Financial Instruments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Cash Equivalents

Teradyne considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the date of acquisition to be cash equivalents.

Marketable Securities

Teradyne’s equity and debt mutual funds are classified as Level 1 and available-for-sale debt securities are classified as Level 2. Contingent consideration is classified as Level 3. The vast majority of Level 2 securities are fixed income securities priced by third party pricing vendors. These pricing vendors utilize the most recent observable market information in pricing these securities or, if specific prices are not available, use other observable inputs like market transactions involving identical or comparable securities.

During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, there were no transfers in or out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 financial instruments.

Realized gains recorded in 2023, 2022, and 2021 were $0.6 million, $0.8 million, and $3.1 million, respectively. Realized losses recorded in 2023 and 2022 were $0.3 million and $1.0 million, respectively. No realized losses were recorded in 2021. Realized gains and losses are included in other (income) expense, net.

Unrealized gains on equity securities recorded during the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 were $8.9 million, $1.9 million and $5.1 million, respectively. Unrealized losses on equity securities recorded during the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 were $1.7 million, $11.6 million and $1.8 million, respectively. Unrealized gains and losses on equity securities are included in other (income) expense, net. Unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities are included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) on the balance sheet.

The cost of securities sold is based on average cost.

The following table sets forth by fair value hierarchy Teradyne’s financial assets and liabilities that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2023 and 2022:


	December 31, 2023
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Instruments (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
	(in thousands)
Assets
Cash	$	298,156	$	—	$	—	$	298,156
Cash equivalents		453,298		6,117		—		459,415
Available for sale securities:
Corporate debt securities		—		52,734		—		52,734
U.S. Treasury securities		—		41,808		—		41,808
Commercial paper		—		1,667		—		1,667
Debt mutual funds		8,773		—		—		8,773
U.S. government agency securities		—		4,892		—		4,892
Certificates of deposit and time deposits		—		21,772		—		21,772
Non-U.S. government securities		—		810		—		810
Equity securities:
Mutual funds		47,132		—		—		47,132
Total	$	807,359	$	129,800	$	—	$	937,159
Derivative assets		—		18,746		—		18,746
Total	$	807,359	$	148,546	$	—	$	955,905
Liabilities
Derivative liabilities		—		2,545		—		2,545
Total	$	—	$	2,545	$	—	$	2,545

Reported as follows:
	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Total
	(in thousands)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	751,454	$	6,117	$	—	$	757,571
Marketable securities		—		62,154		—		62,154
Long-term marketable securities		55,905		61,529		—		117,434
Other current assets		—		18,746		—		18,746
Total	$	807,359	$	148,546	$	—	$	955,905
Liabilities
Other current liabilities	$	—	$	2,545	$	—	$	2,545
Total	$	—	$	2,545	$	—	$	2,545


	December 31, 2022
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Instruments (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
	(in thousands)
Assets
Cash	$	632,417	$	—	$	—	$	632,417
Cash equivalents		161,767		60,589		—		222,356
Available for sale securities:
Corporate debt securities		—		50,856		—		50,856
U.S. Treasury securities		—		39,649		—		39,649
Commercial paper		—		7,159		—		7,159
Debt mutual funds		6,580		—		—		6,580
U.S. government agency securities		—		6,352		—		6,352
Certificates of deposit and time deposits		—		1,740		—		1,740
Non-U.S. government securities		—		535		—		535
Equity securities:
Mutual funds		37,518		—		—		37,518
Total	$	838,282	$	166,880	$	—	$	1,005,162
Derivative assets		—		86		—		86
Total	$	838,282	$	166,966	$	—	$	1,005,248
Liabilities
Derivative liabilities		—		4,215		—		4,215
Total	$	—	$	4,215	$	—	$	4,215

Reported as follows:
	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Total
	(in thousands)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	794,184	$	60,589	$	—	$	854,773
Marketable securities		—		39,612		—		39,612
Long-term marketable securities		44,098		66,679		—		110,777
Other current assets		—		86		—		86
Total	$	838,282	$	166,966	$	—	$	1,005,248
Liabilities
Other current liabilities	$	—	$	4,215	$	—	$	4,215
Total	$	—	$	4,215	$	—	$	4,215

The carrying amounts and fair values of Teradyne’s financial instruments at December 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:


	December 31, 2023				December 31, 2022
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
	(in thousands)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	757,571	$	757,571	$	854,773	$	854,773
Marketable securities		179,588		179,588		150,389		150,389
Derivative assets		18,746		18,746		86		86
Liabilities
Derivative liabilities		2,545		2,545		4,215		4,215
Convertible debt (1)		—		—		50,115		139,007

(1)

The carrying value represents the bifurcated debt component only, while the fair value is based on quoted market prices for the convertible note which includes the equity conversion features.

The fair values of accounts receivable, net and accounts payable approximate the carrying amount due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

The following tables summarize the composition of available-for-sale marketable securities at December 31, 2023 and 2022:


	December 31, 2023
	Available-for-Sale
	Cost		Unrealized Gain		Unrealized (Loss)			Fair Market Value		Fair Market Value of Investments with Unrealized Losses
	(in thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	56,458	$	201	$	(3,925	)	$	52,734	$	44,263
U.S. Treasury securities		45,725		14		(3,931	)		41,808		35,080
Certificates of deposit and time deposits		21,772		—		—			21,772		—
Debt mutual funds		9,081		—		(308	)		8,773		3,303
U.S. government agency securities		4,898		—		(6	)		4,892		4,892
Commercial paper		1,633		34		—			1,667		—
Non-U.S. government securities		810		—		—			810		—
	$	140,377	$	249	$	(8,170	)	$	132,456	$	87,538

Reported as follows:


	Cost		Unrealized Gain		Unrealized (Loss)			Fair Market Value		Fair Market Value of Investments with Unrealized Losses
	(in thousands)
Marketable securities	$	62,385	$	36	$	(267	)	$	62,154	$	34,844
Long-term marketable securities		77,992		213		(7,903	)	$	70,302		52,694
	$	140,377	$	249	$	(8,170	)	$	132,456	$	87,538


	December 31, 2022
			Available-for-Sale
	Cost		Unrealized Gain		Unrealized (Loss)			Fair Market Value		Fair Market Value of Investments with Unrealized Losses
	(in thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	57,006	$	3	$	(6,153	)	$	50,856	$	50,667
U.S. Treasury securities		44,030		—		(4,381	)		39,649		39,649
Commercial paper		7,089		70		—			7,159		—
Debt mutual funds		6,997		—		(417	)		6,580		3,095
U.S. government agency securities		6,442		—		(90	)		6,352		6,352
Certificates of deposit and time deposits		1,740		—		—			1,740		—
Non-U.S. government securities		535		—		—			535		—
	$	123,839	$	73	$	(11,041	)	$	112,871	$	99,763

Reported as follows:


	Cost		Unrealized Gain		Unrealized (Loss)			Fair Market Value		Fair Market Value of Investments with Unrealized Losses
	(in thousands)
Marketable securities	$	39,950	$	70	$	(408	)	$	39,612	$	30,713
Long-term marketable securities		83,889		3		(10,633	)	$	73,259		69,050
	$	123,839	$	73	$	(11,041	)	$	112,871	$	99,763

As of December 31, 2023, the fair market value of investments with unrealized losses less than one year and greater than one year totaled $22.3 million and $65.2 million, respectively.

As of December 31, 2022, the fair market value of investments with unrealized losses less than one year and greater than one year totaled $66.3 million and $33.4 million, respectively.

Teradyne reviews its investments to identify and evaluate investments that have an indication of possible impairment. Based on this review, Teradyne determined that the unrealized losses related to these investments at December 31, 2023 and 2022 were not other than temporary.

The contractual maturities of investments in available-for-sale marketable securities held at December 31, 2023 were as follows:


	Cost		Fair Value
	(in thousands)
Due within one year	$	62,385	$	62,154
Due after 1 year through 5 years		23,703		23,319
Due after 5 years through 10 years		6,049		5,735
Due after 10 years		39,159		32,475
Total	$	131,296	$	123,683

Contractual maturities of investments in available-for-sale marketable securities held at December 31, 2023 exclude debt mutual funds with the fair market value of $8.8 million as they do not have a contractual maturity date.

Derivatives

Teradyne conducts business in various foreign countries, with certain transactions denominated in local currencies. As a result, Teradyne is exposed to risks relating to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Teradyne’s foreign currency risk management objective is to minimize the effect of exchange rate fluctuations associated with the remeasurement of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, and changes in its cash inflows attributable to the forecasted cash flows from certain foreign currency denominated revenues.

To minimize the effect of exchange rate fluctuations associated with the remeasurement of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, Teradyne enters into foreign currency forward contracts. The change in fair value of these derivatives is recorded directly in earnings and is used to offset the change in value of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies.

Teradyne also enters into foreign currency forward and option contracts designated as cash flow hedges to hedge the risk of changes in its cash inflows attributable to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The cash flow hedges have maturities of less than six months and mature in the period of revenue recognition for certain products and services in backlog and forecasted to be recognized in a future period. Teradyne evaluates cash flow hedges for effectiveness at inception based on the critical terms match method. The hedges are not expected to incur any ineffectiveness however a quarterly qualitative assessment of effectiveness is done to determine if the critical terms match method remains appropriate to use. The change in fair value of the contracts is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified to earnings at maturity date.

Teradyne does not use derivative financial instruments for speculative purposes.

At December 31, 2023 and 2022, to hedge certain of its local currency balance sheet assets and liabilities, Teradyne had the following contracts to buy and sell non-U.S. currencies for U.S. dollars and other non-U.S. currencies with the following notional amounts:


	Net Notional Value
	December 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(in millions)
Currency Hedged (Buy/Sell)
U.S. dollar/Taiwan dollar	$	42.7	$	29.2
U.S. dollar/Danish krone		36.0		—
U.S. dollar/Japanese yen		11.0		37.1
U.S. dollar/Korean won		7.2		6.4
U.S. dollar/British pound sterling		1.5		1.2
Euro/U.S. dollar		25.3		38.4
Singapore dollar/U.S. dollar		16.6		33.5
Philippine peso/U.S. dollar		10.1		2.7
Chinese yuan/U.S. dollar		1.0		2.2
Danish krone/U.S. dollar		0.7		—
Total		152.1		150.7

The change in the fair value of the outstanding contracts was a loss of $1.8 million and $0.9 million, respectively, at December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency forward contracts and foreign currency remeasurement gains and losses on monetary assets and liabilities are included in other (income) expense, net.

At December 31, 2023 and 2022, Teradyne had the following cash flow hedge contracts to buy and sell non-U.S. currencies for U.S. dollars with the following notional amounts:


	Net Notional Value
	December 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(in millions)
Currency Hedged (Buy/Sell)
U.S. dollar/Japanese yen	$	35.5	$	61.2
U.S. dollar/Taiwan dollar		—		10.9
Japanese yen/U.S. dollar		—		23.4
Taiwan dollar/U.S. dollar		—		5.5
Total	$	35.5	$	101.0

The change in the fair value of the outstanding cash flow hedge contracts was a gain of $0.6 million at December 31, 2023 and a loss of $3.2 million at December 31, 2022.

Unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency cash flow hedge contracts are included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). At maturity, the gains or losses associated with cash flow hedge contracts are recorded to revenue.

On November 7, 2023, in connection with our agreement to acquire 10% investment in Technoprobe S.p.A we purchased a call option to buy 481.0 million Euros. The expiration date of the option is April 26, 2024. At December 31, 2023, the fair value of the outstanding contract was $17.4 million and an unrealized gain of $7.5 million was recorded in other (income) expense, net.

The following table summarizes the fair value of derivative instruments as of December 31, 2023 and 2022:


	Balance Sheet Location	December 31, 2023			December 31, 2022
		(in thousands)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign exchange forward contracts	Other current assets	$	733		$	86
Foreign exchange option contracts	Other current assets		17,364			—
Foreign exchange forward contracts	Other current liabilities		(2,545	)		(990	)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign exchange forward contracts	Other current assets		648			—
Foreign exchange option contracts	Other current liabilities		—			(3,225	)
Total derivatives		$	16,200		$	(4,129	)

The following table summarizes the effect of derivative instruments in the statements of operations recognized for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021:


	Location of (Gains) Losses Recognized in Statement of Operations	December 31, 2023			December 31, 2022			December 31, 2021
		(in thousands)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign exchange forward contracts (1)	Other (income) expense, net	$	(1,843	)	$	(2,482	)	$	6,488
Foreign exchange option contracts	Other (income) expense, net		(7,464	)		—			—
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign exchange forward and option contracts	Revenue		(3,127	)		(251	)		—
Total derivatives		$	(12,434	)	$	(2,733	)	$	6,488

(1)

The table does not reflect the corresponding gains and losses from the remeasurement of the monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies. For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, net losses (gains) from remeasurement of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies were $10.9 million, $10.8 million, and $(2.1) million, respectively.

See Note J: “Debt” regarding derivatives related to the convertible senior notes.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments which potentially subject Teradyne to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash equivalents, marketable securities, forward currency contracts and accounts receivable. Teradyne’s cash equivalents consist primarily of money market funds invested in U.S. Treasuries and government agencies. Teradyne’s fixed income available-for-sale marketable securities have a minimum rating of AA by one or more of the major credit rating agencies. Teradyne places foreign currency forward contracts with high credit-quality financial institutions in order to minimize credit risk exposure. Concentrations of credit risk with respect to accounts receivable are limited due to the large number of geographically dispersed customers. Teradyne performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and from time to time may require customers to provide a letter of credit from a bank to secure accounts receivable. As of December 31, 2023, one customer of our Semiconductor Test segment, Texas Instruments Inc., accounted for 18% of our accounts receivable balance. There were no customers who accounted for more than 10% of our accounts receivable balance as of December 31, 2022.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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