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Teradata Corp.: Q3 FY2026 earnings call

What management said about Q3 FY2026, from the documents filed with the SEC on 5 November 2026: press release. Guidance figures: 2 raised, 2 narrowed, 4 new, 5 kept. The quarter’s numbers.

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
GAAP diluted EPS Sourcefull year 2026$4.63 to $4.67Raised from $4.43 to $4.51
Non-GAAP diluted EPS Sourcefull year 2026$2.86 to $2.90Raised from $2.65 to $2.73
Recurring revenue growth Sourcefull year 20261% to 2% year-over-yearNarrowed, low end up from flat to 2% year-over-year
Total revenue growth Sourcefull year 2026-1% to flat year-over-yearNarrowed, low end up from -2% to flat year-over-year
Total ARR growth Sourcefull year 20262% to 4% year-over-yearKept
Cash flow from operations Sourcefull year 2026$665 million to $685 millionKept
Adjusted free cash flow Sourcefull year 2026$330 million to $350 millionKept
Free cash flow (non-GAAP) Sourcefull year 2026$645 million to $665 millionKept
Total capital expenditures Sourcefull year 2026~20 (million dollars)Kept
Recurring revenue growth Sourcefourth quarter 2026-2% to -4% year-over-yearNew
Total revenue growth Sourcefourth quarter 2026-4% to -6% year-over-yearNew
GAAP diluted EPS Sourcefourth quarter 2026$0.26 to $0.30New
Non-GAAP diluted EPS Sourcefourth quarter 2026$0.58 to $0.62New

What changed from last quarter

  • Guidance raised: Full-year GAAP diluted EPS range raised from $4.43 to $4.51 to $4.63 to $4.67. Source
  • Guidance raised: Full-year non-GAAP diluted EPS range raised from $2.65 to $2.73 to $2.86 to $2.90. Source
  • Guidance raised: Full-year recurring revenue range narrowed to the high end, from flat to 2% to 1% to 2%. Source
  • Guidance raised: Full-year total revenue range narrowed to the high end, from -2% to flat to -1% to flat. Source
  • New guidance: Fourth-quarter 2026 ranges added; the prior release gave third-quarter ranges. Source
  • Guidance kept: Total ARR growth, cash flow from operations, and adjusted free cash flow ranges reaffirmed. Source
  • New: Teradata Factory released for general availability as an integrated GPU system. Source
  • New: Tera evolved into an agentic coworker for enterprise data work, operated through natural language. Source
  • New: Tera Context Engine announced as a vendor-neutral layer connecting databases, pipelines, catalogs, models, and agents. Source
  • New: Tera Harness launched as an execution layer that routes work to skills, tools, data, and models. Source

In management's words

“In Q3, Teradata marked another quarter of progress against the goals we set at the start of the year, driving total ARR growth, improving profitability and delivering”

Steve McMillan, president and CEO, Teradata

“The increased pace of new product innovation and new AI service capabilities is driving positive interest from customers.”

Steve McMillan, president and CEO, Teradata

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Total ARR Source$1.512 billion
Public cloud ARR Source$700 million
Recurring revenue Source$359 million

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Not stated: Full-year ranges for Total ARR, cash flow from operations, and adjusted free cash flow reaffirmed. Source
  • Not stated: Full-year recurring and total revenue ranges narrowed to the high end of previous ranges. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.