Cantor Fitzgerald Comments on Teradyne FY2025 Earnings

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Equities researchers at Cantor Fitzgerald issued their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Teradyne in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, January 21st. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst C. Muse anticipates that the company will post earnings of $4.00 per share for the year. The consensus estimate for Teradyne’s current full-year earnings is $3.17 per share.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The company reported $0.90 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.12. The company had revenue of $737.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $716.40 million. Teradyne had a return on equity of 18.56% and a net margin of 18.75%. The firm’s revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.80 EPS.

TER has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Northland Capmk upgraded shares of Teradyne from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. StockNews.com raised Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, October 27th. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on Teradyne from $140.00 to $133.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Craig Hallum reduced their price objective on Teradyne from $124.00 to $111.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Finally, Morgan Stanley downgraded shares of Teradyne from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $121.00 to $117.00 in a research report on Tuesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $147.77.

Teradyne Stock Performance

Teradyne stock opened at $132.30 on Wednesday. Teradyne has a 1 year low of $92.29 and a 1 year high of $163.21. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $122.33 and a 200 day moving average price of $126.72. The company has a market cap of $21.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.00, a PEG ratio of 2.30 and a beta of 1.46.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 25th were given a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, November 25th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.36%. Teradyne’s payout ratio is currently 15.24%.

Teradyne declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Monday, November 11th that allows the company to repurchase $100.00 million in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 0.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of Teradyne stock in a transaction on Friday, January 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $130.00, for a total value of $400,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 74,660 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,705,800. The trade was a 3.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Insiders own 0.18% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Teradyne

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Capital Performance Advisors LLP bought a new stake in shares of Teradyne in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Quarry LP increased its stake in Teradyne by 256.1% during the second quarter. Quarry LP now owns 235 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 169 shares during the last quarter. Coastline Trust Co bought a new position in shares of Teradyne in the 3rd quarter worth about $46,000. Brooklyn Investment Group acquired a new position in shares of Teradyne in the 3rd quarter valued at about $52,000. Finally, Eastern Bank bought a new stake in shares of Teradyne during the 3rd quarter valued at about $67,000. Institutional investors own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

About Teradyne

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.