Pictet Asset Management Holding SA Sells 982,667 Shares of Teradyne, Inc. $TER

Pictet Asset Management Holding SA lowered its stake in shares of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TERFree Report) by 55.1% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 800,549 shares of the company’s stock after selling 982,667 shares during the period. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA’s holdings in Teradyne were worth $237,207,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. UMB Bank n.a. lifted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 2,293 shares of the company’s stock worth $444,000 after buying an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Stephens Inc. AR raised its holdings in Teradyne by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Stephens Inc. AR now owns 3,332 shares of the company’s stock worth $645,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the period. Sapient Capital LLC lifted its position in Teradyne by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. Sapient Capital LLC now owns 2,849 shares of the company’s stock worth $560,000 after acquiring an additional 43 shares during the last quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC boosted its holdings in Teradyne by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC now owns 1,440 shares of the company’s stock valued at $279,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares during the period. Finally, IFP Advisors Inc boosted its holdings in Teradyne by 2.1% during the fourth quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 2,731 shares of the company’s stock valued at $529,000 after acquiring an additional 57 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

Teradyne Trading Down 7.4%

Shares of NASDAQ:TER opened at $436.86 on Friday. Teradyne, Inc. has a 1-year low of $88.60 and a 1-year high of $472.37. The firm has a market capitalization of $68.39 billion, a PE ratio of 80.90, a PEG ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 1.79. The business’s 50 day moving average is $382.07 and its 200-day moving average is $308.73.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TERGet Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The company reported $2.56 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.11 by $0.45. The business had revenue of $1.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.20 billion. Teradyne had a return on equity of 31.79% and a net margin of 22.55%.Teradyne’s revenue was up 87.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.75 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Teradyne, Inc. will post 7.2 EPS for the current year.

Teradyne Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 21st were issued a $0.13 dividend. This is a boost from Teradyne’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, May 21st. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.1%. Teradyne’s payout ratio is presently 9.63%.

Key Headlines Impacting Teradyne

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Analysts Set New Price Targets

TER has been the subject of several research analyst reports. UBS Group boosted their price objective on Teradyne from $325.00 to $440.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Zacks Research upgraded Teradyne from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on Teradyne from $325.00 to $390.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $300.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Evercore set a $370.00 target price on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Teradyne has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $363.87.

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Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 8,597 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $338.98, for a total transaction of $2,914,211.06. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 124,470 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $42,192,840.60. This trade represents a 6.46% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Shannon John Poulin sold 1,008 shares of Teradyne stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $345.37, for a total transaction of $348,132.96. Following the sale, the insider owned 15,066 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,203,344.42. This trade represents a 6.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 14,941 shares of company stock worth $5,444,112. 0.19% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Teradyne 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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