Zacks Research Has Bearish Estimate for Teradyne Q3 Earnings

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Zacks Research decreased their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Teradyne in a report issued on Tuesday, March 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $1.01 for the quarter, down from their previous 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.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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%.

Several other research firms have also weighed in on TER. Robert W. Baird reduced their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $140.00 to $110.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, March 13th. UBS Group set a $130.00 price objective on shares of Teradyne and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 12th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on shares of Teradyne from $125.00 to $110.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on shares of Teradyne from $112.00 to $81.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, March 14th. Finally, KeyCorp decreased their target price on shares of Teradyne from $150.00 to $140.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Two 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. According to MarketBeat.com, Teradyne presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $121.44.

Teradyne Trading Down 0.4 %

NASDAQ:TER opened at $88.51 on Thursday. Teradyne has a twelve month low of $82.98 and a twelve month high of $163.21. The company has a 50-day moving average of $114.63 and a 200-day moving average of $119.33. The firm has a market cap of $14.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.46.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Compass Financial Services Inc bought a new position in shares of Teradyne in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL bought a new position in Teradyne in the 4th quarter worth approximately $34,000. AllSquare Wealth Management LLC raised its position in Teradyne by 200.0% in the 4th quarter. AllSquare Wealth Management LLC now owns 300 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC raised its position in Teradyne by 264.0% in the 4th quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 313 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 227 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp bought a new position in Teradyne in the 4th quarter worth approximately $45,000. Institutional investors own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Teradyne news, insider Richard John Burns sold 445 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $111.49, for a total transaction of $49,613.05. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 25,191 shares in the company, valued at $2,808,544.59. This trade represents a 1.74 % 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 link. Also, VP Ryan Driscoll sold 437 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $102.00, for a total transaction of $44,574.00. Following the transaction, the vice president now owns 4,312 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $439,824. This represents a 9.20 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 8,479 shares of company stock valued at $1,013,134 over the last three months. 0.36% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th were given a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.54%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 14th. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 14.41%.

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.