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Teradata Corporation TDC
$30.14 +0.74% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.84B
High qualityInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $4.75, up 320.4% year over year.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 13 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +27.1%).
- The shares trade at 6.3× trailing earnings, lower than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 20%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 6%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 7%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 23%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 38%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 21%
- Gross marginTop 39%
- Operating marginTop 43%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 50%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 35%
- Interest coverTop 43%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 1%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 2%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 1%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 21%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 12%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 30%
- 6-month returnBottom 45%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 32%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 46%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 22%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 18%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 6%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 22%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 40%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 49%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 35%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -0.8% | 1.0% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 207.0% | 320.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 58.9% | 60.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 11.0% | 7.6% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 16.8% | 44.1% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.0% | -0.8% | ↑ | Bottom 20% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 320.4% | 207.0% | ↑ | Top 6% |
| Gross margin | 60.9% | 58.9% | ↑ | Top 39% |
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 11.0% | ↓ | Top 43% |
| Net margin | 27.1% | 6.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 44.1% | 16.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 11.6% | — | Top 21% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.5% | — | Bottom 23% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.66×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -18.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 7.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -13.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.45×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 5.01%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.01%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 13
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +27.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $31.33
- Target vs current price
- +3.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 47
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 28%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +23.7% | +7.2% | -13.7% | -9.6% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +14.3% | +2.6% | +10.2% | +24.5% | +4.2% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | +34.5% | +3.3% | +15.2% | -1.4% | +7.0% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +35.8% | -4.1% | +29.3% | +42.2% | +32.1% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +14.6% | -0.6% | -1.0% | +1.8% | +5.4% |
| May 6, 2025 | +15.8% | -0.7% | +6.7% | +0.8% | -5.3% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | +20.5% | -0.1% | -19.4% | -27.8% | -27.8% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +23.2% | +0.5% | -10.1% | -5.5% | -4.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.69 | $0.56 | +23.7% | $410.0M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.88 | $0.77 | +14.3% | $444.0M |
| Feb 10, 2026 | $0.74 | $0.55 | +34.5% | $421.0M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.72 | $0.53 | +35.8% | $416.0M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.47 | $0.41 | +14.6% | $408.0M |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.66 | $0.57 | +15.8% | $418.0M |
| Feb 11, 2025 | $0.53 | $0.44 | +20.5% | $409.0M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $0.69 | $0.56 | +23.2% | $440.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 6.3× | 39.8× | 5th | Top 1% |
| P/E (forward) | 11.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 3.6× | — | — | Top 1% |
| EV / Sales | 1.49× | — | — | Top 21% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 26.27% | — | — | Top 2% |
| Earnings yield | 15.76% | — | — | Top 1% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.5× – 137.4× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +40.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +320.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -71.4%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 4
- Days above the 200-day average
- 2
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +5.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +1.2%
- RSI (14)
- 60.2
- Relative volume
- 0.88×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 69.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 93th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.71
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.23
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -20.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -60.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2021 | Apr 7, 2025 | -67.4% | 865 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 9, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -29.0% | 30 days | 99 days (Aug 13, 2021) |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -20.8% | 24 days | 28 days (Dec 10, 2020) |
| Sep 3, 2021 | Sep 14, 2021 | -12.2% | 6 days | 12 days (Sep 30, 2021) |
| Jan 27, 2021 | Jan 28, 2021 | -11.0% | 1 days | 6 days (Feb 5, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.84B
- P/E (TTM)
- 6.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.75
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.69B
- 52-week range
- $20.33 – $41.78
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.92B | $1.79B | $1.83B | $1.75B | $1.66B |
| Gross profit | $1.19B | $1.08B | $1.11B | $1.06B | $993.0M |
| Operating income | $231.0M | $118.0M | $186.0M | $209.0M | $205.0M |
| Net income | $147.0M | $33.0M | $62.0M | $114.0M | $130.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.30 | $0.31 | $0.61 | $1.16 | $1.35 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $440.0M | $409.0M | $418.0M | $408.0M | $416.0M | $421.0M | $444.0M | $410.0M |
| Net income | $32.0M | $25.0M | $44.0M | $9.0M | $40.0M | $37.0M | $335.0M | $46.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.33 | $0.26 | $0.45 | $0.09 | $0.42 | $0.38 | $3.47 | $0.48 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $463.0M | $419.0M | $375.0M | $303.0M | $305.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$31.0M | -$16.0M | -$20.0M | -$26.0M | -$19.0M |
| Free cash flow | $432.0M | $403.0M | $355.0M | $277.0M | $286.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$244.0M | -$387.0M | -$308.0M | -$215.0M | -$140.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $414.0M
- Total assets
- $1.66B
- Total liabilities
- $1.06B
- Total debt
- $99.0M
- Net debt
- -$315.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $593.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 15,405,722
- Days to cover
- 8.28
- Change vs previous report
- -1.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.