Zacks Research Upgrades Teradata (NYSE:TDC) to Strong-Buy

Teradata (NYSE:TDC) was upgraded by research analysts at Zacks Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note issued on Tuesday,Zacks.com reports. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Teradata’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.52 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.35 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.43 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.40 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.71 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.47 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.44 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.45 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $0.49 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $1.86 EPS, Q1 2028 earnings at $0.49 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $1.92 EPS.

TDC has been the topic of several other reports. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $40.00 price target on shares of Teradata in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Barclays decreased their price target on shares of Teradata from $31.00 to $29.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday. Citizens Jmp lifted their price target on shares of Teradata from $42.00 to $49.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Teradata from $35.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $36.00 price target on shares of Teradata in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have given a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $36.30.

Teradata Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of Teradata stock opened at $27.50 on Tuesday. Teradata has a 1 year low of $19.83 and a 1 year high of $41.78. The firm has a market cap of $2.60 billion, a PE ratio of 20.52, a PEG ratio of 3.21 and a beta of 0.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.07, a current ratio of 0.92 and a quick ratio of 0.90. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $27.93 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $27.69.

Teradata (NYSE:TDC) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The technology company reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.19. Teradata had a net margin of 7.82% and a return on equity of 81.80%. The business had revenue of $421.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $399.49 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.53 earnings per share. Teradata’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. Analysts expect that Teradata will post 1.73 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Teradata

In related news, major shareholder Lake Lp Lynrock sold 61,990 shares of Teradata stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $40.29, for a total value of $2,497,577.10. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 9,354,676 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $376,899,896.04. The trade was a 0.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Michael P. Gianoni sold 25,000 shares of Teradata stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $29.96, for a total transaction 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 ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 0.96% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Teradata by 5.0% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 12,953,545 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $394,306,000 after buying an additional 612,624 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Teradata by 175.3% in the second 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 period. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in shares of Teradata by 56.3% in 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 during the period. LSV Asset Management increased its stake in shares of Teradata by 18.5% in the fourth quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 2,600,216 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $79,151,000 after buying an additional 406,121 shares during the period. Finally, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Teradata in the fourth quarter worth $67,125,000. 90.31% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Teradata Company Profile

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.