Instruments For Meas & Testing of Electricity & Elec Signals · SIC 3825

TERADYNE, INC

TER

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Latest revenue

$1.28B

as of 2026-03-29

Latest net income

$398.9M

as of 2026-03-29

Net margin

31.1%

as of 2026-03-29

Price · 5Y

+22.6% / yr 8.9 pts / yr vs S&P 500 176.2% total
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delayed ≤15 min
$358.44
1.41%
Market cap
$56.11B
Enterprise value
$55.87B
P/E (trailing)
101.3×
Forward P/E
P/B
17.85×
Dividend yield
0.1%
52-wk high
$422.11
52-wk low
$77.02
Beta
Shares out
156.5M

5-year trend

What this company does

AI

Teradyne builds automated test equipment used by semiconductor makers to verify chips, alongside industrial automation and robotics products. The company earns most of its revenue from selling testing systems and related services, with product sales driving roughly 89% of the $1.28 billion booked in the latest quarter. Revenue nearly doubled year-over-year and net income quadrupled to $399 million, signaling a sharp upcycle in semiconductor test demand tied to AI compute and HBM memory.

Key risks

AI
  • Customer concentration risk: accounts receivable surged 41% to $1.11B in Q1 against $1.28B revenue, signaling heavy reliance on few large semiconductor customers.
  • Equity-method investment of $522M (likely Technoprobe) is exposed to mark-downs; quarterly earnings contribution fell to $4.6M from $5.6M year-over-year.
  • Cyclicality exposure: 87% revenue jump to $1.28B reflects AI/HBM test demand surge that historically reverses sharply in semiconductor capex downturns.

Profitability

Gross margin

58.2%

0.4%

Operating margin

20.4%

3.2%

Net margin

17.4%

9.7%

Return on equity

19.8%

7.7%

Return on assets

13.2%

9.4%

Leverage

Debt / equity

0.50×

6.0%

Debt / assets

33.2%

4.0%

Earnings tracker

QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYNet margin

Q1 2026

2026-03-29

$1.28B+87.0%$398.9M+303.4%31.1%

Q4 2025

2025-12-31

$1.08B+43.9%$257.2M+75.9%23.7%

Q3 2025

2025-09-28

$769.2M+4.3%$119.6M-17.9%15.5%

Q2 2025

2025-06-29

$651.8M-10.7%$78.4M-57.9%12.0%

Q1 2025

2025-03-30

$685.7M+14.3%$98.9M+54.1%14.4%

Q4 2024

2024-12-31

$752.9M$146.3M19.4%

Q3 2024

2024-09-29

$737.3M+4.8%$145.6M+13.7%19.8%

Q2 2024

2024-06-30

$729.9M+6.6%$186.3M+55.2%25.5%

Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.

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Insider activity

Insider buying

$0

Insider selling

$6.0M

Net activity

−$6.0M

Distinct insiders

5

Open-market trades over the last 365 days.

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-05-15

Gregory Stephen Smith

President and CEO

Sale8,597$338.98$2.9M
2026-05-15

Marilyn Matz

Director

Sale800$338.98$271.2K
2026-05-07

Ryan Driscoll

VP, General Counsel, Secretary

Sale680$377.60$256.8K
2026-04-08

Regan Mills

President, Product Test

Sale16$342.17$5.5K
2026-04-06

Mercedes Johnson

Director

Sale625$312.20$195.1K
2026-04-02

Regan Mills

President, Product Test

Sale252$290.88$73.3K
2026-03-05

Mercedes Johnson

Director

Sale625$299.20$187.0K
2026-02-25

Regan Mills

President, Product Test

Sale788$332.87$262.3K
2026-02-05

Mercedes Johnson

Director

Sale625$266.98$166.9K
2026-01-05

Mercedes Johnson

Director

Sale625$211.85$132.4K

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.

Who owns TER

Institutional value

$15.49B

Total shares held

54.9M

Distinct holders

786

As of

2026-03-31

Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.

Top institutional holders

#ManagerSharesValueQoQ changeAction
1VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC10.2M$3.02BNew
2VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC8.6M$2.55BNew
3Invesco Ltd.2.5M$747.3MNew
4Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc.1.7M$505.1MNew
5Assenagon Asset Management S.A.1.5M$431.4MNew
6FEDERATED HERMES, INC.1.4M$417.9MNew
7ARK Investment Management LLC1.2M$369.1MNew
8Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC1.1M$347.4MNew
9CITIGROUP INC1.1M$339.4MNew
10UBS Group AG1.1M$329.1MNew
11Legal & General Group Plc1.1M$324.4MNew
12Bank of New York Mellon Corp885.3K$262.5MNew
13VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO881.3K$261.3MNew
14DEUTSCHE BANK AG\851.6K$252.5MNew
15Pictet Asset Management Holding SA800.5K$237.2MNew
16BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS798.5K$236.7MNew
17DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP720.7K$213.5MNew
18Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc.555.6K$164.6MNew
19WT Asset Management Ltd553.2K$164.0MNew
20PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/550.6K$163.2MNew

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.

Top questions investors are asking

AI
  1. 1

    Revenue nearly doubled YoY to $1.28B but AR jumped $321M to $1.11B—what's driving the receivables build, and is any concentrated in one HBM/AI customer?

  2. 2

    With product revenue up 103% YoY, how much is sustainable AI/HBM test demand versus pull-ins, and what's your visibility into 2H 2026 bookings?

  3. 3

    Buybacks collapsed from $157M to $5M YoY despite record earnings—why hoard cash, and does this signal caution on the cycle peaking?