Teledyne Technologies (TDY)

Technology · Scientific & Technical Instruments · S&P 500
$622.22 +0.42% on the day Market cap $27.5B 52-week range $483.02 to $697.67 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
8% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $27.5B, Teledyne Technologies's free cash flow of $1.1B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 8% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Teledyne Technologies's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price8.2% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years18.7% a year
Revenue, same period12.3% a year
Price to free cash flow25.6x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from TDY's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation5
Profitability6
Growth6
Financial health7
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)30.0x
P/E (forward)26.1x
Price / free cash flow25.6x
EV / EBITDA19.0x
Price / sales4.31x
Price / book2.63x
Revenue growth+9.8%
Operating margin19.4%
Net margin15.3%
Return on equity8.9%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity0.40x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Teledyne Technologies's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$4.6B$5.5B$5.6B$5.7B$6.1B
Net income$445M$789M$886M$819M$895M
Free cash flow$723M$394M$721M$1.1B$1.1B
EPS (diluted)$10.05$16.53$18.49$17.21$18.88
Operating margin13.5%17.8%18.4%17.4%18.8%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Digital Imaging$3.2B52%
Instrumentation$1.5B24%
Aerospace and Defense Electronics$1.1B17%
Engineered Systems$436M7%

Superinvestors who own TDY

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 9 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Dodge & Cox
Dodge & Cox
Added $1.1B0.56%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Trimmed $145M0.12%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $44M0.10%Q2 2026
Ric Dillon
Diamond Hill Capital Management
Trimmed $29M0.24%Q2 2026
Will Nasgovitz
Heartland Advisors
Trimmed $28M1.2%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $13M0.00%Q2 2026
Donald Yacktman
Yacktman Asset Management
Added $2M0.02%Q2 2026
Jay Petschek
Corsair Capital Management
Held $666,9000.08%Q2 2026
Jean-Marie Eveillard
First Eagle Investment Management
Added $22,0070.0%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Teledyne Technologies's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$625.16—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$625.16—

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Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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Questions

What growth does Teledyne Technologies's stock price imply?

At a market value of $27.5B, Teledyne Technologies would need its free cash flow to grow about 8% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 19% a year.

Are Teledyne Technologies insiders buying the stock?

2 open-market insider purchases of TDY in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Teledyne Technologies?

9 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold TDY in their latest 13F, including Dodge & Cox, Hersh Cohen, Joel Greenblatt.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.