Teradata (NYSE:TDC) Stock Rating Lowered by Wall Street Zen

Teradata (NYSE:TDC) was downgraded by investment analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued to investors on Monday.

TDC has been the subject of several other reports. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Teradata in a research note on Friday, March 27th. Northland Securities set a $37.00 price objective on shares of Teradata in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Citizens Jmp boosted their price objective 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 reiterated a “market outperform” rating on shares of Teradata in a research note on Friday. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded shares of Teradata from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $35.67.

Teradata Price Performance

TDC opened at $33.43 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.29, a current ratio of 1.30 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85. Teradata has a 52-week low of $19.83 and a 52-week high of $41.78. The company has a 50 day moving average of $27.87 and a two-hundred day moving average of $29.00. The company has a market cap of $3.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.67, a P/E/G ratio of 2.51 and a beta of 0.51.

Teradata (NYSE:TDC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The technology company reported $0.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.11. Teradata had a net margin of 24.93% and a return on equity of 57.44%. The company had revenue of $444.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $430.10 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.66 earnings per share. Teradata’s revenue for the quarter 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, analysts expect that Teradata will post 1.75 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Teradata

In other news, CRO Richard J. Petley sold 34,317 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.84, for a total transaction of $1,058,336.28. Following the transaction, the executive directly owned 207,627 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,403,216.68. The trade was a 14.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Stephen Mcmillan sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction 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 directly owned 762,446 shares in the company, valued at approximately $24,177,162.66. The trade was a 2.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 79,317 shares of company stock valued at $2,441,536. Corporate insiders own 0.96% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of Teradata by 21.7% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,320,653 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $33,848,000 after purchasing an additional 235,116 shares in the last quarter. Kentucky Retirement Systems acquired a new position in shares of Teradata during the first quarter worth $346,000. Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its position in shares of Teradata by 9.2% during the first quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 461,126 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $11,818,000 after purchasing an additional 38,860 shares in the last quarter. Amundi lifted its position in shares of Teradata by 98.0% during the first quarter. Amundi now owns 120,738 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $3,095,000 after purchasing an additional 59,772 shares in the last quarter. Finally, California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its position in shares of Teradata by 14.4% during the first quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 93,304 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,391,000 after purchasing an additional 11,742 shares in the last quarter. 90.31% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trending Headlines about Teradata

Here are the key news stories impacting Teradata this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Zacks upgraded Teradata to Buy, reflecting improved earnings optimism and potentially supporting the stock in the near term. Teradata upgraded to Buy
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks Research lifted longer-term earnings estimates for Teradata, including FY2026, FY2027 and FY2028, which can reinforce a more constructive valuation outlook.
• Neutral Sentiment: Teradata shareholders approved an expanded stock incentive plan, which improves employee compensation flexibility but is not an immediate operating catalyst. Teradata shareholders approve expanded stock incentive plan
• Negative Sentiment: Some Zacks Research estimates were cut for near-term quarters, including Q2 2026, Q3 2026 and Q4 2026, which could temper enthusiasm about the pace of upcoming earnings growth.
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks Research also downgraded Teradata from Strong Buy to Hold in a separate note, partially offsetting the more bullish upgrade.

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.