Teradyne (TER) to Release Earnings on Monday

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER - Get Free Report) is projected to release its Q1 2025 earnings data after the market closes on Monday, April 28th. Analysts expect Teradyne to post earnings of $0.61 per share and revenue of $680.54 million for the quarter. Teradyne has set its Q1 2025 guidance at 0.580-0.680 EPS.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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%. On average, analysts expect Teradyne to post $4 EPS for the current fiscal year and $5 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Teradyne Price Performance

Shares of TER traded down $0.88 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $76.42. The stock had a trading volume of 648,542 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,569,860. Teradyne has a 52 week low of $65.77 and a 52 week high of $163.21. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.93, a P/E/G ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.65. The company's fifty day moving average is $89.03 and its two-hundred day moving average is $109.42.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th were issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.63%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 14th. Teradyne's payout ratio is 14.41%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Richard John Burns sold 445 shares of the business's 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 $49,613.05. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 25,191 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,808,544.59. The trade was a 1.74 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Sanjay Mehta sold 614 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $102.00, for a total transaction of $62,628.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 30,446 shares in the company, valued at $3,105,492. This trade represents a 1.98 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 5,399 shares of company stock worth $612,734. Company insiders own 0.16% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently weighed in on TER. Bank of America dropped their price target on Teradyne from $100.00 to $85.00 and set an "underperform" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Susquehanna lowered their target price on Teradyne from $165.00 to $155.00 and set a "positive" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. Citigroup decreased their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $130.00 to $100.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Cantor Fitzgerald dropped their target price on shares of Teradyne from $150.00 to $110.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on shares of Teradyne from $120.00 to $92.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 17th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating, eleven have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Teradyne has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $118.94.

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.