Q1 Earnings Forecast for Teradyne Issued By Northland Capmk

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Investment analysts at Northland Capmk issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Teradyne in a report issued on Thursday, January 30th. Northland Capmk analyst G. Richard anticipates that the company will post earnings of $1.08 per share for the quarter. Northland Capmk has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Teradyne’s current full-year earnings is $4.10 per share. Northland Capmk also issued estimates for Teradyne’s Q2 2026 earnings at $1.79 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $1.86 EPS.

A number of other research firms also recently weighed in on TER. Evercore ISI raised their target price on shares of Teradyne from $130.00 to $145.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. Craig Hallum decreased their price objective on Teradyne from $124.00 to $111.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 25th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their target price on Teradyne from $140.00 to $125.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, October 25th. StockNews.com upgraded Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, October 27th. Finally, Robert W. Baird lowered their price target on Teradyne from $140.00 to $133.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, October 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $143.77.

Teradyne Stock Up 0.6 %

Shares of TER opened at $115.79 on Friday. Teradyne has a twelve month low of $92.29 and a twelve month high of $163.21. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.77, a P/E/G ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.46. The company has a 50 day moving average of $125.37 and a 200-day moving average of $125.34.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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 return on equity of 19.23% and a net margin of 19.23%.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.41%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. Teradyne’s payout ratio is 14.41%.

Teradyne announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Monday, November 11th that authorizes the company to buyback $100.00 million in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 0.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Activity at Teradyne

In related news, CFO Sanjay Mehta sold 1,789 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $120.51, for a total value of $215,592.39. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 33,308 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,013,947.08. The trade was a 5.10 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the firm’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 completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 74,660 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,705,800. This represents a 3.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 6,434 shares of company stock worth $785,137. Insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Van ECK Associates Corp grew its position in Teradyne by 59.9% in the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 4,928,143 shares of the company’s stock valued at $620,552,000 after acquiring an additional 1,846,079 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 1,767.0% during the 4th quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 923,068 shares of the company’s stock valued at $116,233,000 after purchasing an additional 873,626 shares during the last quarter. Alkeon Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 189.6% during the 3rd quarter. Alkeon Capital Management LLC now owns 1,144,017 shares of the company’s stock valued at $153,218,000 after purchasing an additional 749,003 shares during the last quarter. Holocene Advisors LP acquired a new position in Teradyne during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $91,129,000. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. lifted its stake in Teradyne by 16.2% in the 4th quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 2,825,897 shares of the company’s stock valued at $355,837,000 after purchasing an additional 393,175 shares during the last quarter. 99.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Teradyne

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.