Prospector Partners LLC Has $13.30 Million Stock Position in Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Prospector Partners LLC cut its stake in shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 3.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 96,631 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,900 shares during the period. Teradyne accounts for about 1.6% of Prospector Partners LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 25th biggest holding. Prospector Partners LLC owned 0.06% of Teradyne worth $13,300,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of TER. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Teradyne during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $152,854,000. Federated Hermes Inc. increased its holdings in Teradyne by 79.7% during the second quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 3,785,067 shares of the company’s stock worth $340,353,000 after buying an additional 1,679,215 shares during the last quarter. Amundi increased its holdings in Teradyne by 255.3% during the second quarter. Amundi now owns 1,812,001 shares of the company’s stock worth $170,654,000 after buying an additional 1,302,025 shares during the last quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA raised its position in Teradyne by 58.6% during the second quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA now owns 3,047,558 shares of the company’s stock worth $274,036,000 after acquiring an additional 1,125,868 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Rafferty Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in Teradyne by 65.4% in the second quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 2,166,039 shares of the company’s stock valued at $194,770,000 after acquiring an additional 856,540 shares during 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 on Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $201.31, for a total transaction of $223,051.48. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 93,409 shares in the company, valued at $18,804,165.79. This trade represents a 1.17% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.16% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Teradyne Stock Performance

TER opened at $314.82 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $236.11 and a 200-day moving average of $175.93. The company has a market capitalization of $49.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 90.47, a P/E/G ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 1.83. Teradyne, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $65.77 and a fifty-two week high of $327.99.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 2nd. The company reported $1.80 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.36 by $0.44. Teradyne had a net margin of 17.37% and a return on equity of 22.68%. The business had revenue of $1.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $970.44 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.95 earnings per share. Teradyne’s revenue for the quarter was up 43.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Teradyne has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.890-2.250 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 13th. Investors of record on Friday, February 13th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 13th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.2%. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio is currently 14.94%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $215.00 to $325.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $325.00 price target on Teradyne in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. UBS Group upped their price objective on Teradyne from $200.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 26th. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $270.00 target price on Teradyne in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $256.24.

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.