Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) Price Target Raised to $175.00

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) had its target price upped by Evercore ISI from $120.00 to $175.00 in a report issued on Tuesday morning, MarketBeat.com reports. Evercore ISI currently has an outperform rating on the stock.

A number of other analysts also recently issued reports on TER. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $100.00 to $136.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Teradyne from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Northland Securities set a $161.00 price target on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Tuesday, October 7th. UBS Group lifted their target price on Teradyne from $130.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 20th. Finally, Susquehanna lifted their target price on Teradyne from $133.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Monday, September 22nd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $158.75.

Teradyne Stock Performance

Shares of Teradyne stock opened at $176.88 on Tuesday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $131.90 and its 200 day simple moving average is $103.49. Teradyne has a 52-week low of $65.77 and a 52-week high of $179.21. The firm has a market cap of $28.14 billion, a PE ratio of 64.32, a P/E/G ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.82.

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

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 5th were paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 5th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. Teradyne’s payout ratio is currently 16.61%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Teradyne

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $145.24, for a total transaction of $160,925.92. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 94,777 shares in the company, valued at $13,765,411.48. The trade was a 1.16% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 2,770 shares of company stock worth $353,380. 0.16% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Hemington Wealth Management boosted its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 43.2% during the 3rd quarter. Hemington Wealth Management now owns 262 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the period. Versant Capital Management Inc boosted its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 5.8% during the third quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 1,494 shares of the company’s stock worth $206,000 after acquiring an additional 82 shares during the period. LS Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 2.3% during the third quarter. LS Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,945 shares of the company’s stock worth $543,000 after acquiring an additional 89 shares during the period. CVA Family Office LLC boosted its stake in Teradyne by 28.9% in the 3rd quarter. CVA Family Office LLC now owns 424 shares of the company’s stock valued at $58,000 after purchasing an additional 95 shares during the period. Finally, Fulton Bank N.A. boosted its stake in Teradyne by 4.3% in the 2nd quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. now owns 2,722 shares of the company’s stock valued at $245,000 after purchasing an additional 113 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.