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Teradyne, Inc.

Hot onWhy it's trendingX chatter spiked vs its recent normMoving on elevated volumeBacked by solid revenue growth
$TER·$63B·Semiconductors·Technology
$450.03+2.8%YTD+119.7%1Y+407.5%
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$TERTeradyne, Inc.
$450.03+2.77%735 posts+15%
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Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $TER, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Driven by hypeAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-06-22

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Semiconductor-test maker up 407% TTM — Nasdaq-100 inclusion June 22, Tokyo Electron chiplet partnership, and the C-suite printed $2.2M at $423.

Teradyne makes the automated test equipment (ATE) that semiconductor manufacturers use to validate every chip before shipment — increasingly positioned as a 2.5D/3D advanced-packaging test leader and a robotics-test player. The stock is up 120% YTD and 407% over 12 months, sitting at 99% of its 52-week range.

  • The operating story is best-in-class: Q1 revenue grew 87% YoY to $1.28B at a 37% operating margin, EPS came in at $2.55 vs a $2.11 consensus (+21% surprise) — three straight beats of +8% to +30%. FY26 consensus is $7.37 EPS putting the stock at ~59x forward.
  • The catalyst stack is dense: Nasdaq-100 inclusion effective June 22 (mechanical passive-fund buying for a $63B name), a co-developed Tokyo Electron integrated test solution for 2.5D/3D chiplet AI chips, a firm-fixed-price DoD contract, and the broader semicap + robotics theme positioning. Stage 2 Weinstein uptrend.
  • Insider distribution is the asterisk: director Marilyn Matz sold $508K and CEO Greg Smith sold $1.69M on June 16 at $423 — coordinated $2.2M cluster slightly below today's $437.92 price.

The July 29 Q2 print is the next gate. Revenue tracking the $4.52B FY26 consensus with operating margin holding above 27% and any concrete Tokyo Electron chiplet revenue contribution color keeps the AI-semicap thesis intact. A guide that walks back FY27 EPS on memory-test or auto-IC cycle weakness and the 99%-of-range setup tests support — but the 2.5D/3D advanced-packaging tailwind is structurally large.

Agrees with X sentimentAligned with the bullish X read on the Nasdaq-100 inclusion June 22 forced passive demand, the Tokyo Electron integrated test for 2.5D/3D chiplet AI chips, the firm-fixed-price DoD contract, the ATH closing, the 400%+ YoY run, and the Stage 2 Weinstein uptrend framing — all real and load-bearing. The semicap + robotics leader framework is correct.

What to watch: June 22 Nasdaq-100 inclusion effective. July 29 Q2 earnings: revenue tracking the $4.52B FY26 consensus, operating margin direction above 27%, and concrete Tokyo Electron chiplet contribution color. Continued insider distribution at $420+ extends the cautious read; any meaningful officer open-market buy would be the surprise.

On the calendar: 2026-07-29 — Q2 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment20 posts analyzed · as of 2026-06-21

Teradyne posts highlight Nasdaq 100 inclusion effective June 22 with forced passive-fund buying, a co-developed Tokyo Electron integrated test solution for 2.5D/3D chiplet AI chips, and a firm-fixed-price DoD contract. Posters cite all-time-high closings, a 400%+ year-over-year run, and a Stage 2 Weinstein uptrend, framing TER as a leader in the semicap + robotics theme.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Makes automated test equipment for semiconductor ICs and circuit boards, plus collaborative robots (Universal Robots).

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Semiconductors sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $TER.

Semiconductors · Technology

Hyperscaler AI capex remains the structural engine — Goldman Sachs' $1T+ AI infrastructure spend forecast for 2027 validates no capex retreat, keeping NVDA Blackwell allocation tight through 2H26. HBM3e pricing holds as LLM context-window expansion drives 5-8x per-server memory requirements vs. prior cycles, with Micron's June 24 earnings the week's key data point.

What this means for $TER

Direct beneficiary — Teradyne's automated test equipment for semiconductor ICs directly benefits from the surge in AI chip production volumes requiring wafer and final test capacity expansion.

Top industry ETF

$SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF
+78.9%YTD
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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
65.6How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
25.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
26.9%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
1.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
14.8Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
29.7%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
58.8%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Apr 28, 2026$2.56$2.11+21.3%
Q4 2025Feb 2, 2026$1.80$1.38+30.4%
Q3 2025Oct 28, 2025$0.85$0.79+7.6%
Q2 2025Jul 29, 2025$0.57$0.54+5.2%
Next earningsWed, Jul 29·consensus EPS $2.05

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$1.3B+87.0%60.9%36.9%$2.55$200.4M
Q4 FY25$1.1B+43.9%57.5%28.6%$1.64$218.7M
Q3 FY25$769.2M+4.3%58.4%18.9%$0.75$2.4M
Q2 FY25$651.8M-10.7%57.2%13.9%$0.49$131.7M

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 14 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$4.5B$4.4B – $4.7B$7.37$6.57 – $8.3512
FY27$5.5B$4.4B – $6.4B$9.96$7.60 – $12.1714
FY28$6.9B$6.8B – $7.0B$13.58$10.10 – $17.9810

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.4.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.99%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+17.6%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+72.8%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 156.2M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today11.5% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.795-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJun 15Marilyn MatzDirector1.2K sh$508KSellJun 15Smith Gregory StephenCEO4.0K sh$1.7MSellMay 22Poulin Shannon JohnPresident656 sh$233KSellMay 21Poulin Shannon JohnPresident1.0K sh$348KSellMay 21Marilyn MatzDirector400 sh$140KSellMay 15Smith Gregory StephenCEO8.6K sh$2.9MSellMay 15Marilyn MatzDirector800 sh$271KSellMay 7Ryan DriscollVP, General Counsel, Secretary680 sh$257KSellApr 8Regan MillsPresident16 sh$5KSellApr 6Mercedes JohnsonDirector625 sh$195K
1–10 of 15
+ 38 other (17 awards · 13 inkinds · 6 others · 2 exempts) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KShareholder voteMay 118-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

TER held its annual meeting of stockholders around 2026-05-11 (8-K Item 5.07). Stockholders elected 10 directors to the board. Independent auditor ratification was approved. Routine governance event — monitor for unusually high withhold votes as an activist signal.

+ 12 other (4 13Gs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys · 1 SD) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Stocks To Watch Echo AI Theme. GE Vernova Among Five Stocks Near Buy Points.investors.com·2d agoMissed Out on the AI Memory Rally? These 3 Stocks Are Just Getting Started.fool.com·3d agoThe Nasdaq-100 Is Getting 5 New Members. Here's the List.fool.com·3d agoTeradyne (TER) Moves 7.2% Higher: Will This Strength Last?zacks.com·3d agoTeradyne Stock Actionable Now After AI Play's Strong Gap-Up Breakoutinvestors.com·4d ago

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