Teradata's Chief Operating Officer Dumps Over 48,000 Shares Worth $1.4 Million

Chief Operating Officer Michael D. Hutchinson reported the sale of 48,077 shares of Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) on September 15, 2026, according to a recent SEC Form 4 filing.

Transaction summary

Metric	Value
Transaction value	$1.4 million
Shares sold	48,077 shares
Post-transaction shares (directly held)	171,927 shares
Post-transaction value	$5.05 million

Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average sale price ($30.00); post-transaction value based on September 15, 2026 market close ($29.39).

Key questions

• What is the context for the timing of this disposal?
  The transaction was carried out under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan that was established on May 7, 2026. This allows company insiders to schedule trades in advance to avoid potential concerns about trading on non-public information. Shares were priced at $30.00, while the stock has delivered a 37% total return over the 12-month period ending on the September 15, 2026 transaction date.
• How much equity does the Chief Operating Officer retain in Teradata?
  Following the sale, Hutchinson retains a direct position of ~172,000 shares. This remaining stake represents 0.18% of the company's total shares outstanding. The executive does not report any indirect holdings through trusts or other legal entities in this filing.
• How does this transaction compare to the company's current valuation?
  The sale was executed at a slight premium to the $29.39 market close on the day of the transaction. As of the September 16, 2026 market close, the stock was priced at $29.17 per share. Teradata provides a unified multi-cloud data platform including its Teradata Vantage product.

Company Overview

Metric	Value
Share Price (as of market close 2026-09-16)	$29.17
Market Capitalization	$2.8 billion
Revenue (TTM)	$1.7 billion
Net Income (TTM)	$458.0 million

Company Snapshot

• Teradata Corporation delivers a unified multi-cloud data platform through products such as Teradata Vantage and Autonomous Knowledge Platform, which enables enterprises to integrate diverse data sources and perform comprehensive analytics across their organizations.
• The company generates revenue through software licensing, cloud services, and professional services, leveraging its proprietary data analytics platform to serve large-scale enterprise customers requiring robust data management and analytics capabilities.
• Teradata primarily serves large enterprises and organizations across multiple industries that require sophisticated data integration, analytics, and cloud migration solutions to optimize their data ecosystems.

Teradata Corporation is a software infrastructure provider specializing in enterprise-grade data analytics and multi-cloud platforms. The company has demonstrated strong financial performance with TTM revenue of $1.7 billion and net income of $458.0 million, reflecting a 26.94% net margin.

Based in San Diego, Teradata maintains a competitive position in the enterprise analytics market through its differentiated Autonomous Knowledge Platform, which simplifies complex data ecosystems and facilitates cloud migration for large institutional customers.

What this transaction means for investors

The September 15 sale of Teradata stock by COO Michael Hutchinson occurred after shares had recovered from a drop due to an uninspiring second-quarter earnings report announced on August 4. Moreover, the disposal represented a sizable 22% of his directly-held shares before the sale.

That said, his disposition was not a market-timed investment decision. It was a non-discretionary transaction executed as part of a pre-established Rule 10b5-1 plan. Even so, the size of the sale provides little comfort to investors given Teradata's lackluster performance amid the artificial intelligence boom.

The company reported Q2 revenueof $410 million, a modest increase from the prior year's $408 million. However, Teradata forecasted Q3 sales to fall by 4% to 6% year over year. That led to the drop in the stock's price.

On the bright side, management expects sales to pick up in Q4 with the quarter representing the bulk of its growth this year. Consequently, Teradata reaffirmed its full-year outlook for 2026.

Robert Izquierdo has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Teradata. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.