Teradyne (TER) Competitors

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) and Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate TER or VLTO?

Teradyne presently has a consensus price target of $122.17, indicating a potential downside of 13.32%. Veralto has a consensus price target of $95.18, indicating a potential downside of 3.45%. Given Veralto's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Veralto is more favorable than Teradyne.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Teradyne	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
Veralto	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TER or VLTO?

Teradyne received 48 more outperform votes than Veralto when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Veralto an outperform vote while only 45.38% of users gave Teradyne an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Teradyne	Outperform Votes 59 45.38%	Underperform Votes 71 54.62%
Veralto	Outperform Votes 11 61.11%	Underperform Votes 7 38.89%

Does the media prefer TER or VLTO?

In the previous week, Teradyne had 4 more articles in the media than Veralto. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Teradyne and 11 mentions for Veralto. Veralto's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Teradyne's score of 0.98 indicating that Veralto is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Teradyne	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Veralto	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TER or VLTO a better dividend stock?

Teradyne pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Veralto pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Teradyne pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has better earnings & valuation, TER or VLTO?

Veralto has higher revenue and earnings than Teradyne.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Teradyne	$2.68B	8.22	$448.75M	$2.63	53.59
Veralto	$5.02B	4.85	$839M	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TER or VLTO?

99.8% of Teradyne shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Veralto shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Teradyne shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Veralto shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TER or VLTO more profitable?

Teradyne has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Veralto's net margin of 0.00%. Veralto's return on equity of 33.82% beat Teradyne's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Teradyne	16.15%	18.88%	13.77%
Veralto	N/A	33.82%	11.42%

Summary

Veralto beats Teradyne on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.