Northland Capmk Equities Analysts Boost Earnings Estimates for Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER)

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Equities research analysts at Northland Capmk boosted their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Teradyne in a research note issued on Thursday, April 25th. Northland Capmk analyst G. Richard now expects that the company will earn $0.88 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.82. The consensus estimate for Teradyne’s current full-year earnings is $2.82 per share.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 24th. The company reported $0.51 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.18. The business had revenue of $599.82 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $566.31 million. Teradyne had a return on equity of 19.06% and a net margin of 16.15%. Teradyne’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.55 earnings per share.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Evercore ISI initiated coverage on Teradyne in a research report on Tuesday, April 16th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $130.00 target price on the stock. Robert W. Baird increased their target price on Teradyne from $110.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Teradyne from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 11th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald restated a “neutral” rating and set a $110.00 target price on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Thursday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $114.18.

Teradyne Price Performance

NASDAQ:TER opened at $108.91 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $16.66 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.41 and a beta of 1.56. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $105.38 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $100.43. Teradyne has a 1 year low of $81.07 and a 1 year high of $119.20.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Teradyne

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of TER. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Teradyne during the fourth quarter valued at $188,873,000. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its holdings in Teradyne by 489.0% in the third quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 2,073,278 shares of the company’s stock valued at $208,282,000 after acquiring an additional 1,721,306 shares during the period. Van ECK Associates Corp raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 26.9% in the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 4,361,091 shares of the company’s stock worth $473,265,000 after buying an additional 923,612 shares during the period. Boston Partners raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 38.5% in the third quarter. Boston Partners now owns 2,351,867 shares of the company’s stock worth $236,164,000 after buying an additional 654,181 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 24.4% in the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,427,501 shares of the company’s stock worth $243,867,000 after buying an additional 476,763 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Teradyne

In other Teradyne news, Director Ernest E. Maddock bought 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 1st. The stock was bought at an average price of $94.07 per share, for a total transaction of $94,070.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now directly owns 4,728 shares in the company, valued at $444,762.96. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. In other news, Director Ernest E. Maddock purchased 1,000 shares of Teradyne stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 1st. The shares were bought at an average cost of $94.07 per share, with a total value of $94,070.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director now directly owns 4,728 shares in the company, valued at $444,762.96. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Sanjay Mehta sold 8,653 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.10, for a total value of $909,430.30. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 31,180 shares in the company, valued at $3,277,018. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 0.36% 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.