Q2 Earnings Forecast for Teradyne Issued By Zacks Research

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Teradyne in a research note issued on Wednesday, February 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the company will earn $0.84 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.07. The consensus estimate for Teradyne’s current full-year earnings is $3.88 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Teradyne’s Q3 2026 earnings at $1.18 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.88 EPS.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share (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 subject of a number of other reports. Morgan Stanley lowered shares of Teradyne from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $121.00 to $117.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $160.00 target price on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. UBS Group decreased their target price on shares of Teradyne from $160.00 to $155.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Northland Capmk upgraded Teradyne from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Northland Securities reduced their price objective on Teradyne from $154.00 to $140.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Teradyne presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $143.77.

Teradyne Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:TER opened at $115.91 on Monday. 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 2.83 and a beta of 1.45. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $124.99 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $123.05. Teradyne has a fifty-two week low of $95.80 and a fifty-two week high of $163.21.

Teradyne announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Monday, November 11th that authorizes the company to repurchase $100.00 million in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 0.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 14.41%.

Insider Activity

In other news, VP Ryan Driscoll sold 437 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $102.00, for a total transaction of $44,574.00. Following the sale, the vice president now directly owns 4,312 shares in the company, valued at $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 is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the company’s 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $9,705,800. This represents a 3.96 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 8,479 shares of company stock valued at $1,013,134 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Teradyne

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in TER. Roberts Glore & Co. Inc. IL boosted its stake in Teradyne by 2.2% in the 4th quarter. Roberts Glore & Co. Inc. IL now owns 4,103 shares of the company’s stock worth $517,000 after purchasing an additional 90 shares during the period. Covestor Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 12.3% in the fourth quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 901 shares of the company’s stock worth $113,000 after buying an additional 99 shares in the last quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 2.8% during the fourth quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,748 shares of the company’s stock worth $472,000 after acquiring an additional 103 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans grew its stake in Teradyne by 1.7% during the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 6,403 shares of the company’s stock valued at $858,000 after acquiring an additional 104 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in Teradyne by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,445 shares of the company’s stock valued at $434,000 after acquiring an additional 105 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

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.