Teradyne, Inc. (TER) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.12 on December 17th

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 10th. Investors of record on Monday, November 24th will be given a dividend of 0.12 per share on Wednesday, December 17th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 24th.

Teradyne has raised its dividend by an average of 0.1%per year over the last three years and has increased its dividend annually for the last 1 consecutive years. Teradyne has a dividend payout ratio of 10.6% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities analysts expect Teradyne to earn $5.10 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.48 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 9.4%.

Teradyne Stock Performance

Teradyne stock opened at $177.23 on Wednesday. Teradyne has a fifty-two week low of $65.77 and a fifty-two week high of $191.56. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $142.18 and a 200 day moving average price of $110.07. The company has a market capitalization of $27.76 billion, a PE ratio of 64.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.90.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The company reported $0.85 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $769.21 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $744.20 million. Teradyne had a return on equity of 18.04% and a net margin of 15.49%.Teradyne’s revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.90 EPS. Teradyne has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.200-1.460 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Teradyne will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on TER shares. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Susquehanna restated a “positive” rating and set a $215.00 target price on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. UBS Group raised their target price on shares of Teradyne from $165.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Robert W. Baird set a $195.00 price target on shares of Teradyne in a report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, September 1st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $164.06.

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.