What is Northland Capmk’s Forecast for Teradyne Q1 Earnings?

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Research analysts at Northland Capmk upped their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Teradyne in a research report issued on Thursday, October 30th. Northland Capmk analyst G. Richard now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $1.20 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.83. 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 $1.18 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.59 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.33 EPS.

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

A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on TER. Industrial Alliance Securities set a $175.00 price target on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Teradyne in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Susquehanna reiterated a “positive” rating and set a $215.00 price target on shares of Teradyne in a report on Thursday. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $180.00 price target on shares of Teradyne in a report on Wednesday, October 29th. Finally, Bank of America upgraded Teradyne from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $205.00 price target on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 29th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Teradyne currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $164.06.

Teradyne Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of NASDAQ:TER opened at $183.07 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $134.55 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $105.48. Teradyne has a 1-year low of $65.77 and a 1-year high of $185.91. The stock has a market cap of $29.12 billion, a PE ratio of 66.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.82.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 5th were given a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 5th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. Teradyne’s dividend payout ratio is currently 17.45%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Teradyne

In other news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 1,108 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $145.24, for a total transaction of $160,925.92. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 94,777 shares in the company, valued at $13,765,411.48. This represents a 1.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Insiders sold 2,770 shares of company stock worth $353,380 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.16% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Teradyne

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of TER. Arizona State Retirement System increased its holdings in shares of Teradyne by 1.0% in the third quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 47,641 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,557,000 after purchasing an additional 453 shares during the period. Hollencrest Capital Management bought a new position in Teradyne in the 3rd quarter worth about $189,000. AE Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Teradyne in the 3rd quarter worth about $208,000. New York State Common Retirement Fund increased its stake in Teradyne by 14.5% in the 3rd quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 105,654 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,542,000 after acquiring an additional 13,419 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ballentine Partners LLC bought a new position in Teradyne in the 3rd quarter worth about $249,000. Institutional investors own 99.77% of the company’s stock.

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.