Facts You Need to Understand Teradyne Stock

By Ken Smith • Thursday, December 08 15:31 • Permanent Link

Teradyne logged a 3.7% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $94.73 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.8% and the Dow Industrial Average posted a 1.4% change. TER's trading volume is 708,076 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,782,896.

Teradyne trades -7.54% away from its average analyst target price of $102.46 per share. The 21 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $84 to $127, and on average have given Teradyne a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in TER, you'll want to know the following:

Teradyne's Graham number (a purchase price with a built-in margin of safety) is $38.02, which is 149.2% away from its current price
Teradyne has moved -41.6% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -15.7%
Based on its trailing earning per share of 4.44, Teradyne has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 21.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
TER has a forward P/E ratio of 23.9 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (Eps) is $3.96 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 96.87 -- a number near or below 1 signifying that Teradyne is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 6.5 compared to its sector average of 5.57
Teradyne, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and supports automatic test equipment worldwide.
Based in North Reading, the company has 6,500 full time employees and a market cap of $14,754,766,848. Teradyne currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.5%.

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