Q1 Earnings Estimate for Teradyne Issued By Northland Capmk

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Equities research analysts at Northland Capmk dropped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Teradyne in a research report issued on Friday, January 31st. Northland Capmk analyst G. Richard now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.61 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.69. Northland Capmk has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Teradyne’s current full-year earnings is $4.02 per share. Northland Capmk also issued estimates for Teradyne’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.40 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.18 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.90 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.81 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.23 EPS.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.91 by $0.04. Teradyne had a net margin of 19.23% and a return on equity of 19.08%.

A number of other analysts have also weighed in on TER. UBS Group cut their target price on shares of Teradyne from $160.00 to $155.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Craig Hallum lowered their price objective on Teradyne from $124.00 to $111.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Northland Securities dropped their target price on shares of Teradyne from $154.00 to $140.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 31st. Evercore ISI boosted their price objective on Teradyne from $130.00 to $145.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 9th. Finally, Susquehanna increased their target price on shares of Teradyne from $145.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 22nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $143.77.

Teradyne Stock Performance

Shares of TER stock opened at $111.67 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 1.46. Teradyne has a fifty-two week low of $94.64 and a fifty-two week high of $163.21. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $125.43 and a 200 day moving average price of $124.37.

Teradyne declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Monday, November 11th that allows the company to buyback $100.00 million in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 0.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.43%. Teradyne’s payout ratio is presently 14.41%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Sanjay Mehta sold 614 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $102.00, for a total value of $62,628.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 30,446 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,105,492. The trade was a 1.98 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, VP Ryan Driscoll sold 437 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $102.00, for a total value of $44,574.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now directly owns 4,312 shares in the company, valued at approximately $439,824. This represents a 9.20 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 6,434 shares of company stock worth $785,137 in the last quarter. 0.36% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Teradyne

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 59.9% during the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 4,928,143 shares of the company’s stock worth $620,552,000 after purchasing an additional 1,846,079 shares in the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its holdings in Teradyne by 1,767.0% during the fourth quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 923,068 shares of the company’s stock worth $116,233,000 after acquiring an additional 873,626 shares in the last quarter. Alkeon Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Teradyne by 189.6% in the third quarter. Alkeon Capital Management LLC now owns 1,144,017 shares of the company’s stock valued at $153,218,000 after acquiring an additional 749,003 shares during the period. Holocene Advisors LP bought a new stake in shares of Teradyne in the third quarter worth about $91,129,000. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Teradyne by 16.2% during the fourth quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 2,825,897 shares of the company’s stock worth $355,837,000 after purchasing an additional 393,175 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Teradyne Company Profile

Teradyne, Inc designs, develops, manufactures, and sells automated test systems and robotics products worldwide. It operates through four segments; Semiconductor Test, System Test, Robotics, and Wireless Test. The Semiconductor Test segment offers products and services for wafer level and device package testing of semiconductor devices in automotive, industrial, communications, consumer, smartphones, cloud, computer and electronic game, and other applications.