Research Analysts Offer Predictions for Teradyne Q1 Earnings

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER - Free Report) - Analysts at Northland Capmk issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for Teradyne in a research report issued on Thursday, January 30th. Northland Capmk analyst G. Richard expects that the company will post earnings of $1.08 per share for the quarter. 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 Q2 2026 earnings at $1.79 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $1.86 EPS.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.04. Teradyne had a net margin of 19.23% and a return on equity of 19.08%.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on TER. Robert W. Baird reduced their price objective on Teradyne from $140.00 to $133.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 25th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and set a $160.00 price target on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $160.00 to $155.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Teradyne from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Sunday, October 27th. Finally, Craig Hallum reduced their target price on Teradyne from $124.00 to $111.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $143.77.

Teradyne Trading Up 0.5 %

Shares of NASDAQ:TER traded up $0.53 during trading on Friday, hitting $111.62. 1,515,797 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,852,333. The company has a market cap of $18.18 billion, a PE ratio of 33.52, a P/E/G ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 1.46. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $125.38 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $124.61. Teradyne has a 12-month low of $94.64 and a 12-month high of $163.21.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be issued a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.43%. Teradyne's payout ratio is 14.41%.

Teradyne declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Monday, November 11th that permits the company to repurchase $100.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 0.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 3rd. The shares were 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 owns 74,660 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $9,705,800. This represents a 3.96 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Sanjay Mehta sold 614 shares of Teradyne stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $102.00, for a total transaction of $62,628.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 30,446 shares in the company, valued at approximately $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 quarter, insiders sold 6,434 shares of company stock valued at $785,137. Insiders own 0.36% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 5.4% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,880,148 shares of the company's stock valued at $921,458,000 after buying an additional 350,002 shares during the period. Van ECK Associates Corp raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 59.9% during the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 4,928,143 shares of the company's stock valued at $620,552,000 after purchasing an additional 1,846,079 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Teradyne by 5.5% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,011,131 shares of the company's stock worth $535,484,000 after purchasing an additional 209,868 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 16.2% in the fourth quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 2,825,897 shares of the company's stock valued at $355,837,000 after purchasing an additional 393,175 shares during the period. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its stake in Teradyne by 7.1% during the 4th quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 2,390,896 shares of the company's stock worth $302,582,000 after buying an additional 157,838 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other 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.