Teradyne (TER)
Information Technology · automated test equipment / industrial automation · NASDAQ
Teradyne provides essential automated test equipment for the semiconductor industry and cutting-edge industrial automation solutions like collaborative robots.
What Teradyne does
Teradyne is a leading supplier of automated test solutions and industrial automation products. The company designs and manufactures equipment used to test semiconductors, wireless products, data storage, and complex electronic systems, alongside providing collaborative robots and autonomous mobile robots for manufacturing and logistics.
Themes: semiconductor manufacturing equipment, industrial automation / robotics, AI hardware testing, test and measurement solutions
Fundamentals
- Price$398.72 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$62.3B as of 2026-07-27 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+175.7% 2025-10-08 close $144.60 → 2026-10-08 close $398.72
- P/E54.70 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+17.4% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+58.2% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+19.8% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue growth (YoY)+57.9% as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+0.4% SEC XBRL
- Beta2.11 as of 2026-09-02
- Last reported earnings2026-07-29 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +0.1%; at least 9 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How TER compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 253 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit margintop 25% 380 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-02
- operating margintop 25% 375 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-02
- gross marginmiddle range 311 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-02
- return on equitytop 25% 370 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-02
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 385 covered Information Technology peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 25% 108 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-02
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 382 covered Information Technology peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Information Technology companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
TER is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
65.2 #100 of 1,379 scored · #20 of 203 in Information Technology
Trend 81st (over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 160.8 percentage points) and financial health 78th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 14.1%); weakest is valuation (22nd, price to book 18.1, price to earnings 54.7).
Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, TER's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 14%, free-cash-flow payout 17%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout14% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout17% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Teradyne looks technically
Teradyne (TER) is trading 18.4% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 275 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 19, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 51, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day high about 5 trading days ago. It is 18.3% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 18.4% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +18.4% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $382.14 | $382.14 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $336.78 | $336.78 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 23 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 23 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part downward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes below 326.37. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible three-wave downward correction, complete (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 275 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 275 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 19, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 19.4 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 51, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 51.4 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($370.45 to $451.86) — its "stochastic" reading is 35 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 34.7 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 15 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $487.91 | $487.91 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 18.3% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -18.3% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 202.6% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +202.6% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 18.3% below its highest point of the past year | 18.3% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 5 trading days ago | 5 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 5 trading days ago | 5 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $487.91 (set on 2026-06-30) | $487.91 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($132.08 to $483.84), and it has given back roughly a quarter of its rise from last year’s low — 24% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $255.20 to $266.45. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 24.2% |
| From the all-time high | it is 18.3% below its all-time high | -18.3% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 4.0% above a support level at $382.62 — a price it turned at three times since 2026-05-06, most recently on 2026-09-11. Since 2024-10-08 it has 13 such levels below the current price and 1 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -4.0% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $2.80 (set on 2008-11-21) | $2.80 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 14140.0% above its all-time low | +14,140% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are wider than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (wider than about 72% of it) | 72nd percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $20.60 between its high and its low — about 5.2% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $20.60 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $325.99 and $455.85 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $325.99 – $390.92 – $455.85 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 5.2% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 5.2% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 3.0 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (18.4% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 3.0 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.38× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating has softened toward "sell" since the prior reading | 0.06 toward sell |
Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 1.8% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | -1.8% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 3.5% below the previous close 1 session ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 430.32 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | -3.5% |
| Gap filled | a 3.6% gap up opened on 2026-10-02 has been "filled" 1 session ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 3 sessions to close | 1 session ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 4 sessions in a row, a -11.21% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 4 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 6.1 percentage points (the stock gained 7.2% while the market gained 1.0%) | +6.1% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 9.6 percentage points (the stock gained 13.4% while the market gained 3.8%) | +9.6% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 9.0 percentage points (the stock gained 26.4% while the market gained 17.5%) | +8.9% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 160.8 percentage points (the stock gained 175.7% while the market gained 15.0%) | +160.8% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 0 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 0 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 1.6% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is moderate, spanning 6.9% of the share price. | +1.6% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 15% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $346.56 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +15.1% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 6% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-29 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $376.95 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 51 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +5.8% |
Falling wedge, bullish — broke out · entry $357.68 · 42 sessions in
Price levels it has turned at before
TER last closed at $398.72 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 13 prices below its last close and 1 above; the 3 nearest below and the nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $382.62 | Support | 4.0% below the last close | turned there three times · 2026-05-06 to 2026-09-11 |
| $421.36 | Resistance | 5.7% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-04-24 to 2026-06-03 |
| $327.21 | Support | 17.9% below the last close | turned there five times · 2026-02-12 to 2026-09-15 |
| $299.89 | Support | 24.8% below the last close | turned there three times · 2026-04-29 to 2026-07-28 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part downward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $326.37.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones. It was chosen from 3 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
This reading has stood for 15 trading days, since 2026-09-18.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · beating the market · Trading above the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.71 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 15 analysts
- Mean price target$446.47 range $350.00 – $550.00; median $450.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-06. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for TER
- Consensus EPS estimate$2.05 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-06
- Estimate change, 30 days$0.00 (0.0%) from $2.05, on 2026-09-01, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward0% of 8 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Dependence on a limited number of suppliers for certain components, including sole-source providers.","Susceptibility to order cancellations and delivery schedule delays, making backlog metrics potentially unreliable.","Risks related to the effective protection of intellectual property across diverse international jurisdictions."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of TER's 10-Q filed 2026-05-01 against the prior one filed 2025-10-30.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing references Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2025 (vs. December 31, 2024 in older)
- Newer filing adds specific Q1 2026 results: Semiconductor Test segment delivered record results with revenue exceeding $1.0 billion for first time
- Newer filing states Robotics segment achieved fourth consecutive quarter of sequential revenue growth
- Newer filing notes Product Test Group revenue increased year over year in Q1 2026
- Newer filing discloses formation of joint venture MultiLane Test Products (MLTP) on April 8, 2026, with 75% ownership interest for $157.8 million
- Newer filing discloses acquisition of TestInsight Ltd. on April 16, 2026 for $29.0 million
- Newer filing states $25.9 million returned to shareholders in first three months of 2026 ($5.5 million buybacks, $20.4 million dividends)
- Newer filing states $166.7 million paid in April 2026 toward MLTP formation and TestInsight acquisition
- Newer filing adds discussion of IEEPA tariffs since 2025 inception and CBP refund claims beginning April 20, 2026
- Newer filing states compliance costs for three months ended March 29, 2026 were not material
- Removed:
- Older filing discussion of Product Test segment creation in Q1 2025 removed from newer filing
- Older filing references to Defense/Aerospace, Production Board Test, and Wireless Test as separate line items removed from newer filing (consolidated as Product Test systems)
- Older filing reference to Q3 2025 performance with AI and data center demand removed
- Older filing discussion of Robotics revenue flat in Q3 2025 and expense management focus removed
- Older filing acquisition of Quantifi Photonics on May 31, 2025 for $127.2 million removed from newer filing
- Older filing acquisition of Infineon's AET on January 31, 2025 for €17.6 million ($18.3 million) removed from newer filing
- Older filing discussion of U.S. dollar strengthening negatively affecting Robotics revenue removed
- Older filing disclosure of $576.3 million returned to shareholders in first nine months of 2025 removed
- Older filing discussion of H.R. 1 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' and tax law changes signed July 4, 2025 removed
- Older filing general statement on trade restrictions and tariffs impact removed
- Reworded:
- Newer filing specifies capital allocation plan includes 'maintaining cash balances to enable us to run the business' (addition not in older version)
- Newer filing changes reference period from nine months ended September 28, 2025 to three months ended March 29, 2026 in Critical Accounting Policies section
- Newer filing Government Regulations section completely rewritten to focus on IEEPA tariffs and CBP refund process rather than general trade environment discussion
- Newer filing states 'There have been no significant changes during the three months ended March 29, 2026, to the items disclosed as our critical accounting policies' (truncated from older version's more detailed statement)
- Notes:
- Older filing text appears truncated at end, making full comparison of Critical Accounting Policies sections incomplete
- The two filings compare different quarterly periods (Q1 2026 vs. Q3 2025) which naturally results in different operational updates and disclosures
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 10 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 30 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 4 sells ($2M) — 3 selling insiders
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 10 sells ($6M) — 3 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 20 sells ($13M) — 5 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-10-01. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about TER's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
U.S. House trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 7 matched disclosures for TER from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
U.S. House trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
7 institutional 13F filers reported holding TER as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 7
- Reported shares held 34,036,596
- Reported value $16,468,266,997
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 5 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
TER had 8,098,218 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
TER had 5.18% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 3.2 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 8,098,218
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 5.18%
- Prior settlement (shares) 7,024,720
- Reported change 15.28%
- Days to cover (reported) 3.2
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Advantest (ATEYY)
- Cohu (COHU)
- FormFactor (FORM)
- Universal Robots' competitors (private/divisional)
- Mobile Industrial Robots' competitors (private/divisional)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Teradyne (TER) do?
Teradyne is a leading supplier of automated test solutions and industrial automation products. The company designs and manufactures equipment used to test semiconductors, wireless products, data storage, and complex electronic systems, alongside providing collaborative robots and autonomous mobile robots for manufacturing and logistics.
What sector is Teradyne (TER) in?
Teradyne (TER) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is automated test equipment / industrial automation. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does TER pay a dividend?
Yes — Teradyne (TER) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 0.14% and at least 9 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-09-02). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Teradyne's (TER) competitors?
Notable peers of Teradyne (TER) include Advantest, Cohu, FormFactor, Universal Robots' competitors (private/divisional) and Mobile Industrial Robots' competitors (private/divisional). This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent U.S. House stock trading in TER?
Yes — we hold 7 matched STOCK Act disclosures for TER from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is Teradyne (TER) overbought or oversold right now?
Teradyne (TER) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 51, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on TER come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.