Choice Wealth Advisors LLC Takes $246,000 Position in Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Choice Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm bought 1,788 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $246,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of TER. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 3.0% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,920,100 shares of the company’s stock valued at $442,413,000 after buying an additional 143,058 shares during the period. Federated Hermes Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 79.7% during the second quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 3,785,067 shares of the company’s stock worth $340,353,000 after acquiring an additional 1,679,215 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its position in Teradyne by 11.4% in the 3rd quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,473,173 shares of the company’s stock valued at $490,134,000 after acquiring an additional 354,876 shares in the last quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA boosted its stake in Teradyne by 58.6% in the 2nd quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA now owns 3,047,558 shares of the company’s stock worth $274,036,000 after purchasing an additional 1,125,868 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in Teradyne by 2.5% in the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,859,466 shares of the company’s stock worth $257,123,000 after purchasing an additional 68,568 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of Teradyne stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The shares were 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $18,804,165.79. This trade represents a 1.17% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.16% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Teradyne Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ TER opened at $314.66 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $229.55 and a 200 day moving average price of $171.06. The stock has a market capitalization of $49.28 billion, a PE ratio of 90.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.83. Teradyne, Inc. has a 52 week low of $65.77 and a 52 week high of $327.99.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 2nd. The company reported $1.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.36 by $0.44. The company had revenue of $1.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $970.44 million. Teradyne had a return on equity of 22.68% and a net margin of 17.37%.The business’s revenue was up 43.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.95 EPS. Teradyne has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.890-2.250 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 EPS for the current year.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 13th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 13th will be given 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 dividend payout ratio is 13.79%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have issued reports on TER. Susquehanna reissued a “positive” rating and issued a $335.00 price target on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. Evercore lifted their target price on Teradyne from $200.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $270.00 target price on Teradyne in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Vertical Research downgraded Teradyne from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $220.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Bank of America lifted their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $250.00 to $260.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently 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.