Teradata (NYSE:TDC) Cut to “Buy” at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Teradata (NYSE:TDC) from a strong-buy rating to a buy rating in a research note released on Saturday morning.

Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a $34.00 price objective on shares of Teradata in a report on Thursday. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Teradata in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Teradata from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Barclays cut their price target on shares of Teradata from $29.00 to $28.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Citizens Jmp reiterated a “market outperform” rating and set a $49.00 price objective on shares of Teradata in a research note on Wednesday, June 10th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $35.56.

Teradata Stock Performance

Shares of TDC stock opened at $30.66 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 1.30 and a quick ratio of 1.29. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $33.16 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $30.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.03, a P/E/G ratio of 2.24 and a beta of 0.59. Teradata has a 12 month low of $19.83 and a 12 month high of $41.78.

Teradata (NYSE:TDC) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The technology company reported $0.88 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.11. Teradata had a return on equity of 57.44% and a net margin of 24.93%.The company had revenue of $444.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $430.10 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.66 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. Teradata has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.550-2.650 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.530-0.570 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Teradata will post 1.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Teradata news, CEO Stephen Mcmillan sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $31.71, for a total transaction of $634,200.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 762,446 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $24,177,162.66. This trade represents a 2.56% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Timothy C. K. Chou sold 5,657 shares of Teradata stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $33.72, for a total value of $190,754.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 39,210 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,322,161.20. The trade was a 12.61% 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. Insiders have sold a total of 77,201 shares of company stock valued at $2,486,235 in the last quarter. Insiders own 0.96% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Teradata

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of TDC. Sound Income Strategies LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Teradata by 1,162.8% in the 4th quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 985 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 907 shares during the period. Financial Management Professionals Inc. acquired a new stake in Teradata during the second quarter worth about $36,000. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC raised its stake in Teradata by 587.2% during the second quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC now owns 1,182 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $41,000 after acquiring an additional 1,010 shares during the period. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. lifted its holdings in Teradata by 25,800.0% in the first quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 1,813 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $46,000 after acquiring an additional 1,806 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Teradata by 197.5% in the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 1,529 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $47,000 after acquiring an additional 1,015 shares during the last quarter. 90.31% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Teradata

Teradata Corporation is a global provider of enterprise analytics and data management solutions designed to help organizations unlock value from their data assets. The company offers both cloud-based and on-premises platforms that support data warehousing, big data analytics, and machine learning. Through its flagship analytics ecosystem, Teradata enables businesses to integrate, analyze, and manage large volumes of structured and unstructured data at scale.

Central to Teradata’s product suite is the Teradata Vantage analytics platform, which unifies diverse data types across multiple environments—including public and private clouds—into a single, coherent architecture.