Vanguard Group Inc. Boosts Holdings in Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 2.1% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 21,417,717 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 444,940 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. owned about 0.14% of Teradyne worth $2,947,935,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TER. Fifth Third Bancorp increased its stake in Teradyne by 4.5% during the third quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 11,933 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,642,000 after acquiring an additional 509 shares during the last quarter. Smithfield Trust Co lifted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 29.6% in the 3rd quarter. Smithfield Trust Co now owns 1,750 shares of the company’s stock valued at $240,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares during the last quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D grew its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 55,496 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,638,000 after purchasing an additional 1,304 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Teradyne by 8.6% during the 3rd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 29,171 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,015,000 after purchasing an additional 2,310 shares during the last quarter. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Teradyne by 247.6% in the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 263,427 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,258,000 after buying an additional 187,636 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of Teradyne stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $201.31, for a total value of $223,051.48. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 93,409 shares in the company, valued at approximately $18,804,165.79. This trade represents a 1.17% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.16% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Teradyne Stock Performance

Shares of TER stock opened at $314.82 on Thursday. Teradyne, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $65.77 and a fifty-two week high of $327.99. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $236.11 and a 200 day moving average price of $175.93. The stock has a market capitalization of $49.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 90.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 1.83.

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

Teradyne Announces Dividend

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

TER has been the subject of several research analyst reports. iA Financial set a $175.00 target price on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Teradyne from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $325.00 price objective on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their target price on shares of Teradyne from $240.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Bank of America upped their price target on Teradyne from $250.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $256.24.

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.