Northland Capmk Analysts Cut Earnings Estimates for Teradyne

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Equities research analysts at Northland Capmk dropped their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Teradyne in a research report issued on Thursday, March 13th. Northland Capmk analyst G. Richard now anticipates that the company will earn $0.48 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast 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.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last posted its earnings results 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 return on equity of 19.08% and a net margin of 19.23%.

A number of other brokerages have also recently commented on TER. UBS Group set a $130.00 price target on Teradyne and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 12th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on Teradyne from $125.00 to $110.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 12th. Cantor Fitzgerald reduced their price target on Teradyne from $150.00 to $110.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 12th. Bank of America cut their target price on Teradyne from $100.00 to $85.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 12th. Finally, Robert W. Baird decreased their target price on Teradyne from $140.00 to $110.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note 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 issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Teradyne currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $121.44.

Teradyne Stock Performance

TER stock opened at $88.87 on Monday. Teradyne has a fifty-two week low of $82.98 and a fifty-two week high of $163.21. The business’s 50-day moving average is $115.61 and its two-hundred day moving average is $119.55. The company has a market cap of $14.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.69, a P/E/G ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.46.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th were issued a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.54%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 14th. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio is 14.41%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the business’s 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 completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 74,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,705,800. The trade was a 3.96 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Richard John Burns sold 407 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $120.51, for a total value of $49,047.57. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 20,764 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,502,269.64. The trade was a 1.92 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 8,479 shares of company stock worth $1,013,134. 0.36% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Teradyne by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 20,405,899 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,569,511,000 after buying an additional 92,428 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its stake in Teradyne by 5.4% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,880,148 shares of the company’s stock valued at $921,458,000 after purchasing an additional 350,002 shares during the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp grew its stake in Teradyne by 59.9% during the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 4,928,143 shares of the company’s stock valued at $620,552,000 after purchasing an additional 1,846,079 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its stake in Teradyne by 28.3% during the 4th quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,828,689 shares of the company’s stock valued at $608,025,000 after purchasing an additional 1,065,474 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Teradyne by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,105,505 shares of the company’s stock valued at $515,665,000 after purchasing an additional 94,374 shares during the last quarter. 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.