After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. After-hours trades for Teradyne, Inc. (TER) shows that investor sentiment remained broken, with the stock’s consolidated last price falling by -$0.65, or -0.69%, to $104.09. The Teradyne, Inc. has recorded 35,941 volume in the after hours trading session. Recently, Yahoo Finance discussed the stock, revealing that Bridget A. van Kralingen Elected to Teradyne’s Board of Directors.
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Stocks Info
TER belongs to the Technology sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry. At the end of the last regular session, the stock closed at $104.81 and fluctuated between $106.11 as its day high and $103.61 as its day low. The current market capitalization of Teradyne, Inc. is $16.02B. A total of 1.18 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.65M shares.
Insider Activity
Investors also take into account insider trades in predicting how the stock will perform in the future. During the recent three months, TER has seen 0 BUY and 0 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 0 and the disposition of 0 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 38 BUYs and 48 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 249,078 shares during that period but sold 164,699.
In the most recent transaction, Robbins Brad sold 1,485 shares of TER for 104.18 per share on Dec 15. After the transaction, the President, LitePoint Corp. now owns 51,579 company shares. In a previous transaction on Oct 03, Burns Richard John sold 192 shares at 100.10 per share. TER shares that President, Semiconductor Test owns now total 16,733.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Robbins Brad disposed of 2,170 shares on Sep 28 at a per-share price of $100.00. This resulted in the President, LitePoint Corp. holding 51,579 shares of TER after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Mehta Sanjay sold 24,571 shares at $103.30 per share on Aug 14. Company shares held by the VP and Chief Financial Officer now total 38,154.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Teradyne, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.43, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.41%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 34.33. TER’s most recent ex-dividend date was 11/24/2023 when it declared a $0.11 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 12/20/2023. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 9/25/2023 with an ex-dividend date of 8/31/2023. The TER stock dividend was $0.11 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for TER in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $109.88 with high estimates of $140.00 and low estimates of $88.00. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, TER has a high of $119.20 and a low of $81.07.
As of this writing, TER has an earnings estimate of $0.72 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 16 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.79 per share and a lower estimate of $0.67. The company reported an EPS of $0.79 in the last quarter, which was 19.70% higher than expectations of $0.66.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. TER’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $1.37B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $184.58M in debt and $805.12M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $15.93, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $2.56B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for TER is Buy with a score of 3.93.
