The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Teradyne, Inc shares valued at $400,400 were sold by Smith Gregory Stephen on Jan 03 ’25. At $130.00 per share, Smith Gregory Stephen sold 3,080 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 74,660 shares worth approximately $10.06 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, JOHNSON MERCEDES sold 625 shares, netting a total of over 79,225 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $126.76 each, the insider now holds 14,018 shares.
Before that, Smith Gregory Stephen had added 3,080 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $400,400, the Officer bought Teradyne, Inc shares for $130.00 each.
As published in a research note from Morgan Stanley on January 21, 2025, Teradyne, Inc [TER] has been rated down from an Equal-weight to an Underweight and the price target has been revised to $117 from $121. Analysts at Northland Capital upgraded the stock from ‘”a Market perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early January. As of December 16, 2024, JP Morgan has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “an Overweight” for TER. Earlier on August 16, 2024, Cantor Fitzgerald upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Overweight” for TER stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing TER Stock Performance
During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.46%. Over the course of the year, Teradyne, Inc shares have jumped approximately 7.05%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $144.16 on 01/07/25 and a 52-week low of $125.73 on 01/02/25. A 50-day SMA is recorded $121.03, while a 200-day SMA reached $127.58. Nevertheless, trading volume fell to 2.26 million shares from 4.08 million shares the previous day.
Support And Resistance Levels for Teradyne, Inc (TER)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 132.71, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 130.63. In the upper region, resistance lies at 136.56. The next price resistance is at 138.33. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 57.66 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment. Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is at 0.98, which suggests the price will decrease in the coming days. Percent R is at 49.50%, indicating low price movement. Stochastics %K at holding indicates that the stock is to be held.
