4,193 Shares in Teradyne, Inc. $TER Acquired by Aspen Wealth Strategies LLC

Aspen Wealth Strategies LLC acquired a new stake in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TERFree Report) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 4,193 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $577,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC increased its stake in shares of Teradyne by 12.8% in the first quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 4,136 shares of the company’s stock worth $342,000 after acquiring an additional 468 shares during the last quarter. Caxton Associates LLP purchased a new position in Teradyne in the first quarter valued at about $297,000. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. increased its position in Teradyne by 3.0% in the 2nd quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 70,657 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,353,000 after purchasing an additional 2,045 shares during the last quarter. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Teradyne during the 2nd quarter worth about $570,000. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 125.5% during the 2nd quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 17,007 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,529,000 after purchasing an additional 9,465 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

Teradyne News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Teradyne this week:

Analyst Ratings Changes

TER has been the subject of several recent research reports. Cantor Fitzgerald boosted their price target on Teradyne from $240.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. UBS Group lifted their target price on shares of Teradyne from $200.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 26th. Vertical Research downgraded shares of Teradyne from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $220.00 target price for the company. in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Evercore raised their price target on shares of Teradyne from $200.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $306.00 price objective on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $256.24.

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Teradyne Stock Performance

NASDAQ TER opened at $329.09 on Wednesday. Teradyne, Inc. has a twelve month low of $65.77 and a twelve month high of $332.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $51.52 billion, a PE ratio of 94.57, a P/E/G ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 1.83. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $246.19 and a 200 day simple moving average of $182.50.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TERGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $1.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.36 by $0.44. Teradyne had a return on equity of 22.68% and a net margin of 17.37%.The firm had revenue of $1.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $970.44 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.95 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 43.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 13th. Investors of record on Friday, February 13th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 13th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.1%. Teradyne’s payout ratio is 14.94%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Teradyne news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 93,409 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $18,804,165.79. This represents a 1.17% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.16% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Teradyne Company Profile

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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.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER)

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