Equities Analysts Set Expectations for Teradyne Q2 Earnings

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Equities researchers at Northland Capmk reduced their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Teradyne in a research note issued on Thursday, March 13th. Northland Capmk analyst G. Richard now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.48 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.76. 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 Q3 2025 earnings at $1.23 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.99 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $3.30 EPS.

Several other research firms have also recently issued reports on TER. Northland Securities decreased their target price on shares of Teradyne from $154.00 to $140.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Robert W. Baird decreased their target price on shares of Teradyne from $140.00 to $110.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, March 13th. TD Cowen cut their price target on shares of Teradyne from $135.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price target on shares of Teradyne from $125.00 to $110.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Finally, Susquehanna cut their price target on shares of Teradyne from $165.00 to $155.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, twelve have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $121.44.

Teradyne Price Performance

TER opened at $90.17 on Monday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $116.61 and a 200 day moving average price of $119.88. Teradyne has a 1 year low of $82.98 and a 1 year high of $163.21. The stock has a market cap of $14.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.08, a P/E/G ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.46.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share (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%.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 14th. Teradyne’s payout ratio is 14.41%.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $130.00, for a total transaction of $400,400.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 74,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,705,800. The trade was a 3.96 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Richard John Burns sold 407 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $120.51, for a total transaction of $49,047.57. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 20,764 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,502,269.64. The trade was a 1.92 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 8,479 shares of company stock valued at $1,013,134. 0.36% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Compass Financial Services Inc acquired a new position in Teradyne in the fourth quarter valued at about $33,000. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL acquired a new stake in shares of Teradyne during the fourth quarter worth about $34,000. AllSquare Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Teradyne by 200.0% during the fourth quarter. AllSquare Wealth Management LLC now owns 300 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Teradyne by 264.0% during the fourth quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 313 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 227 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Coastline Trust Co acquired a new stake in shares of Teradyne during the third quarter worth about $46,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

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.