Teradyne (TER) Reports Earnings Tomorrow: What To Expect

Semiconductor testing company Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow after market hours. Here’s what you need to know.

Teradyne beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 4.1% last quarter, reporting revenues of $729.9 million, up 6.6% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a significant improvement in its inventory levels and an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Teradyne’s revenue to grow 1.7% year on year to $715.6 million, a reversal from the 14.9% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.79 per share.

The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Teradyne has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 3% on average.

Looking at Teradyne’s peers in the semiconductors segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Micron Technology delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 93.3%, beating analysts’ expectations by 1.4%, and SMART reported a revenue decline of 1.7%, falling short of estimates by 4.3%. Micron Technology traded up 14.6% following the results while SMART’s stock price was unchanged.

Read our full analysis of Micron Technology’s results here and SMART’s results here.

Investors in the semiconductors segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices up 1.3% on average over the last month. Teradyne is down 3.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $143.95 (compared to the current share price of $125.29).

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