of record as of September 4. Although the roughly 0.1% yield is modest, the payment reinforces management’s shareholder-return policy. Teradyne Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst commentary identified TER as an AI infrastructure play, while broader electronics-industry investment in infrastructure and expanded capacity could benefit Teradyne’s semiconductor and robotics testing businesses. 3 Electronics Stocks Set to Benefit From a Prospering Industry
• Positive Sentiment: Teradyne remains on analysts’ earnings radar, with annual profit estimates reportedly rising. The company’s latest quarterly results also showed substantial year-over-year revenue growth and an earnings beat, supporting the longer-term growth narrative. Teradyne, Lumentum Back On Analysts’ Earnings Radar
• Neutral Sentiment: Reported short interest was listed at zero shares, with zero days to cover. Because the figures show no short position and an “NaN” change, the data appears unreliable and offers no meaningful short-squeeze signal.
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Gregory Smith sold 4,000 shares for approximately $1.7 million. The transaction occurred under a pre-planned Rule 10b5-1 schedule, reducing its significance as a signal of deteriorating management confidence, but insider selling can still weigh modestly on sentiment. Teradyne CEO Gregory Smith Sells Shares

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of Teradyne from $387.00 to $397.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and set a $550.00 target price on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Teradyne from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $400.00 target price for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. UBS Group upped their price target on Teradyne from $440.00 to $500.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Finally, Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $420.00 target price on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $396.80.

Insider Buying and Selling at Teradyne

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 4,000 shares of Teradyne stock in a transaction on Monday, August 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $425.00, for a total transaction of $1,700,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 112,495 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $47,810,375. The trade was a 3.43% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 0.19% of the company’s stock.

Teradyne Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of NASDAQ TER opened at $366.43 on Wednesday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $384.25 and a 200-day moving average of $355.78. The firm has a market capitalization of $57.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.26, a PEG ratio of 0.74 and a beta of 1.78. Teradyne, Inc. has a 12 month low of $109.56 and a 12 month high of $487.91.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported $2.47 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.38. Teradyne had a net margin of 25.77% and a return on equity of 39.93%. The business had revenue of $1.33 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.22 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.57 earnings per share. Teradyne’s quarterly revenue was up 103.9% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts predict that Teradyne, Inc. will post 9.1 earnings per share for the current year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 4th will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 4th. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.1%. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 7.13%.

Teradyne Company Profile

Teradyne, Inc is a global supplier of automatic test equipment and related services principally used to test semiconductors, wireless products and complex electronic systems. Founded in 1960, the company is headquartered in North Reading, Massachusetts, and has a long history of developing capital equipment and software that help semiconductor manufacturers, electronics OEMs and contract manufacturers validate product performance and reliability during design and production.

The company’s product portfolio centers on automatic test equipment (ATE) and system-level test solutions that address chip- and board-level validation, burn-in and reliability screening.