Teradata Corp (NYSE:TDC) was lifted to Buy from Neutral with a $62 price target at Guggenheim in a research note to clients on Monday.
The price target represents a potential 60% upside to the stock compared to current levels, with the analysts stating that channel checks indicate Teradata "may be at a positive inflection point in terms of retaining customers and driving revenue expansion via its Cloud strategy."
Teradata will report 1Q23 earnings on May 4, and Guggenheim analysts explained that the firm has been "saying that TDC shares are priced like revenue will decline into perpetuity (vs. guidance for an 8% Total ARR CAGR from 2022-2025)."
"Despite the low bar, we viewed the 2025 Cloud ARR target of $1B, which is essential to achieving its 2025 Total ARR target for an 8% 3-year CAGR, as risky and haven't found any catalysts to support achieving these targets. That is, until now," they added. "Major Teradata GSIs have indicated that given increased budget scrutiny and widespread delays in cloud transformation projects, more Teradata customers are inclined to stay vs. initial plans to migrate to competing cloud-native solutions."
The analysts also believe improvements in Teradata's VantageCloud solution also "facilitates a much easier migration vs. switching to a cloud competitor."
"This appears to be only happening at the margin and will take time to play out, but it's happening. And if so, then we have increased confidence in Teradata's ability to achieve or even exceed 2023 ARR guidance, while 2025 guidance seems less risky. 1Q23 consensus (no guidance) also seems fairly conservative, although this is not intended to be a quarter call," they wrote, concluding that TDC shares are "simply too cheap."