Teradata (NYSE:TDC) Shares Gap Down – Here’s Why

Shares of Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) 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.

More Teradata News

Here are the key news stories impacting Teradata this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 beat on profit and sales — Teradata reported $0.88 EPS vs. $0.77 consensus and revenue of $444M vs. $430M expected; revenue rose ~6% year-over-year, signaling continued top-line recovery. Teradata (TDC) Tops Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Raised FY EPS view — management set FY2026 EPS guidance at $2.550–$2.650, above consensus (~$2.46), which supports better full-year profitability expectations. Teradata Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
• Positive Sentiment: Subscription and cloud momentum — Total ARR reached $1.492B (+3% YoY) and public cloud ARR rose ~13%; recurring revenue grew ~12%, supporting a shift toward higher-margin, recurring streams. Teradata Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
• Neutral Sentiment: Large cash inflow but one-time — Operating cash flow of $401M and free cash flow $390M were helped by a $359M pre-tax benefit from an SAP settlement; boosts liquidity but is non-recurring. Teradata Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
• Neutral Sentiment: Management tone and roadmap — The earnings call highlights a shift in data-analytics momentum and execution focus on cloud and recurring revenue; encourages investors on strategy but will require execution to sustain growth. Teradata Corporation (TDC) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Revenue guidance came in light — Q2 revenue guidance ($391.7M–$399.8M) and FY revenue range ($1.6B–$1.7B) are at or below Street expectations, raising near-term growth concerns and offsetting some of the EPS upside. Teradata Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results

Analyst Ratings Changes

TDC has been the subject of several recent research reports. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $40.00 price objective on shares of Teradata in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Barclays reduced their price objective on Teradata from $29.00 to $28.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Zacks Research raised Teradata from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on Teradata from $32.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Northland Securities set a $37.00 price target on Teradata in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have issued a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $35.60.

Teradata Stock Up 0.6%

The firm has a 50-day moving average of $27.10 and a 200 day moving average of $27.98. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $2.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.57, a PEG ratio of 3.38 and a beta of 0.51.

Teradata (NYSE:TDC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The technology company reported $0.88 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.11. Teradata had a return on equity of 81.80% and a net margin of 7.82%.The firm had revenue of $444.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $430.10 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.66 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 6.2% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, sell-side analysts forecast that Teradata Corporation will post 1.75 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Michael P. Gianoni sold 25,000 shares of the firm’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 sale, the director directly owned 31,523 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $944,429.08. This trade represents a 44.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, major shareholder Lake Lp Lynrock sold 61,990 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of 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 disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Company insiders own 0.96% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Teradata

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Kera Capital Partners Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Teradata in the first quarter valued at approximately $317,000. Twin Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Teradata by 2.0% in the first quarter. Twin Capital Management Inc. now owns 21,019 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $539,000 after buying an additional 405 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its position in shares of Teradata by 1.6% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 596,400 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $15,286,000 after buying an additional 9,575 shares during the last quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund lifted its position in shares of Teradata by 18.3% in the first quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund now owns 54,803 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,405,000 after buying an additional 8,497 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Teradata by 2.0% in the first quarter. Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. now owns 344,400 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $8,827,000 after buying an additional 6,900 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.