Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) has been given an average rating of “Moderate Buy” by the seventeen brokerages that are covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $256.2353.

Several brokerages recently commented on TER. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Northland Securities restated a “market perform” rating and set a $270.00 price target on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $270.00 price target on shares of Teradyne in a report on Monday, February 2nd. iA Financial set a $175.00 price objective on Teradyne in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, UBS Group boosted their target price on Teradyne from $200.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 26th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Teradyne news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of Teradyne stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $201.31, for a total transaction of $223,051.48. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 93,409 shares in the company, valued at $18,804,165.79. The trade was a 1.17% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.16% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Teradyne

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in TER. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 2.1% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,417,717 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,947,935,000 after buying an additional 444,940 shares during the period. State Street Corp grew its position in Teradyne by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,017,649 shares of the company’s stock worth $965,909,000 after acquiring an additional 24,154 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in Teradyne by 6.8% in the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 5,256,857 shares of the company’s stock worth $723,600,000 after purchasing an additional 336,757 shares during the period. Federated Hermes Inc. lifted its position in Teradyne by 79.7% in the second quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 3,785,067 shares of the company’s stock valued at $340,353,000 after purchasing an additional 1,679,215 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 11.4% during the third quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,473,173 shares of the company’s stock valued at $490,134,000 after purchasing an additional 354,876 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Teradyne Price Performance

Teradyne stock opened at $321.45 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $50.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 92.37, a PEG ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 1.83. Teradyne has a one year low of $65.77 and a one year high of $325.29. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $225.03 and a 200-day moving average price of $168.52.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 2nd. The company reported $1.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.36 by $0.44. Teradyne had a return on equity of 22.68% and a net margin of 17.37%.The business had revenue of $1.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $970.44 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.95 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 43.9% on a year-over-year basis. Teradyne has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.890-2.250 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Teradyne will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 13th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.1%. Teradyne’s payout ratio is presently 14.94%.

About Teradyne

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.