Northland Capmk Has Pessimistic View of Teradyne Q1 Earnings

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Northland Capmk lowered their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Teradyne in a research report issued on Friday, January 31st. Northland Capmk analyst G. Richard now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.61 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.69. Northland Capmk currently has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Teradyne's current full-year earnings is $4.02 per share. Northland Capmk also issued estimates for Teradyne's Q3 2025 earnings at $1.40 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.18 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.90 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.81 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.23 EPS.

Several other analysts also recently weighed in on TER. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $160.00 to $155.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on Teradyne from $158.00 to $145.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 31st. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and set a $160.00 target price on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Craig Hallum decreased their price target on Teradyne from $124.00 to $111.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Finally, Robert W. Baird cut their target price on Teradyne from $140.00 to $133.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $143.77.

Teradyne Stock Up 1.3 %

NASDAQ TER traded up $1.46 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $114.07. The company had a trading volume of 2,233,127 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,901,404. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $125.64 and a 200-day simple moving average of $124.21. The firm has a market cap of $18.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 1.45. Teradyne has a fifty-two week low of $95.80 and a fifty-two week high of $163.21.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER - Get Free Report) last announced 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 net margin of 19.23% and a return on equity of 19.08%.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.42%. Teradyne's dividend payout ratio is 14.41%.

Teradyne announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Monday, November 11th that permits the company to repurchase $100.00 million in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 0.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Richard John Burns sold 407 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $120.51, for a total transaction of $49,047.57. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 20,764 shares in the company, valued at $2,502,269.64. This represents a 1.92 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Sanjay Mehta sold 1,384 shares of Teradyne stock in a transaction that occurred 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. Over the last three months, insiders sold 8,479 shares of company stock worth $1,013,134. Corporate insiders own 0.18% of the company's stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Teradyne

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Creative Planning increased its stake in Teradyne by 17.0% in the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 16,848 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,498,000 after acquiring an additional 2,451 shares during the period. Quarry LP lifted its position in shares of Teradyne by 256.1% during the 2nd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 235 shares of the company's stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 169 shares during the period. Sanctuary Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Teradyne in the 2nd quarter valued at $4,423,000. Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV boosted its stake in Teradyne by 28.0% in the 3rd quarter. Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV now owns 833 shares of the company's stock valued at $112,000 after buying an additional 182 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Czech National Bank grew its position in Teradyne by 11.7% in the third quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 33,240 shares of the company's stock valued at $4,452,000 after acquiring an additional 3,492 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is currently 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.