Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.580-0.680 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.620. The company issued revenue guidance of $660.0 million-$700.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $692.7 million.

Teradyne Price Performance

Shares of TER stock traded up $0.11 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $122.05. The company had a trading volume of 2,737,732 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,530,008. The company has a market capitalization of $19.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.75, a P/E/G ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.46. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $124.65 and its 200-day moving average price is $125.74. Teradyne has a 52-week low of $92.29 and a 52-week high of $163.21.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.04. Teradyne had a net margin of 18.75% and a return on equity of 18.56%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Teradyne will post 3.17 earnings per share for the current year.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio is presently 15.24%.

Teradyne declared that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Monday, November 11th that authorizes the company to repurchase $100.00 million in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 0.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. Robert W. Baird lowered their price target on Teradyne from $140.00 to $133.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 25th. Susquehanna lifted their target price on shares of Teradyne from $145.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on Teradyne from $140.00 to $125.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Evercore ISI boosted their price objective on Teradyne from $130.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 9th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of Teradyne from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $145.00 to $158.00 in a research note on Monday, December 16th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $149.31.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Teradyne news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the chief executive officer now owns 74,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,705,800. The trade was a 3.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.36% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.