Teradyne (Teradyne) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities : $749 Mil (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Teradyne Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities?

Teradyne's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Sep. 2023 ($716.53 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($819.73 Mil) but then stayed the same from Dec. 2023 ($819.73 Mil) to Mar. 2024 ($748.70 Mil).

Teradyne's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Dec. 2021 ($1,366.43 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($894.39 Mil) and declined from Dec. 2022 ($894.39 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($819.73 Mil).

Teradyne Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for Teradyne's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities can be seen below:

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Teradyne Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Chart

Teradyne Annual Data

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Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

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911.23

1,436.40

1,366.43

894.39

819.73

Teradyne Quarterly Data
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Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															742.10	708.41	716.53	819.73	748.70

Teradyne Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.

Marketable Securities are very liquid securities that can be converted into cash quickly at a reasonable price.

Teradyne (NAS:TER) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Explanation

Marketable securities are very liquid as they tend to have maturities of less than one year. Furthermore, the rate at which these securities can be bought or sold has little effect on their prices.

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.

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Teradyne (Teradyne) Business Description

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Address

600 Riverpark Drive, North Reading, MA, USA, 01864

Website

https://www.teradyne.com

Teradyne provides testing equipment, including automated test equipment for semiconductors, system testing for hard disk drives, circuit boards, and electronics systems and wireless testing for devices. The firm entered the industrial automation market in 2015, into which it sells collaborative and autonomous robots for factory applications. Teradyne serves numerous end markets and geographies directly and indirectly with its products, but its most significant exposure is to semiconductor testing. Teradyne serves vertically integrated, fabless, and foundry chipmakers with its equipment.

Executives

Brad Robbins	officer: President, LitePoint Corp.	C O LITEPOINT, 965 WEST MAUDE AVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94085
Richard John Burns	officer: President, Semiconductor Test	MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 9 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, WESTBOROUGH MA 01581
Ujjwal Kumar	officer: President, Teradyne Robotics	C/O TERADYNE, INC., 600 RIVERPARK DRIVE, NORTH READING MA 01864
Sanjay Mehta	officer: VP and Chief Financial Officer	C/O TERADYNE INC., 600 RIVERPARK DRIVE, NORTH READING MA 01864
Mercedes Johnson	director	MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC, 8000 S FEDERAL WAY, MS 1-557, BOISE ID 83716
Charles Jeffrey Gray	officer: VP, General Counsel, Secretary	600 RIVERPARK DRIVE, NORTH READING MA 01864
Mark E Jagiela	director, officer: President and CEO	321 HARRISON AVE, C/O TERADYNE INC, BOSTON MA 02118
Ernest E Maddock	director	LAM RESEARCH, 4650 CUSHING PARKWAY, FREMONT CA 94538
Peter Herweck	director	600 RIVERPARK DRIVE, NORTH READING MA 01864
Paul J Tufano	director	C/O SOLECTRON CORPORATION, 847 GIBRALTAR DR., MILPITAS CA 95035
Gregory Stephen Smith	officer: President, Semiconductor Test	1 HUCKLEBERRY RD, HOPKINTON MA 01748-1054
Ford Tamer	director	3945 FREEDOM CIRCLE SUITE 1100, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Timothy E Guertin	director	C/O VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC, 3100 HANSEN WAY M/S E-327, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Marilyn Matz	director	C/O LOGMEIN, INC., 320 SUMMER STREET, BOSTON MA 02210
Edwin J Gillis	director	C/O VERITAS SOFTWARE CORP, 350 ELLIS STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043