Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Hold" by Analysts

Key Points

• Analysts maintain a “Hold” consensus on Teradata, with six hold, three buy, and one sell rating. The average 12-month price target is $34.78, above the stock’s $28.87 opening price.
• Teradata exceeded quarterly expectations, reporting $0.69 in EPS versus the $0.56 consensus and revenue of $410 million versus $396.13 million expected. Revenue increased 0.5% year over year.
• Company insiders sold shares under pre-arranged trading plans, including the CEO’s $300,200 sale and the COO’s $1.44 million sale; institutional investors own approximately 90.31% of Teradata’s stock.

Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC - Get Free Report) has been given an average recommendation of "Hold" by the ten research firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $34.7778.

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the company. Barclays dropped their price objective on Teradata from $28.00 to $27.00 and set an "underweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Weiss Ratings restated a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Teradata in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Citizens Jmp reiterated a "market outperform" rating and issued a $49.00 price target on shares of Teradata in a research note on Wednesday, June 10th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a "sector perform" rating and set a $34.00 price objective on shares of Teradata in a report on Thursday, July 16th. Finally, Morgan Stanley restated an "equal weight" rating and set a $29.00 price objective (down from $35.00) on shares of Teradata in a research report on Monday, August 10th.

Teradata Price Performance

Shares of NYSE TDC opened at $28.87 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $2.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 6.08, a PEG ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 0.58. Teradata has a twelve month low of $20.33 and a twelve month high of $41.78. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. The company has a 50 day moving average of $28.87 and a 200 day moving average of $29.65.

Teradata (NYSE:TDC - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The technology company reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.13. Teradata had a return on equity of 47.25% and a net margin of 27.08%.The business had revenue of $410.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $396.13 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.47 EPS. The company's revenue was up .5% compared to the same quarter last year. Teradata has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.550-0.590 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 2.650-2.730 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Teradata will post 1.79 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Stephen Mcmillan sold 10,000 shares of Teradata stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $30.02, for a total value of $300,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 752,446 shares of the company's stock, valued at $22,588,428.92. The trade was a 1.31% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, COO Michael D. Hutchinson sold 48,077 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.00, for a total value of $1,442,310.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer owned 171,927 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $5,157,810. This trade represents a 21.85% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 0.96% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Teradata

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in TDC. Tidal Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of Teradata in the second quarter worth approximately $361,000. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC purchased a new stake in Teradata during the second quarter valued at approximately $272,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its position in Teradata by 18.0% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 23,192 shares of the technology company's stock worth $804,000 after acquiring an additional 3,530 shares during the period. Baird Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Teradata during the 2nd quarter worth $20,687,000. Finally, Allworth Financial LP boosted its stake in shares of Teradata by 69.5% during the 2nd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 6,018 shares of the technology company's stock worth $209,000 after acquiring an additional 2,468 shares during the last quarter. 90.31% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Teradata

Teradata Corporation NYSE: TDC is a data and analytics company that provides cloud-based and enterprise data-management solutions. Its platform is designed to help organizations collect, integrate, govern and analyze data from multiple sources, supporting business intelligence, advanced analytics and artificial intelligence initiatives.

The company's offerings include Teradata Vantage, its analytics and data-platform technology, and VantageCloud, a cloud-based version available through public, private and hybrid cloud environments.

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