Q1 Earnings Estimate for Teradyne Issued By Zacks Research

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Teradyne in a research note issued to investors 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 prior 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 announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, topping 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%.

A number of other equities research analysts have also weighed in on the company. Citigroup cut their price objective on Teradyne from $130.00 to $100.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 12th. Cantor Fitzgerald cut their price target on shares of Teradyne from $150.00 to $110.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Vertical Research assumed coverage on shares of Teradyne in a report on Friday, March 7th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $135.00 price objective for the company. Bank of America dropped 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, March 12th. Finally, Robert W. Baird reduced their price target on shares of Teradyne from $140.00 to $110.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, March 13th. 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $121.44.

Teradyne Trading Down 0.8 %

Shares of NASDAQ:TER opened at $87.51 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $14.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.46. Teradyne has a 12 month low of $82.98 and a 12 month high of $163.21. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $112.72 and a 200-day moving average price of $118.73.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Teradyne

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of TER. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of Teradyne during the third quarter worth about $2,221,000. Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its stake in Teradyne by 59.9% in the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 4,928,143 shares of the company’s stock worth $620,552,000 after purchasing an additional 1,846,079 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Teradyne during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $12,118,000. Cerity Partners LLC raised its position in shares of 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 buying an additional 5,294 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 17.6% in the third quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 77,092 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,325,000 after buying an additional 11,541 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Teradyne

In other news, insider Richard John Burns sold 407 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $120.51, for a total value of $49,047.57. Following the completion of the sale, 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 transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the 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 completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 74,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,705,800. This represents a 3.96 % 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. Insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The firm 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. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.55%. The ex-dividend date 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.