What is Zacks Research’s Estimate for Teradyne Q2 Earnings?

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Teradyne in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.84 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.07. The consensus estimate for Teradyne’s current full-year earnings is $3.88 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Teradyne’s Q3 2026 earnings at $1.18 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.88 EPS.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.91 by $0.04. Teradyne had a net margin of 19.23% and a return on equity of 19.08%.

Several other equities research analysts have also commented on the stock. KeyCorp reduced their price target on shares of Teradyne from $180.00 to $150.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 31st. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $160.00 price target on shares of Teradyne in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Morgan Stanley lowered shares of Teradyne from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $121.00 to $117.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. UBS Group decreased their target price on shares of Teradyne from $160.00 to $155.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 31st. Finally, Northland Securities decreased their target price on shares of Teradyne from $154.00 to $140.00 and set an “outperform” 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 given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Teradyne currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $143.77.

Teradyne Price Performance

Teradyne stock opened at $111.35 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $18.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.45. Teradyne has a 1 year low of $95.80 and a 1 year high of $163.21. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $124.34 and a two-hundred day moving average of $122.91.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Teradyne

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Creative Planning grew its position in shares of Teradyne by 22.6% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 20,650 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,766,000 after purchasing an additional 3,802 shares in the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its position in Teradyne by 8.4% in the third quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 3,282 shares of the company’s stock worth $440,000 after acquiring an additional 254 shares during the period. International Assets Investment Management LLC grew its position in Teradyne by 11,687.8% in the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 173,635 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,255,000 after acquiring an additional 172,162 shares during the period. IFM Investors Pty Ltd grew its position in Teradyne by 1.3% in the third quarter. IFM Investors Pty Ltd now owns 32,480 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,350,000 after acquiring an additional 423 shares during the period. Finally, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System grew its position in Teradyne by 4.5% in the third quarter. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System now owns 9,200 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,232,000 after acquiring an additional 400 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 owns 74,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,705,800. This represents a 3.96 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Richard John Burns sold 407 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 $2,502,269.64. The trade was a 1.92 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 8,479 shares of company stock valued at $1,013,134 in the last quarter. 0.18% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

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

Teradyne declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Monday, November 11th that allows the company to repurchase $100.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 0.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

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.