Semiconductor testing company Teradyne (NASDAQ: TER) will be announcing earnings results this Tuesday after market close. Here’s what to expect.
Teradyne met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $685.7 million, up 14.3% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EPS estimates but an increase in its inventory levels.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Teradyne’s revenue to decline 10.9% year on year to $650.5 million, a reversal from the 6.6% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.54 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 missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.
Looking at Teradyne’s peers in the semiconductors segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Micron delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 36.6%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.9%, and Texas Instruments reported revenues up 16.4%, topping estimates by 2%. Micron traded down 1.2% following the results while Texas Instruments was also down 13.3%.
Read our full analysis of Micron’s results here and Texas Instruments’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the semiconductors segment, with share prices up 3% on average over the last month. Teradyne’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $97.81 (compared to the current share price of $90.75).
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