What is Zacks Research’s Estimate for Teradyne Q1 Earnings?

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of 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 previous 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.

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

TER has been the topic of several other reports. KeyCorp cut their price target on shares of Teradyne from $180.00 to $150.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 31st. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price target on shares of Teradyne from $140.00 to $125.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note 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 note on Friday, October 25th. Northland Capmk upgraded shares of Teradyne from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Northland Securities lowered their price target on Teradyne from $154.00 to $140.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 31st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Teradyne currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $143.77.

Teradyne Price Performance

Shares of Teradyne stock opened at $115.91 on Friday. Teradyne has a one year low of $95.80 and a one year high of $163.21. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $124.99 and its 200-day moving average is $122.96. The firm has a market cap of $18.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.74 and a beta of 1.45.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.41%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio is presently 14.41%.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Teradyne

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of Teradyne stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $130.00, for a total transaction of $400,400.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 74,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,705,800. The trade was a 3.96 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Sanjay Mehta sold 1,789 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $120.51, for a total transaction of $215,592.39. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 33,308 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,013,947.08. The trade was a 5.10 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 8,479 shares of company stock valued at $1,013,134. 0.36% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Teradyne

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Teradyne during the fourth quarter valued at about $270,989,000. Van ECK Associates Corp raised its holdings in Teradyne by 59.9% in the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 4,928,143 shares of the company’s stock valued at $620,552,000 after buying an additional 1,846,079 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in Teradyne during the 4th quarter worth approximately $160,087,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its holdings in Teradyne by 28.3% during the 4th quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,828,689 shares of the company’s stock worth $608,025,000 after acquiring an additional 1,065,474 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. increased its position in Teradyne by 142.6% in the 4th quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 1,522,537 shares of the company’s stock valued at $191,718,000 after acquiring an additional 894,849 shares during the period. 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.