What is Zacks Research’s Estimate for Teradyne Q1 Earnings?

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Research analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Teradyne in a research report issued on Tuesday, March 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.60 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate 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.

TER has been the subject of several other research reports. KeyCorp dropped their price target on Teradyne from $150.00 to $140.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 12th. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on Teradyne from $140.00 to $110.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, March 13th. Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on Teradyne from $112.00 to $81.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, March 14th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their target price on Teradyne from $125.00 to $110.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 12th. Finally, Citigroup dropped their target price on Teradyne from $130.00 to $100.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 12th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, twelve have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $121.44.

Teradyne Trading Down 0.8 %

TER opened at $87.51 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $14.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.28, a P/E/G 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 stock has a 50-day moving average of $112.72 and a 200 day moving average of $118.77.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 declared 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 was Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.55%. Teradyne’s payout ratio is 14.41%.

Insider Activity at Teradyne

In related news, CFO Sanjay Mehta sold 1,789 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $120.51, for a total value of $215,592.39. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 33,308 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,013,947.08. The trade was a 5.10 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, 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 completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 74,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,705,800. This trade represents a 3.96 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 8,479 shares of company stock worth $1,013,134. Company insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Teradyne

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of TER. Compass Financial Services Inc bought a new position in Teradyne in the fourth quarter worth approximately $33,000. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL bought a new position in Teradyne in the fourth quarter worth approximately $34,000. AllSquare Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in Teradyne by 200.0% in the fourth quarter. AllSquare Wealth Management LLC now owns 300 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Teradyne by 264.0% in the fourth quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 313 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,000 after buying an additional 227 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp acquired a new position in shares of Teradyne during the fourth quarter worth $45,000. 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.