Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) Shares Purchased by Nebula Research & Development LLC

Nebula Research & Development LLC raised its holdings in Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER - Free Report) by 521.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 18,962 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 15,913 shares during the quarter. Nebula Research & Development LLC's holdings in Teradyne were worth $2,388,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of TER. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Teradyne in the fourth quarter valued at $270,989,000. Van ECK Associates Corp raised its holdings in Teradyne by 59.9% during the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 4,928,143 shares of the company's stock worth $620,552,000 after purchasing an additional 1,846,079 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in Teradyne in the fourth quarter valued at about $160,087,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its holdings in Teradyne by 1,767.0% in the 4th quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 923,068 shares of the company's stock valued at $116,233,000 after purchasing an additional 873,626 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Pictet Asset Management Holding SA increased its position in Teradyne by 38.7% during the 4th quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 1,873,936 shares of the company's stock worth $235,966,000 after purchasing an additional 523,296 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

TER has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Northland Securities reduced their price target on Teradyne from $154.00 to $140.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 31st. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on Teradyne from $81.00 to $69.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 16th. Susquehanna reduced their price target on Teradyne from $165.00 to $155.00 and set a "positive" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on Teradyne from $125.00 to $110.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Finally, Northland Capmk raised Teradyne from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating, eleven have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Teradyne currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $118.94.

Teradyne Stock Down 0.4 %

TER stock traded down $0.29 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $76.83. The company had a trading volume of 4,835,635 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,554,679. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.07, a P/E/G ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.65. Teradyne, Inc. has a one year low of $65.77 and a one year high of $163.21. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $88.28 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $108.77.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, April 28th. The company reported $0.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.14. Teradyne had a return on equity of 19.08% and a net margin of 19.23%. On average, research analysts forecast that Teradyne, Inc. will post 3.88 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Richard John Burns sold 445 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $111.49, for a total transaction of $49,613.05. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 25,191 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,808,544.59. This trade represents a 1.74 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Sanjay Mehta sold 1,789 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $120.51, for a total value of $215,592.39. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 33,308 shares in the company, valued at $4,013,947.08. This trade represents a 5.10 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 5,399 shares of company stock valued at $612,734. Company 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.