Q1 Earnings Forecast for Teradyne Issued By Northland Capmk

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TERFree Report) – Equities researchers at Northland Capmk reduced their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Teradyne in a research report issued on Thursday, March 13th. Northland Capmk analyst G. Richard now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.85 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.90. Northland Capmk currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Teradyne’s current full-year earnings is $3.88 per share. Northland Capmk also issued estimates for Teradyne’s Q2 2026 earnings at $1.38 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.75 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.17 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.15 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on the stock. Bank of America cut their target price on shares of Teradyne from $100.00 to $85.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Northland Securities dropped their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $154.00 to $140.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 31st. Susquehanna dropped their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $165.00 to $155.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Cantor Fitzgerald dropped their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $150.00 to $110.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Vertical Research initiated coverage on shares of Teradyne in a report on Friday, March 7th. They set a “buy” rating and a $135.00 price objective on the stock. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, twelve have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Teradyne presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $121.44.

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Teradyne Price Performance

Teradyne stock opened at $86.74 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $14.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.05, a P/E/G ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.46. Teradyne has a fifty-two week low of $82.98 and a fifty-two week high of $163.21. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $117.60 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $120.38.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TERGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Teradyne

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of TER. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Teradyne during the fourth quarter worth approximately $270,989,000. Van ECK Associates Corp lifted its holdings 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 buying an additional 1,846,079 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in Teradyne in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $160,087,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in Teradyne by 28.3% in the fourth quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,828,689 shares of the company’s stock valued at $608,025,000 after buying an additional 1,065,474 shares during the period. Finally, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. lifted its holdings in Teradyne by 142.6% in the fourth quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 1,522,537 shares of the company’s stock valued at $191,718,000 after buying an additional 894,849 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Richard John Burns sold 407 shares of the company’s 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 $49,047.57. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 20,764 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,502,269.64. This represents a 1.92 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 3rd. The stock was 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 disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 8,479 shares of company stock valued at $1,013,134. 0.36% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th were paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.55%. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio is 14.41%.

Teradyne Company Profile

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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.

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