Zacks Research Estimates Teradyne’s Q1 Earnings (NASDAQ:TER)

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research increased their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Teradyne in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, February 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.63 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.60. The consensus estimate for Teradyne’s current full-year earnings is $3.91 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Teradyne’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.08 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.18 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.73 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.02 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.17 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.51 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.48 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $140.00 to $125.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Robert W. Baird lowered their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $140.00 to $133.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Northland Capmk raised Teradyne from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. StockNews.com raised shares of Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, October 27th. Finally, UBS Group reduced their target price on shares of Teradyne from $160.00 to $155.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 31st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Teradyne has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $143.77.

Teradyne Stock Up 2.3 %

Shares of NASDAQ TER opened at $118.55 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $125.14 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $122.96. Teradyne has a twelve month low of $95.80 and a twelve month high of $163.21. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.60, a P/E/G ratio of 2.74 and a beta of 1.45.

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

Teradyne declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Monday, November 11th that authorizes the company to buyback $100.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 0.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be issued a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.40%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 14.41%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $130.00, for a total transaction of $400,400.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 74,660 shares in the company, valued at $9,705,800. The trade was a 3.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Sanjay Mehta sold 1,789 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $120.51, for a total transaction of $215,592.39. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 33,308 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,013,947.08. This trade represents a 5.10 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 8,479 shares of company stock worth $1,013,134. 0.36% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Teradyne

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Whittier Trust Co. grew its position in shares of Teradyne by 10.2% in the 3rd quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 950 shares of the company’s stock worth $127,000 after buying an additional 88 shares during the period. Roberts Glore & Co. Inc. IL grew its holdings in Teradyne by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Roberts Glore & Co. Inc. IL now owns 4,103 shares of the company’s stock worth $517,000 after purchasing an additional 90 shares during the period. Covestor Ltd increased its stake in shares of Teradyne by 12.3% during the fourth quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 901 shares of the company’s stock valued at $113,000 after purchasing an additional 99 shares in the last quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 10.2% during the third quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 1,115 shares of the company’s stock valued at $149,000 after purchasing an additional 103 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Snowden Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,748 shares of the company’s stock worth $472,000 after purchasing an additional 103 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

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.