Ws Management Lllp Has Trimmed Its Teradyne (TER) Stake, Surmodics (SRDX) Has 0.98 Sentiment

May 29, 2017 - By Nellie Frank

Ws Management Lllp decreased Teradyne Inc (TER) stake by 13.57% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Ws Management Lllp sold 52,700 shares as Teradyne Inc (TER)’s stock rose 19.47%. The Ws Management Lllp holds 335,700 shares with $8.53M value, down from 388,400 last quarter. Teradyne Inc now has $7.13 billion valuation. The stock increased 0.74% or $0.26 on May 26, reaching $35.59. About 1.68 million shares traded. Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) has risen 88.99% since May 29, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 72.29% the S&P500.

Surmodics, Inc. is a provider of medical device and in vitro diagnostic technologies to the healthcare industry. The company has market cap of $326.92 million. The Firm operates through two divisions: Medical Device and In Vitro Diagnostics. It has a 33.62 P/E ratio. The Company’s Medical Device segment consists of surface modification coating technologies to improve access, deliverability and predictable deployment of medical devices; international cardiology and peripheral balloon design, development and manufacturing, as well as drug delivery coating technologies to provide site-specific drug delivery from the surface of a medical device.

The stock increased 3.25% or $0.75 on May 26, reaching $23.85. About 51,589 shares traded or 15.33% up from the average. SurModics, Inc. (SRDX) has risen 6.57% since May 29, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 10.13% the S&P500.

Analysts await SurModics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRDX) to report earnings on July, 27.

Since January 1, 0001, it had 0 insider purchases, and 6 sales for $316,010 activity.

Trigran Investments Inc. holds 4.77% of its portfolio in SurModics, Inc. for 702,287 shares. Murphy Pohlad Asset Management Llc owns 64,150 shares or 1.18% of their US portfolio. Moreover, Perkins Capital Management Inc has 1.02% invested in the company for 36,450 shares. The New York-based Teton Advisors Inc. has invested 0.71% in the stock. Menta Capital Llc, a California-based fund reported 89,148 shares.

Since December 9, 2016, it had 0 insider purchases, and 16 selling transactions for $20.57 million activity. On Friday, April 28 the insider Beecher Gregory R sold $2.84 million. Another trade for 12,000 shares valued at $433,320 was sold by Robbins Brad. $177,920 worth of stock was sold by Gray Charles Jeffrey on Friday, January 27. $267,962 worth of Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) was sold by Vahey Walter G.. The insider JOHNSON MERCEDES sold $280,577. CHRISTMAN DANIEL W sold $115,221 worth of stock. On Monday, February 6 JAGIELA MARK E sold $6.87 million worth of Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) or 240,291 shares.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.01 in Q4 2016. Its up 0.16, from 0.85 in 2016Q3. It increased, as 27 investors sold TER shares while 118 reduced holdings. 52 funds opened positions while 95 raised stakes. 183.51 million shares or 0.84% more from 181.97 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Royal Bank Of Canada reported 0% in Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER). Creative Planning has invested 0% in Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER). Capstone Asset Mgmt holds 0.01% or 15,083 shares. Hightower Advisors Lc accumulated 9,423 shares. 10.71M were accumulated by Ameriprise Finance Incorporated. The Montana-based Da Davidson & has invested 0% in Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER). Menta Cap Limited Com owns 219,012 shares. Shufro Rose And Ltd Llc reported 0.3% stake. Rhumbline Advisers has invested 0.02% in Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER). 54,019 were accumulated by Dekabank Deutsche Girozentrale. Neuberger Berman Grp Incorporated Ltd Company holds 61,025 shares. Mitsubishi Ufj Trust & has 0.04% invested in Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) for 770,587 shares. Panagora Asset owns 811,724 shares for 0.09% of their portfolio. Moreover, Cantab Capital Prtnrs Limited Liability Partnership has 0% invested in Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) for 54,786 shares. Kcg Inc owns 73,908 shares for 0.05% of their portfolio.

Among 14 analysts covering Teradyne (NYSE:TER), 7 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 7 Hold. Therefore 50% are positive. Teradyne had 24 analyst reports since August 25, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) has “Hold” rating given on Friday, July 29 by Craig Hallum. The rating was upgraded by Craig Hallum to “Hold” on Tuesday, August 25. Robert W. Baird initiated Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) rating on Tuesday, April 4. Robert W. Baird has “Outperform” rating and $37 target. The firm has “Neutral” rating by Credit Suisse given on Tuesday, August 25. The company was upgraded on Thursday, December 17 by Evercore. Pacific Crest maintained the shares of TER in report on Monday, September 21 with “Overweight” rating. Cowen & Co maintained the shares of TER in report on Tuesday, December 6 with “Outperform” rating. Sidoti maintained Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) on Wednesday, September 23 with “Buy” rating. The rating was downgraded by Pacific Crest on Thursday, October 29 to “Sector Weight”. The rating was maintained by Cowen & Co on Thursday, January 26 with “Outperform”.

Analysts await Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) to report earnings on July, 26. They expect $0.86 EPS, up 56.36% or $0.31 from last year’s $0.55 per share. TER’s profit will be $172.29M for 10.35 P/E if the $0.86 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.44 actual EPS reported by Teradyne, Inc. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 95.45% EPS growth.