What is Northland Capmk’s Forecast for Teradyne Q1 Earnings?

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Research analysts at Northland Capmk cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Teradyne in a research note issued on Friday, January 31st. Northland Capmk analyst G. Richard now forecasts that the company will earn $0.61 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.69. Northland Capmk currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Teradyne’s current full-year earnings is $4.02 per share. Northland Capmk also issued estimates for Teradyne’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.40 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.18 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.90 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.81 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.23 EPS.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last announced 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 net margin of 19.23% and a return on equity of 19.08%.

TER has been the subject of a number of other reports. Northland Securities dropped their target price on shares of Teradyne from $154.00 to $140.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 31st. Evercore ISI boosted their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $130.00 to $145.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of Teradyne from $158.00 to $145.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 31st. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, October 27th. Finally, KeyCorp decreased their target price on Teradyne from $180.00 to $150.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $143.77.

Teradyne Stock Up 0.5 %

Teradyne stock opened at $111.67 on Monday. Teradyne has a twelve month low of $94.64 and a twelve month high of $163.21. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $125.43 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $124.37. The company has a market capitalization of $18.19 billion, a PE ratio of 33.53, a P/E/G ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 1.46.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Teradyne

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. ARK Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 25.5% in the 4th quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC now owns 1,923,010 shares of the company’s stock valued at $242,145,000 after purchasing an additional 390,397 shares during the period. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund raised its position in shares of Teradyne by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund now owns 115,420 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,534,000 after acquiring an additional 3,810 shares during the period. Artemis Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Teradyne in the fourth quarter worth about $1,259,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its stake in shares of Teradyne by 13.5% during the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,482,750 shares of the company’s stock worth $186,708,000 after acquiring an additional 176,043 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Crestwood Advisors Group LLC grew its position in shares of Teradyne by 21.1% during the 4th quarter. Crestwood Advisors Group LLC now owns 2,026 shares of the company’s stock valued at $255,000 after acquiring an additional 353 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Teradyne news, insider Richard John Burns sold 407 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $120.51, for a total value of $49,047.57. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now 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 at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the firm’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 transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 74,660 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,705,800. This trade represents a 3.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 6,434 shares of company stock valued at $785,137 over the last ninety days. 0.36% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Teradyne announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Monday, November 11th that authorizes the company to repurchase $100.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 0.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.43%. Teradyne’s payout ratio is currently 14.41%.

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.