Teradata struggles in fast-growing market

TERADATA CORP. $43 (New York symbol TDC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 147.9 million; Market cap: $6.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.3; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.teradata .com) makes computers and software that capture and store large amounts of a.. Read More

TERADATA CORP. $43 – New York symbol TDC

TERADATA CORP. $43 (New York symbol TDC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 147.9 million; Market cap: $6.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.3; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.teradata .com) makes computers and software that capture and store large amounts of a.. Read More

Market leaders cut your tech risk

Technology stocks tend to be riskier than other manufacturing firms. That’s because demand for their products is cyclical, and they must spend heavily on research and development. Even then, there’s no guarantee their efforts will boost their sales or protect them from start-ups with better… Read More

TERADATA CORP. $45 – New York symbol TDC

TERADATA CORP. $45 (New York symbol TDC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 153.0 million; Market cap: $6.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.6; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.teradata.com) makes computers and software that capture and store large amounts of a.. Read More

Seven examples of spinoff success

From time to time, companies set up their subsidiaries as stand-alone companies and hand out shares in these new businesses as a special dividend. Studies have shown that these new firms, called spinoffs, and their former parents tend to outperform groups of comparable stocks for… Read More

TERADATA CORP. $43 – New York symbol TDC

TERADATA CORP. $43 (New York symbol TDC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 157.7 million; Market cap: $6.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.6; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.teradata.com) was a wholly owned subsidiary of NCR Corp. until it was spun… Read More