Teradata (NYSE:TDC) Shares Down 4.8% – Time to Sell?

Shares of Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) traded down 4.8% on Wednesday . The stock traded as low as $28.81 and last traded at $28.91. 1,601,828 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 17% from the average session volume of 1,932,051 shares. The stock had previously closed at $30.36.

Analyst Ratings Changes

TDC has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Northland Securities set a $37.00 price objective on Teradata in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Teradata in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on Teradata from $32.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of Teradata from $30.00 to $35.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, TD Cowen reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Teradata in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Teradata currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $36.50.

Teradata Stock Down 4.7%

The business’s 50-day moving average is $30.39 and its two-hundred day moving average is $26.43. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.60, a P/E/G ratio of 3.57 and a beta of 0.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.07, a quick ratio of 0.90 and a current ratio of 0.92.

Teradata (NYSE:TDC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The technology company reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.55 by $0.19. Teradata had a net margin of 7.82% and a return on equity of 81.80%. The firm had revenue of $421.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $399.49 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.53 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. Teradata has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.750-0.790 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 2.550-2.650 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Teradata Corporation will post 1.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Teradata

In related news, Director Michael P. Gianoni sold 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $29.96, for a total value of $749,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 31,523 shares in the company, valued at approximately $944,429.08. The trade was a 44.23% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, major shareholder Lake Lp Lynrock sold 61,990 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $40.29, for a total value of $2,497,577.10. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 9,354,676 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $376,899,896.04. The trade was a 0.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 0.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Teradata

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Teradata by 175.3% in the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 3,913,277 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $86,914,000 after acquiring an additional 2,491,938 shares in the last quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Teradata in the fourth quarter valued at about $67,125,000. Defiance ETFs LLC acquired a new position in shares of Teradata during the fourth quarter worth about $38,968,000. Morgan Stanley grew its holdings in shares of Teradata by 56.3% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,151,388 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $95,928,000 after buying an additional 1,134,722 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. acquired a new stake in Teradata in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $23,549,000. Institutional investors own 90.31% of the company’s stock.

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.