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

Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) shares gapped down before the market opened on Wednesday . The stock had previously closed at $30.08, but opened at $27.20. Teradata shares last traded at $28.7980, with a volume of 495,160 shares traded.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently commented on TDC. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on Teradata from $32.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Barclays dropped their price target on shares of Teradata from $29.00 to $28.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Citizens Jmp increased their price target on shares of Teradata from $42.00 to $49.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $40.00 price target on shares of Teradata in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Citigroup cut their price target on shares of Teradata from $42.00 to $38.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have issued a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $35.67.

Teradata Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85, a quick ratio of 0.90 and a current ratio of 1.30. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.49 and a beta of 0.51. The business has a fifty day moving average of $27.13 and a two-hundred day moving average of $28.11.

Teradata (NYSE:TDC) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The technology company reported $0.88 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.77 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $444.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $430.10 million. Teradata had a return on equity of 57.44% and a net margin of 24.93%.The firm’s revenue was up 6.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.66 EPS. Teradata has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.550-2.650 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.530-0.570 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Teradata Corporation will post 1.75 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Teradata

In other news, major shareholder Lake Lp Lynrock sold 61,990 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $40.29, for a total transaction of $2,497,577.10. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 9,354,676 shares in the company, valued at approximately $376,899,896.04. This trade represents a 0.66% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Michael P. Gianoni sold 25,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $29.96, for a total transaction of $749,000.00. Following the sale, the director owned 31,523 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $944,429.08. This represents a 44.23% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 121,307 shares of company stock worth $4,304,913. 0.96% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Teradata

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of TDC. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Teradata by 175.3% during the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 3,913,277 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $86,914,000 after buying an additional 2,491,938 shares during the last quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Teradata during the 4th quarter worth about $67,125,000. Defiance ETFs LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Teradata during the 4th quarter worth about $38,968,000. Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in shares of Teradata by 56.3% during the 4th 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 during the last quarter. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of Teradata during the 3rd quarter worth about $23,549,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.