Teradyne, Inc. (TER) earnings on April 28, 2026
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Missed
The stock fell sharply after earnings, dropping as much as 20% during the day and ending 19% lower at close.
TER price around the earnings
306.16
Change: -19.4%
2026-04-29, 19:59 UTC
- Price: green if it ends above the starting price; red if it ends below
- Start of the measured window
- Market open
- No trading (market closed)
- Starting price
Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Missed
- Thesis published
Strong recent performance, but upside may be limited.
The stock has performed strongly recently, benefiting from positive news in the chip sector. However, current analyst price targets are lower than the stock's current market review level, suggesting limited upside potential.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Strong recent performance, but upside may be limited.
- Reasoning
- The stock has performed strongly recently, benefiting from positive news in the chip sector. However, current analyst price targets are lower than the stock's current market review level, suggesting a limited optimistic scenario.
- Playbook
- While the stock has shown strong upward movement, the fact that analyst targets are below the current price suggests caution is warranted. The scenario suggests waiting for a more favorable risk-reward setup.
- Trend
- Run-up intact, sentiment improving, crowding risk present.
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Negative
The average price target from analysts suggests a potential downside of over 11%, indicating the stock is market review above what many experts currently expect.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 1.83
- Analysts covering the stock
- 17
- Average price target
- 336.35
- Lowest price target
- 250
- Highest price target
- 440
- Upside to price target
- -11.5%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 75.9%
- Revenue growth
- 43.9%
- Forward EPS
- 8.38
- Trailing EPS
- 3.46
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 5
- Strong buy: 0
- Buy: 11
- Hold: 6
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 1
- Strong buy
- 0
- Buy
- 11
- Hold
- 6
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 1
- April 21, 2026 · UBS: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- April 16, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- April 9, 2026 · Susquehanna: Maintains rating (Positive → Positive)
- April 9, 2026 · Cantor Fitzgerald: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- March 30, 2026 · Baird: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
News and sentiment
Drivers
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News & sentiment
Negative
Positive news and price target increases are fueling very optimistic social media sentiment. This high level of optimism could indicate the stock is becoming overextended.
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (6)
- UBS Maintains Buy on Teradyne, Raises Price Target to $440 — Benzinga
- JP Morgan Maintains Neutral on Teradyne, Raises Price Target to $400 — Benzinga
- Teradyne Acquires TestInsight; Terms Undisclosed — Benzinga
- Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning Teradyne Stock In The Last 5 Years — Benzinga
- Susquehanna Maintains Positive on Teradyne, Raises Price Target to $415 — Benzinga
- Cantor Fitzgerald Maintains Overweight on Teradyne, Raises Price Target to $400 — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Positive
The stock has demonstrated strong upward price movement and outperformance against the market over the last 14 and 30 days.
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Technical
Neutral
The stock is currently positioned with slightly more room to fall to key support levels than it has to rise to key resistance levels.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 3.5%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -1.9%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +21.5%
- 30-day change
- +26.2%
- 30-day relative strength
- +22.4%
- Benchmark change
- +3.8%
- Nearest support
- 273.25
- Nearest resistance
- 387.08
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 0.79
Expected move
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 5.6%
- 75th percentile move
- 12.3%
- 90th percentile move
- 19.2%
- Up / down moves
- 7 / 12
- Average up move
- +10.2%
- Average down move
- -6.3%
Monitoring and close
What Teradyne, Inc. reported
There is no monitoring data available for this event.
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Missed
- Consolidated
- -19.4%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 0%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 20.5%