Zacks Research Estimates Teradyne’s Q1 Earnings (NASDAQ:TER)

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Teradyne in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, March 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.60 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.63. The consensus estimate for Teradyne’s current full-year earnings is $3.88 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Teradyne’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.65 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.08 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.33 EPS and Q2 2026 earnings at $0.94 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also issued reports on TER. Vertical Research assumed coverage on shares of Teradyne in a report on Friday, March 7th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $135.00 price objective for the company. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on shares of Teradyne from $125.00 to $110.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. TD Cowen reduced their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $135.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. Northland Capmk raised shares of Teradyne from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Susquehanna lowered their target price on shares of Teradyne from $165.00 to $155.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, twelve have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $121.44.

Teradyne Trading Down 0.8 %

Teradyne stock opened at $87.51 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $14.15 billion, a PE ratio of 26.28, a P/E/G ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.46. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $112.72 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $118.73. Teradyne has a 12 month low of $82.98 and a 12 month high of $163.21.

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

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. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.55%. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio is 14.41%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, VP Ryan Driscoll sold 437 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $102.00, for a total value of $44,574.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now owns 4,312 shares in the company, valued at $439,824. This represents a 9.20 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of Teradyne stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $130.00, for a total transaction of $400,400.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 74,660 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,705,800. This represents a 3.96 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 8,479 shares of company stock worth $1,013,134. Insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Teradyne

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of TER. Roberts Glore & Co. Inc. IL grew its position in shares of Teradyne by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Roberts Glore & Co. Inc. IL now owns 4,103 shares of the company’s stock valued at $517,000 after purchasing an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. Covestor Ltd increased its position in shares of Teradyne by 12.3% during the fourth quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 901 shares of the company’s stock valued at $113,000 after buying an additional 99 shares during the period. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,748 shares of the company’s stock worth $472,000 after buying an additional 103 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its position in shares of Teradyne by 1.7% in the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 6,403 shares of the company’s stock valued at $858,000 after acquiring an additional 104 shares during the period. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in Teradyne by 3.1% during the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,445 shares of the company’s stock valued at $434,000 after acquiring an additional 105 shares in the last quarter. 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.