Zacks Research Estimates Teradyne’s Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:TER)

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Teradyne in a research note issued on Tuesday, March 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $1.01 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.08. The consensus estimate for Teradyne’s current full-year earnings is $3.88 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Teradyne’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.93 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.12 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.44 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.43 EPS.

Several other equities analysts also recently issued reports on TER. Vertical Research assumed 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. Robert W. Baird decreased their price target on shares of Teradyne from $140.00 to $110.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, March 13th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on Teradyne from $125.00 to $110.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. KeyCorp decreased their target price on Teradyne from $150.00 to $140.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 12th. Finally, Northland Securities dropped their price target on Teradyne from $154.00 to $140.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 31st. 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 given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Teradyne presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $121.44.

Teradyne Stock Performance

Teradyne stock opened at $88.18 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.48, a P/E/G ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.46. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $113.66 and its 200 day moving average price is $119.11. Teradyne has a 1 year low of $82.98 and a 1 year high of $163.21.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Teradyne in the 4th quarter worth approximately $270,989,000. Van ECK Associates Corp raised 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 purchasing an additional 1,846,079 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in Teradyne during the fourth quarter worth $160,087,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 28.3% during the fourth quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,828,689 shares of the company’s stock worth $608,025,000 after buying an additional 1,065,474 shares during the period. Finally, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. grew its stake in shares of 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 in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the stock in a transaction 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 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 position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Sanjay Mehta sold 614 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $102.00, for a total value of $62,628.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 30,446 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,105,492. The trade was a 1.98 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 8,479 shares of company stock valued at $1,013,134 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th were issued a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 14th. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio is currently 14.41%.

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.