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Data last updated: Sep 07, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 07, 2026): Teradyne, Inc. (TER) pays a $0.51 annual dividend ($0.13 quarterly), yielding 0.14% at $357.03/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-09-04. 10+ consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 0.14%
Annual Dividend: $0.51 per share
Payout Ratio: 6.8%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-09-04
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Technology
Years of Dividend History: 13
Teradyne, Inc. dividend comes from a global automated testing company serving semiconductor makers, defense contractors, and wireless device manufacturers. TER pays $0.51 per share annually in quarterly installments, with the next ex-dividend date on September 4, 2026. The current yield sits at 0.14%. With a beta of 1.778, this is a volatile technology stock, better suited to investors prioritizing dividend growth over current income.
Teradyne, Inc. pays out just 6.8% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That leaves substantial earnings coverage for the dividend, supported by demand across semiconductor testing, defense and aerospace instrumentation, and wireless product testing through its LitePoint brand. Teradyne, Inc. dividend safety faces its main pressure from the company's high beta of 1.778, meaning earnings can swing sharply with semiconductor industry cycles, even if the payout ratio itself is not stretched.
Teradyne, Inc. dividend history shows a CAGR of 7.2% per year from 2015 to 2025. The per-share dividend grew from $0.24 to $0.48 over that decade (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 28.6% in 2018, while several years saw the dividend hold flat, meaning growth has arrived in bursts rather than at a steady annual pace.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +2.9% | $0.44 (2022) | $0.48 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +3.7% | $0.40 (2020) | $0.48 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +7.2% | $0.24 (2015) | $0.48 (2025) |
TER stock fits dividend investors who value a low-risk payout structure over meaningful current income. The yield is low (below 2%), sitting at just 0.14%, barely above the 5-year average of 0.13%. Ten consecutive years of dividend increases and a 6.8% payout ratio show a company that treats the dividend as a commitment, not an afterthought. The trade-off is straightforward: investors get a growing, well-covered dividend from a semiconductor testing business, but the yield is too thin to serve as a real income source. This is a growth-of-income story, not an income story.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | $0.1300 |
| 2026-05-21 | $0.1300 |
| 2026-02-13 | $0.1300 |
| 2025-11-24 | $0.1200 |
| 2025-09-05 | $0.1200 |
| 2025-05-22 | $0.1200 |
| 2025-02-14 | $0.1200 |
| 2024-11-25 | $0.1200 |
| 2024-09-05 | $0.1200 |
| 2024-05-21 | $0.1200 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.3900 |
| 2025 | $0.4800 |
| 2024 | $0.4800 |
| 2023 | $0.4400 |
| 2022 | $0.4400 |
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