Semiconductor testing company Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q4 CY2025, with sales up 43.9% year on year to $1.08 billion. On top of that, next quarter’s revenue guidance ($1.2 billion at the midpoint) was surprisingly good and 25.8% above what analysts were expecting. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.80 per share was 30.1% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
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"You get what you pay for" often applies to expensive stocks with best-in-class business models and execution.
While their quality can sometimes justify the premium, they typically experience elevated volatility during market downturns when expectations change.
In a landmark demonstration of "Embodied AI," researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have unveiled a system that allows users to design and manufacture physical furniture using nothing but natural language. The project, titled "Speech to Reality," marks a departure from generative AI’s traditional digital-only outputs, moving the technology into the [...]
Date: January 23, 2026 Introduction Teradyne, Inc. (Nasdaq: TER) has long stood as a titan of the semiconductor testing world, serving as the invisible gatekeeper that ensures the functionality of the world’s most complex processors. However, the company is currently navigating a period of intense scrutiny. Following its latest earnings call, the market has reacted [...]
Today is January 22, 2026. As the global technology landscape recalibrates around the "AI First" paradigm, few companies have undergone a more profound transformation than Teradyne, Inc. (Nasdaq: TER). Once viewed primarily as a cyclical provider of automated test equipment (ATE) for the smartphone and automotive sectors, Teradyne has emerged in early 2026 as an [...]
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how semiconductor manufacturing stocks fared in Q3, starting with Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT).
Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q3 behind us, let’s have a look at Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) and its peers.
Quarterly earnings results are a good time to check in on a company’s progress, especially compared to its peers in the same sector. Today we are looking at Kulicke and Soffa (NASDAQ:KLIC) and the best and worst performers in the semiconductor manufacturing industry.
Large-cap stocks have the power to shape entire industries thanks to their size and widespread influence.
With such vast footprints, however, finding new areas for growth is much harder than for smaller, more agile players.
As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results from Q3. Today, we are looking at semiconductor manufacturing stocks, starting with Semtech (NASDAQ:SMTC).
Each stock in this article is trading near its 52-week high.
These elevated prices usually indicate some degree of investor confidence, business improvements, or favorable market conditions.
