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

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Teradyne in a research note issued on Tuesday, March 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the company will earn $0.60 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.63. The consensus estimate for Teradyne’s current full-year earnings is $3.88 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Teradyne’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.65 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.08 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.33 EPS and Q2 2026 earnings at $0.94 EPS.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share 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%.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Robert W. Baird cut their target price on Teradyne from $140.00 to $110.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, March 13th. Bank of America cut their target price on Teradyne from $100.00 to $85.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. Northland Securities cut their target price on Teradyne from $154.00 to $140.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Citigroup cut their target price on Teradyne from $130.00 to $100.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. Finally, TD Cowen cut their target price on Teradyne from $135.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, twelve have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Teradyne has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $121.44.

Teradyne Stock Down 0.8 %

TER stock opened at $87.51 on Friday. Teradyne has a twelve month low of $82.98 and a twelve month high of $163.21. The firm has a market cap of $14.15 billion, a PE ratio of 26.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.46. The business has a 50 day moving average of $112.72 and a 200 day moving average of $118.77.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th were paid a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.55%. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 14.41%.

Insider Transactions at Teradyne

In related news, VP Ryan Driscoll sold 437 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $102.00, for a total value of $44,574.00. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 4,312 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $439,824. This trade represents a 9.20 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Sanjay Mehta sold 1,384 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $111.49, for a total value of $154,302.16. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 36,576 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,077,858.24. This represents a 3.65 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 8,479 shares of company stock worth $1,013,134 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Teradyne

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. bought a new stake in Teradyne during the third quarter valued at about $2,221,000. Van ECK Associates Corp raised its holdings in Teradyne by 59.9% during 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 period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in Teradyne during the fourth quarter valued at about $12,118,000. Cerity Partners LLC raised its holdings in Teradyne by 87.1% during the third quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 11,371 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,523,000 after acquiring an additional 5,294 shares during the period. Finally, Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in Teradyne by 17.6% during the third quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 77,092 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,325,000 after acquiring an additional 11,541 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.