United Services Automobile Association Makes New Investment in Teradyne, Inc. $TER

United Services Automobile Association bought a new position in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 3,812 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $316,000.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Teradyne by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,748 shares of the company’s stock worth $472,000 after buying an additional 103 shares during the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Teradyne by 1.0% in the first quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 12,528 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,035,000 after buying an additional 124 shares during the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Teradyne by 44.7% in the first quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 453 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,000 after buying an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB raised its holdings in Teradyne by 22.2% in the first quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 820 shares of the company’s stock worth $68,000 after buying an additional 149 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Heritage Family Offices LLP raised its holdings in Teradyne by 6.7% in the first quarter. Heritage Family Offices LLP now owns 2,568 shares of the company’s stock worth $212,000 after buying an additional 161 shares during the last quarter. 99.77% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Teradyne Stock Down 2.9%

Shares of TER stock opened at $112.24 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $106.14 and a 200-day moving average price of $91.71. Teradyne, Inc. has a 52 week low of $65.77 and a 52 week high of $144.16. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.85 billion, a PE ratio of 38.84, a P/E/G ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 1.80.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $651.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $649.02 million. Teradyne had a net margin of 16.59% and a return on equity of 18.16%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.86 earnings per share. Teradyne has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.690-0.870 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current year.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 29th. Investors of record on Friday, September 5th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 5th. Teradyne’s payout ratio is 16.61%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have issued reports on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “sell” rating and issued a $85.00 target price on shares of Teradyne in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $130.00 target price (up from $120.00) on shares of Teradyne in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Teradyne from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $102.00 price target (up from $88.00) on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, September 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $114.44.

Insider Transactions at Teradyne

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 554 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $106.00, for a total transaction of $58,724.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 96,993 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,281,258. The trade was a 0.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Teradyne Company Profile

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.