Equities Analysts Set Expectations for Teradyne Q2 Earnings

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Northland Capmk lowered their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Teradyne in a report issued on Thursday, March 13th. Northland Capmk analyst G. Richard now forecasts that the company will earn $0.48 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.76. Northland Capmk currently 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.

A number of other analysts have also weighed in on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on shares of Teradyne from $145.00 to $120.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. UBS Group set a $130.00 target price on shares of Teradyne and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. Northland Securities cut their target price on shares of Teradyne from $154.00 to $140.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Bank of America dropped their price target on shares of Teradyne from $100.00 to $85.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. Finally, KeyCorp dropped their price target on shares of Teradyne from $150.00 to $140.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, twelve have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $121.44.

Teradyne Stock Performance

TER stock opened at $90.17 on Monday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $116.61 and its 200 day moving average price is $119.88. Teradyne has a fifty-two week low of $82.98 and a fifty-two week high of $163.21. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.08, a PEG ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.46.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th were issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 14th. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio is presently 14.41%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Richard John Burns sold 407 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $120.51, for a total transaction of $49,047.57. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 20,764 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,502,269.64. This trade represents a 1.92 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, January 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $130.00, for a total value of $400,400.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 74,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,705,800. This represents a 3.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 8,479 shares of company stock valued at $1,013,134 over the last three months. 0.36% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Teradyne

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of TER. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Teradyne in the fourth quarter valued at $270,989,000. Van ECK Associates Corp lifted its holdings in Teradyne by 59.9% in the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 4,928,143 shares of the company’s stock valued at $620,552,000 after acquiring an additional 1,846,079 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in Teradyne in the fourth quarter valued at $160,087,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in Teradyne by 28.3% in the fourth quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,828,689 shares of the company’s stock valued at $608,025,000 after acquiring an additional 1,065,474 shares during the period. Finally, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. lifted its holdings in Teradyne by 142.6% in the fourth quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 1,522,537 shares of the company’s stock valued at $191,718,000 after acquiring an additional 894,849 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.