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TERADYNE, INCEvidence as of 2026-09-03Overview · TERADYNE, INC
Teradyne, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and supports automatic test equipment worldwide. The company operates through Semiconductor Test, System Test, Industrial Automation, and Wireless Test segments. The Semiconductor Test segment offers products and services for wafer level and device package testing in automotive, industrial, communications, consumer, smartphones, cloud computer and electronic game…
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Moneyta sentiment
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−0.0 on a −2 to +2 scale — was +0.0 before the debate changed the read.
What builds the score
Solid bars are analyst rubric scores; faded bars are computed directly from data. Claims dropped in debate count for nothing; weakened claims count at half weight.
Editor's note
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Evidence balance: Mixed ( -0.0 of a possible +2; was +0.0 before debate) · confidence high. The surviving financial claims show a material step-up in scale and profitability across three consecutive fiscal quarters. Reported revenues rose from $ 769,210,000 in the fiscal quarter ended 28 September 2025 to $ 1,282,494,000 in the fiscal quarter ended 29 March 2026 and to $ 1,328,990,000 in the fiscal quarter ended 28 June 2026, while gross profit increased from $ 449,306,000 to $ 780,949,000 and then $ 794,618,000 over the same sequence.
Operating income climbed from $ 145,303,000 in the fiscal quarter ended 28 September 2025 to $ 473,002,000 in the fiscal quarter ended 29 March 2026 and remained elevated at $ 437,810,000 in the fiscal quarter ended 28 June 2026; net income followed a similar path ($ 119,558,000 → $ 398,908,000 → $ 374,533,000). Diluted EPS rose from $ 0.75 to $ 2.53 and $ 2.38 while diluted share counts ticked down slightly; point-in-time common shares outstanding and a disclosed $ 157,475,000 of repurchases in the fiscal quarter ended 29 March 2026 support the repurchase activity claim.
How this note was made
every stage ran before the note was writtenAnalyst desk
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Reported revenues were $769,210,000 in the fiscal quarter ended 28 September 2025 and then rose to $1,282,494,000 in the fiscal quarter ended 29 March 2026 and to $1,328,990,000 in the fiscal quarter ended 28 June 2026.
XBRL companyfacts · 0001193125-25-258477Gross profit increased from $449,306,000 in the fiscal quarter ended 28 September 2025 to $780,949,000 in the fiscal quarter ended 29 March 2026 and to $794,618,000 in the fiscal quarter ended 28 June 2026.
XBRL companyfacts · 0001193125-26-201058Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
Which filings the desk reads
The desk reads the annual 10-K in full — its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet — its risk analysis fills in once that lands.
Two Form 4 filings for TERADYNE, INC were filed on 2026-08-18 with accession numbers the 4 filed 18 August 2026 and the 4 filed 18 August 2026.
4 filed 2026-08-18The parse_status for both Form 4 filings is recorded as "skipped" in the provided evidence.
4 filed 2026-08-18Reads the signal panel above — momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta — and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
Trailing-12month risk is elevated: 90-day annualized volatility is +94.3% and the 90-day volatility ranks in the 94th percentile of the 547-stock research universe.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-02The stock shows strong long-term momentum: the 12_1 momentum measure is +288.4% and ranks in the 98th percentile of the 547-stock research universe.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-02weakened in debateReads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
As of 2026-09-02, the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) held 0.12% of the fund in TER.
ETF constituents · market dataTwo Form 4 insider filings for TER were filed on 2026-08-18 (accessions the 4 filed 18 August 2026 and the 4 filed 18 August 2026).
Form 4 × 2 (90d window not enforced here)Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
An item published 2 September 2026 reports Teradyne introduced three new UltraFLEXplus instruments targeting AI and data‑center semiconductor testing, affirmed a US$0.13 quarterly dividend, and noted the CEO was scheduled for a Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference fireside chat.
News · simplywall.st · 2026-09-02Multiple press releases and a newswire item published 2 September 2026 announce that Teradyne's CEO is scheduled to participate in a fireside chat at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, at 4:45 PM ET.
News · finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-02Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5 — who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
Gregory Stephen Smith (President and CEO) reported a sale of 4,000 shares for $1.7M on 2026-08-17 under a 10b5-1 plan (stated on the filing).
Form 4 · Smith Gregory Stephen (President and CEO) · $1.7M sold · 2026-08-17weakened in debateMarilyn Matz (Director) reported a sale of 1,200 shares for $510k on 2026-08-17 under a 10b5-1 plan (stated on the filing).
Form 4 · MATZ MARILYN (Director) · $510k sold · 2026-08-17weakened in debateReads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
The model shows an implied free cash flow (FCF) growth rate of 0.8212 (82.12%) that today's price would justify under the stated discount and terminal assumptions.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closePrice-to-trailing-twelve-month FCF is 225.26 based on the provided price and FCF_ttm.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeDebate and risk review
A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.
A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score — the argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.
Several contemporaneous SEC-filed financial claims (fundamentals-0 through fundamentals-5 and valuation-5) jointly point to materially stronger operating performance and shareholder-return activity over the most recent quarters: revenues and gross profit roughly doubled from the September 2025 quarter to the March 2026 quarter and stayed elevated in June 2026, gross margins remained near 60%, operating income and net income expanded markedly, diluted EPS more than tripled versus the September 2025 quarter, and the company executed meaningful share repurchases while reporting cash on hand and no long-term debt. Market and news signals (market-1, news-0, news-3) provide corroborating context: the stock shows exceptionally strong long-term momentum and the company announced new AI/data-center test instruments and maintained a regular dividend, which together align with the revenue and product-cycle evidence. In response to the bear points about volatility, valuation, and insider selling: the high recent volatility and beta (market-0, market-3) are factual risk indicators but do not negate the SEC-reported jump in operating results; valuation multiples are elevated (valuation-0 through valuation-3) which the evidence shows, and that elevated pricing can coincide with strong operating leverage and product-driven revenue expansion; insider sales (insider-0 through insider-2) are documented and consistent with 10b5-1 disclosures while separate filings show active share-repurchase execution (fundamentals-5). Evidence strength: the core fundamental claims are high strength because they derive from recent SEC filings; market momentum and product-launch items are medium-strength corroboration from market signals and newswire items; valuation and volatility metrics are strong in the dataset and appropriately flagged as potential counterpoints.
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
balanced0.32
32 surviving claims rest on 16 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 19% of them, and 92% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The evidence set rests on a moderate breadth of sources but a relatively small number of analysts carry a meaningful share of the surviving claims; that raises sensitivity to a few contributors and to any single-source corrections. High survival through debate suggests internal consistency, but source concentration and analyst dependence mean individual source errors or new parsed filings could materially change confidence in specific claims.
Peer context · computed, not argued
12-1 momentum ranks 2nd of 11 in Semiconductor Equipment & Materials (as of 2026-09-02).
90-day volatility ranks 5th of 11 in Semiconductor Equipment & Materials (as of 2026-09-02).
dividend yield ranks 5th of 11 in Semiconductor Equipment & Materials (as of 2026-09-02).
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
Context
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12 filings· 2 cited
SEC XBRL filings
Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data — not retyped or estimated.
Read by Mercer+1.0 to the score
2 documents
SEC filing documents
The filings themselves, including the year-over-year comparison of Item 1A risk factors.
Read by Oakes+0.0 to the score
1 signal set
Moneyta signal set
Computed from our own end-of-day price history and ranked against the whole research universe. No AI involved.
Read by Nash−0.5 to the score
2 holdings records
Fund holdings
Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.
Read by Ellis+0.3 to the score
8 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.
Read by Yatesnothing survived
2 filings
Insider filings
Parsed Forms 3/4/5 from EDGAR: named insiders, share counts, prices, and 10b5-1 plan state — stated and inferred flags kept apart.
Read by Talbot−1.0 to the score
1 computation
Valuation inputs
TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.
Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
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