Teradata Corporation (TDC): Today's Featured Computer Hardware Winner

Teradata Corporation (TDC) pushed the Computer Hardware industry higher today making it today's featured computer hardware winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.4%. By the end of trading, Teradata Corporation rose 77 cents (1.1%) to $69.29 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.1 million shares of Teradata Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.8 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $67.86-$69.74 after having opened the day at $68.49 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $68.52. Other companies within the Computer Hardware industry that increased today were: Mad Catz Interactive (MCZ), up 10.9%, Dot Hill Systems Corporation (HILL), up 9.5%, Acorn Energy (ACFN), up 9%, and Performance Technologies (PTIX), up 8.7%.

Teradata Corporation provides analytic data solutions worldwide. The company offers various data warehousing solutions that comprise software, hardware, and related business consulting and support services. Teradata Corporation has a market cap of $11.59 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 31.2, above the average computer hardware industry P/E ratio of 31.1 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 37.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 11 analysts that rate Teradata Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and six rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Teradata Corporation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations and impressive record of earnings per share growth. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

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On the negative front, Interphase (INPH), down 10.6%, Lantronix (LTRX), down 3.5%, Hutchinson Technology (HTCH), down 2.2%, and Seagate Technology (STX), down 1.7%, were all losers within the computer hardware industry with EMC Corporation (EMC) being today's computer hardware industry loser.

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