Q3 Earnings Estimate for Teradyne Issued By Zacks Research

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Teradyne in a research report issued to clients and investors 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 prior estimate 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.

A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on the stock. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $112.00 to $81.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, March 14th. Bank of America reduced their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $100.00 to $85.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. 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. 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. Finally, Robert W. Baird cut their price target on shares of Teradyne from $140.00 to $110.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, March 13th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, twelve have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $121.44.

Teradyne Trading Down 0.8 %

Teradyne stock opened at $87.51 on Thursday. Teradyne has a 1-year low of $82.98 and a 1-year high of $163.21. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.28, a P/E/G ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.46. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $112.72 and a 200 day simple moving average of $118.77.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th were given a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.55%. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 14.41%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Teradyne news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the company’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 completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 74,660 shares in the company, valued at $9,705,800. This represents a 3.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Sanjay Mehta sold 614 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $102.00, for a total transaction of $62,628.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 30,446 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,105,492. The trade was a 1.98 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 8,479 shares of company stock worth $1,013,134. Corporate insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Teradyne

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 20,405,899 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,569,511,000 after acquiring an additional 92,428 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 5.4% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,880,148 shares of the company’s stock valued at $921,458,000 after acquiring an additional 350,002 shares during the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 59.9% during 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 last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 28.3% during 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 last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 2.4% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,105,505 shares of the company’s stock valued at $515,665,000 after acquiring an additional 94,374 shares during the last quarter. 99.77% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.