Teradyne is a global supplier of automation equipment for test and industrial applications. Co. designs, develops, manufactures and sells automatic test systems used to test semiconductors, wireless products, data storage and electronics systems in the consumer electronics, wireless, automotive, industrial, computing, communications, and aerospace and defense industries. Co.'s automatic test equipment and industrial automation products and services include: semiconductor test systems; defense/aerospace test instrumentation and systems, storage test systems, and circuit-board test and inspection systems; industrial automation products; and wireless test systems. We show 42 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our TER shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute TER market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing TER market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing TER's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of TER versus a peer is one thing; comparing
TER market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like TER can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching TER by allowing them to research the TER market cap history. |
Video: The Importance of Market Cap
