Bayforest Capital Ltd Buys 346 Shares of Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Bayforest Capital Ltd grew its holdings in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) by 195.5% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 523 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 346 shares during the period. Bayforest Capital Ltd’s holdings in Teradyne were worth $47,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in TER. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 16.7% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,021 shares of the company’s stock valued at $332,000 after buying an additional 576 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 306.9% in the 1st quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 37,661 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,111,000 after purchasing an additional 28,406 shares during the last quarter. Sagespring Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 9.1% in the 1st quarter. Sagespring Wealth Partners LLC now owns 2,464 shares of the company’s stock valued at $204,000 after purchasing an additional 206 shares during the last quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue boosted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 2.7% in the 1st quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 19,078 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,575,000 after purchasing an additional 505 shares during the last quarter. Finally, ORG Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Teradyne in the 1st quarter valued at about $93,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

Teradyne Stock Performance

Shares of Teradyne stock opened at $138.16 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $124.66 and a 200-day moving average of $98.56. The stock has a market cap of $21.98 billion, a PE ratio of 47.81, a PEG ratio of 2.92 and a beta of 1.82. Teradyne, Inc. has a 52-week low of $65.77 and a 52-week high of $150.71.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.54 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $651.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $649.02 million. Teradyne had a net margin of 16.59% and a return on equity of 18.16%. Teradyne’s quarterly revenue was down 10.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.86 earnings per share. Teradyne has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.690-0.870 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently weighed in on TER. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $130.00 price objective (up previously from $120.00) on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $102.00 price objective (up from $88.00) on shares of Teradyne in a report on Thursday, July 17th. 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. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Teradyne in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on shares of Teradyne from $85.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, October 9th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $124.93.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of the company’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 completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 94,777 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,765,411.48. This represents a 1.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Insiders have sold a total of 3,324 shares of company stock worth $411,954 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

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.