Q1 Earnings Forecast for Teradyne Issued By Northland Capmk

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Equities research analysts at Northland Capmk lowered their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Teradyne in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, October 29th. Northland Capmk analyst G. Richard now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.83 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.86. The consensus estimate for Teradyne’s current full-year earnings is $3.88 per share. Northland Capmk also issued estimates for Teradyne’s Q2 2026 earnings at $1.41 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.10 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also weighed in on TER. Bank of America upgraded shares of Teradyne from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $205.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $119.00 to $135.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on Teradyne from $100.00 to $136.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $180.00 price target on shares of Teradyne in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Industrial Alliance Securities set a $175.00 price target on Teradyne in a research note on Tuesday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Teradyne currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $158.75.

Teradyne Stock Up 1.7%

Shares of NASDAQ:TER opened at $176.88 on Thursday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $131.90 and its 200 day moving average price is $103.49. The stock has a market cap of $28.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 64.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.82. Teradyne has a fifty-two week low of $65.77 and a fifty-two week high of $179.21.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The company reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.78 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $769.21 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $744.20 million. Teradyne had a return on equity of 18.04% and a net margin of 15.49%.Teradyne’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.90 EPS. Teradyne has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.200-1.460 EPS.

Teradyne Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 5th were given a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 5th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.3%. Teradyne’s payout ratio is 16.61%.

Insider Activity at Teradyne

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of Teradyne stock in a transaction on Friday, October 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $145.24, for a total value of $160,925.92. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 94,777 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,765,411.48. The trade was a 1.16% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 2,770 shares of company stock valued at $353,380. Insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Teradyne

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in TER. Hemington Wealth Management raised its stake in shares of Teradyne by 43.2% during the 3rd quarter. Hemington Wealth Management now owns 262 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 79 shares in the last quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc raised its position in Teradyne by 5.8% in the third quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 1,494 shares of the company’s stock worth $206,000 after acquiring an additional 82 shares in the last quarter. LS Investment Advisors LLC raised its position in Teradyne by 2.3% in the third quarter. LS Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,945 shares of the company’s stock worth $543,000 after acquiring an additional 89 shares in the last quarter. CVA Family Office LLC raised its position in Teradyne by 28.9% in the third quarter. CVA Family Office LLC now owns 424 shares of the company’s stock worth $58,000 after acquiring an additional 95 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fulton Bank N.A. raised its position in Teradyne by 4.3% in the second quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. now owns 2,722 shares of the company’s stock worth $245,000 after acquiring an additional 113 shares in the last quarter. 99.77% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.