Northland Capmk Has Pessimistic View of Teradyne Q1 Earnings

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Northland Capmk dropped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Teradyne in a research note issued to investors on Friday, January 31st. Northland Capmk analyst G. Richard now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.61 per share for the quarter, down from their prior 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 $4.10 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.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Susquehanna lifted their target price on Teradyne from $145.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Robert W. Baird decreased their target price on Teradyne from $140.00 to $133.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 25th. StockNews.com raised shares of Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, October 27th. Evercore ISI lifted their price target 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. Finally, Craig Hallum dropped their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $124.00 to $111.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 25th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $143.77.

Teradyne Trading Up 0.6 %

NASDAQ TER opened at $115.79 on Monday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $125.37 and its 200 day moving average price is $124.88. Teradyne has a twelve month low of $92.29 and a twelve month high of $163.21. The company has a market capitalization of $18.86 billion, a PE ratio of 34.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.46.

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

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

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be issued a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.41%. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 14.41%.

Insider Activity at Teradyne

In other Teradyne news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $130.00, for a total value of $400,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 74,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,705,800. This represents a 3.96 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Richard John Burns sold 407 shares of Teradyne stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $120.51, for a total transaction of $49,047.57. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 20,764 shares in the company, valued at $2,502,269.64. This represents a 1.92 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 6,434 shares of company stock worth $785,137 in the last ninety days. 0.36% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Teradyne

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of TER. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. acquired a new position in Teradyne in the third quarter worth approximately $2,221,000. Cerity Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Teradyne by 87.1% during the 3rd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 11,371 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,523,000 after purchasing an additional 5,294 shares during the last quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 17.6% during the 3rd quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 77,092 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,325,000 after purchasing an additional 11,541 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 30.5% in the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 88,879 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,878,000 after purchasing an additional 20,762 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc. bought a new stake in Teradyne in the third quarter worth $806,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

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.