Northland Capmk Has Pessimistic View of Teradyne Q1 Earnings

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER - Free Report) - Research analysts at Northland Capmk lowered their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Teradyne in a report released on Thursday, March 13th. Northland Capmk analyst G. Richard now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.85 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.90. Northland Capmk has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Teradyne's current full-year earnings is $3.88 per share. Northland Capmk also issued estimates for Teradyne's Q2 2026 earnings at $1.38 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.75 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.17 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.15 EPS.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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%.

A number of other equities analysts also recently weighed in on TER. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price target on shares of Teradyne from $125.00 to $110.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Northland Securities cut their price target on shares of Teradyne from $154.00 to $140.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 31st. TD Cowen cut their price target on shares of Teradyne from $135.00 to $110.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. 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. Finally, UBS Group set a $130.00 price target on shares of Teradyne and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, twelve have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Teradyne presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $121.44.

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Teradyne Stock Performance

TER traded up $1.41 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $86.74. 5,428,912 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,076,886. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.03 billion, a PE ratio of 26.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.46. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $117.60 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $120.28. Teradyne has a 1 year low of $82.98 and a 1 year high of $163.21.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of TER. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Teradyne during the fourth quarter worth about $270,989,000. Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its stake in Teradyne by 59.9% in the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 4,928,143 shares of the company's stock worth $620,552,000 after buying an additional 1,846,079 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in Teradyne in the fourth quarter worth approximately $160,087,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its stake in Teradyne by 28.3% in 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. boosted its stake in Teradyne by 142.6% in the fourth quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 1,522,537 shares of the company's stock worth $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.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Richard John Burns sold 407 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the insider now owns 20,764 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,502,269.64. The trade was a 1.92 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $130.00, for a total value of $400,400.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 74,660 shares of the company's stock, valued at $9,705,800. The trade was 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 worth $1,013,134 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.36% of the company's stock.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th were given a dividend of $0.12 per share. 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 presently 14.41%.

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.