Northland Capmk Weighs in on Teradyne FY2026 Earnings

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Research analysts at Northland Capmk issued their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Teradyne in a report released on Monday, January 6th. Northland Capmk analyst G. Richard anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $6.15 for the year. Northland Capmk currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Teradyne’s current full-year earnings is $3.17 per share.

Several other research firms have also issued reports on TER. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Teradyne from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $145.00 to $158.00 in a report on Monday, December 16th. StockNews.com upgraded Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, October 27th. Robert W. Baird decreased their target price on shares of Teradyne from $140.00 to $133.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Evercore ISI upped their price target on shares of Teradyne from $130.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $140.00 to $125.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Teradyne currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $150.33.

Teradyne Price Performance

Shares of TER stock opened at $137.15 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $22.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.54, a PEG ratio of 2.66 and a beta of 1.46. Teradyne has a 1 year low of $92.29 and a 1 year high of $163.21. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $117.96 and a 200-day moving average price of $127.77.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The company reported $0.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.78 by $0.12. Teradyne had a return on equity of 18.56% and a net margin of 18.75%. The business had revenue of $737.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $716.40 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.80 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Teradyne declared that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Monday, November 11th that authorizes the company to repurchase $100.00 million in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 0.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 18th. Investors of record on Monday, November 25th were issued a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 25th. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 15.24%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Teradyne news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the business’s 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 sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 74,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,705,800. The trade was a 3.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 0.36% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Teradyne

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of TER. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Teradyne during the second quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Capital Performance Advisors LLP purchased a new position in Teradyne during the 3rd quarter valued at $29,000. Quarry LP grew its position in Teradyne by 256.1% in the 2nd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 235 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after acquiring an additional 169 shares during the last quarter. Coastline Trust Co purchased a new stake in Teradyne in the third quarter worth $46,000. Finally, Brooklyn Investment Group bought a new stake in shares of Teradyne during the third quarter worth $52,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

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.