Zacks Research Forecasts Teradyne’s Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:TER)

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Teradyne in a report issued on Tuesday, March 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will post earnings of $1.01 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.08. The consensus estimate for Teradyne’s current full-year earnings is $3.88 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Teradyne’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.93 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.12 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.44 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.43 EPS.

TER has been the topic of several other research reports. Northland Securities dropped their target price 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 dropped their target price on shares of Teradyne from $135.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their target price on shares of Teradyne from $125.00 to $110.00 and set a “hold” 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 on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Finally, UBS Group set a $130.00 target price on shares of Teradyne and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Two investment 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, Teradyne currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $121.44.

Teradyne Stock Down 0.8 %

TER stock opened at $87.51 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $14.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.28, a PEG ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.46. Teradyne has a 12-month low of $82.98 and a 12-month high of $163.21. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $112.72 and its 200 day simple moving average is $118.77.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th were issued a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.55%. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio is presently 14.41%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Teradyne news, insider Richard John Burns sold 445 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $111.49, for a total value of $49,613.05. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 25,191 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,808,544.59. This trade represents a 1.74 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the 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 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 trade represents a 3.96 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 8,479 shares of company stock worth $1,013,134 in the last quarter. Insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Teradyne

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Teradyne by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 20,405,899 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,569,511,000 after buying an additional 92,428 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its stake 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 worth $921,458,000 after purchasing an additional 350,002 shares during the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp increased its stake in shares of Teradyne by 59.9% during the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 4,928,143 shares of the company’s stock worth $620,552,000 after purchasing an additional 1,846,079 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of Teradyne by 28.3% during the 4th quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,828,689 shares of the company’s stock worth $608,025,000 after purchasing an additional 1,065,474 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Teradyne by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,105,505 shares of the company’s stock worth $515,665,000 after purchasing an additional 94,374 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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.