2.81% volatility in Teradyne, Inc (TER) last month: This is a red flag warning

A new trading day began on Friday, with Teradyne, Inc (NASDAQ: TER) stock price up 0.26% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $106.21. TER’s price has ranged from $81.07 to $163.21 over the past 52 weeks.

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A company in the Technology sector has jumped its sales by 6.75% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 8.35%. With a float of $160.35 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $163.18 million.

In an organization with 6500 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 57.63%, operating margin of 18.91%, and the pretax margin is 21.61%.

Teradyne, Inc (TER) Insider Updates

As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Industry. The insider ownership of Teradyne, Inc is 1.73%, while institutional ownership is 98.81%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 01 ’24, was worth 104,779. In this transaction President, Semiconductor Test of this company sold 789 shares at a rate of $132.80, taking the stock ownership to the 21,864 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 02 ’24, when Company’s President, Semiconductor Test sold 191 for $129.68, making the entire transaction worth $24,769. This insider now owns 21,315 shares in total.

Teradyne, Inc (TER) Performance Highlights and Predictions

In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 0.79 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.63 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 8.35% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 17.50% during the next five years compared to 3.09% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Teradyne, Inc (NASDAQ: TER) Trading Performance Indicators

Here are Teradyne, Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.85. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 6.37. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 38.43.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.14, a number that is poised to hit 0.91 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.23 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Teradyne, Inc (TER)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 2.71 million. That was better than the volume of 2.04 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 2.71%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.06.

During the past 100 days, Teradyne, Inc’s (TER) raw stochastic average was set at 1.66%, which indicates a significant decrease from 3.22% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 50.74% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 54.23% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $126.97, while its 200-day Moving Average is $123.46. However, in the short run, Teradyne, Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $107.52. Second resistance stands at $108.54. The third major resistance level sits at $109.25. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $105.79, it is likely to go to the next support level at $105.08. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $104.06.

Teradyne, Inc (NASDAQ: TER) Key Stats

With a market capitalization of 17.42 billion, the company has a total of 163,176K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 2,676 M while annual income is 448,750 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 737,300 K while its latest quarter income was 145,650 K.