Research Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes for Teradyne (TER)

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Teradyne (NASDAQ: TER) in the last few weeks:

• 1/31/2025 – Teradyne had its price target lowered by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $158.00 to $145.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/31/2025 – Teradyne had its price target lowered by analysts at KeyCorp from $180.00 to $150.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/31/2025 – Teradyne had its price target lowered by analysts at Northland Securities from $154.00 to $140.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/31/2025 – Teradyne had its price target lowered by analysts at UBS Group AG from $160.00 to $155.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/30/2025 – Teradyne had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald. They now have a $160.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/22/2025 – Teradyne had its price target raised by analysts at Susquehanna from $145.00 to $165.00. They now have a “positive” rating on the stock.
• 1/21/2025 – Teradyne was downgraded by analysts at Morgan Stanley from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating. They now have a $117.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $121.00.
• 1/6/2025 – Teradyne was upgraded by analysts at Northland Capmk from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 1/6/2025 – Teradyne was upgraded by analysts at Northland Securities from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating. They now have a $154.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $117.00.
• 12/16/2024 – Teradyne was upgraded by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating. They now have a $158.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $145.00.

Teradyne Stock Down 4.1 %

Shares of TER opened at $111.09 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $18.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 1.46. Teradyne, Inc. has a twelve month low of $94.64 and a twelve month high of $163.21. The company has a 50 day moving average of $125.38 and a two-hundred day moving average of $124.61.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.04. Teradyne had a net margin of 19.23% and a return on equity of 19.08%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Teradyne, Inc. will post 4.02 EPS for the current year.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.43%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 14.41%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Teradyne news, CFO Sanjay Mehta sold 614 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $102.00, for a total transaction of $62,628.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 30,446 shares in the company, valued at $3,105,492. The trade was a 1.98 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $130.00, for a total transaction of $400,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 74,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,705,800. The trade was a 3.96 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 6,434 shares of company stock valued at $785,137 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Teradyne

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Whittier Trust Co. raised its holdings in Teradyne by 10.2% in the third quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 950 shares of the company’s stock valued at $127,000 after buying an additional 88 shares during the period. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. raised its holdings in Teradyne by 10.2% in the third quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 1,115 shares of the company’s stock valued at $149,000 after buying an additional 103 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its holdings in Teradyne by 1.7% in the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 6,403 shares of the company’s stock valued at $858,000 after buying an additional 104 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in Teradyne by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,445 shares of the company’s stock valued at $434,000 after buying an additional 105 shares during the period. Finally, TD Private Client Wealth LLC raised its holdings in Teradyne by 0.5% in the third quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 19,904 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,666,000 after buying an additional 108 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.