Teradyne (TER)
NASDAQInformation TechnologySemiconductorsSnapshot 2026-10-30
$274.37-7.38%
Close 2026-10-30 · 1-day change
NASDAQInformation TechnologySemiconductorsSnapshot 2026-10-30
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Industries move in repeating boom-and-bust cycles. This shows where this stock’s industry sits in that cycle, stage by stage (recovery → expansion → supercycle → steady → deceleration → contraction), from its fundamentals (orders, revenue, capital spending), not the stock’s price.
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Semiconductor Materials & Equipment is in expansion. Describes the industry's cycle state, not a call on this stock.
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Primary pillar under pressure — Revenue grows to about $1.2 billion next quarter: Revenue: $1.31B.
View ThesisRevenue growth is accelerating — up about 75% over the past year.
View GrowthMiddle-of-the-pack quality for its industry.
View QualityManagement screens strong on capital allocation, earnings delivery, guidance credibility.
View ManagementExpectations look reasonable — what the market is pricing in sits in line with or below what analysts forecast.
View ValuationThis stock is highly volatile — it swings about 3% on a typical day and fell roughly 43% in its worst 12-month stretch.
View RiskTeradyne’s AI-related semiconductor testing growth is the core claim, supported by strong recent results. Revenue growth slowed to 70% year over year in Q3 from 104% in Q2, despite another earnings beat. The shares trade at 30× P/E versus a 38× peer median. The desk says the price reflects less growth than its forecast. The risk is fragile earnings quality, with reported profits not well backed by cash. Revenue of $1.31 billion also puts pressure on the thesis’s next-quarter growth pillar. Peer multiples imply a price roughly in line with where it trades (about fair); the thesis is on watch.
Trailing returns as of 2026-10-30. TER is total return (includes dividends); the S&P 500 benchmark is price return (the index excludes dividends).
Based on 18 analysts currently covering TER (as of Oct 2026).
Based on 5 Wall Street analysts offering 12-month price targets for TER in the last 4 months.
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Quarterly · checked companies · value or % of revenue
A consensus fair price across 11 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-10-30. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
A price-focused, side-by-side fair-value read versus Semiconductor Materials & Equipment — fair value, gap to price, and forward P/E.
Our valuation methods disagree too much on this name right now. Rather than print a number we don't believe, we're holding it back until they converge.
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Advances: Drive revenue growth through AI-related demand
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End-of-day figures as of 2026-10-30. EPS is implied from price ÷ P/E. Not investment advice.
Current $274.37
The last 12 months of price, then the range of analyst 12-month targets from today’s $274.37.
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A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Top 10% on quality vs scored peers
A second lens on the 12-month fair value: for companies that score high on measured quality (profitability, balance-sheet safety, earnings stability), this read trusts more of today's profit margins instead of averaging them toward their multi-year history the way the headline number does. Shown alongside the fair value above, not in place of it. A diagnostic, not a price target or a buy/sell signal.
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
Q4 revenue outlook and targeted compute ramp support AI-related growth, though the ramp remains prospective.
Advances: Drive revenue growth through AI-related demand
Earnings beat and strong AI-driven outlook support growth; share-price decline alone does not negate fundamentals.
Advances: Increase revenue
Revenue and profit growth from semiconductor test demand supports the revenue objective.
Advances: Increase revenue
Earnings and revenue beats support revenue growth, but do not establish AI-specific demand.
Acquisition enhances growth potential through strategic partnership.
Advances: Drive revenue growth through AI-related demand
Launch supports AI-related revenue growth objective.
Partnership aligns with AI-related revenue growth objective.
Advances: Drive revenue growth through AI-related demand
New product directly supports AI-related demand growth.