Northland Securities Has Positive View of inTEST Q1 Earnings

inTEST Co. (NYSE:INTT) – Investment analysts at Northland Securities increased their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of inTEST in a report released on Wednesday, April 1st. Northland Securities analyst E. Jackson now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.08 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.03. The consensus estimate for inTEST’s current full-year earnings is $0.41 per share. Northland Securities also issued estimates for inTEST’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.09 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.10 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.12 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.40 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.56 EPS.

Separately, Lake Street Capital upped their target price on shares of inTEST from $10.00 to $19.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, March 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $19.00.

inTEST Stock Down 1.9%

Shares of NYSE INTT opened at $14.07 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 2.26 and a quick ratio of 1.38. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $11.82 and a 200-day moving average price of $9.31. The stock has a market capitalization of $175.82 million, a P/E ratio of 61.18 and a beta of 1.58. inTEST has a 1 year low of $5.24 and a 1 year high of $15.66.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On inTEST

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in INTT. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in shares of inTEST by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 487,984 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,645,000 after buying an additional 1,999 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in inTEST by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 49,010 shares of the company’s stock worth $366,000 after buying an additional 2,000 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its holdings in inTEST by 0.6% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 517,962 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,771,000 after buying an additional 2,907 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in inTEST by 2.7% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 126,537 shares of the company’s stock worth $945,000 after acquiring an additional 3,333 shares during the period. Finally, Bailard Inc. raised its position in inTEST by 11.2% in the fourth quarter. Bailard Inc. now owns 35,803 shares of the company’s stock worth $267,000 after acquiring an additional 3,603 shares during the period. 63.18% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key inTEST News

Here are the key news stories impacting inTEST this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Northland Securities materially raised near‑term and multi‑year earnings forecasts for inTEST — boosting FY2026 EPS to $0.40 (from $0.22) and FY2027 to $0.56 (from $0.46), while increasing quarterly 2026 estimates (Q1 to $0.08, Q2 to $0.09, Q3 to $0.10, Q4 to $0.12). These upward revisions signal improving expected profitability and support a re‑rating vs. prior expectations. MarketBeat INTT coverage
• Positive Sentiment: Northland also published initial/updated 2027 quarterly forecasts (Q1 $0.06, Q2 $0.13, Q3 $0.16, Q4 $0.21), indicating continued expected earnings growth into next year and giving investors a clearer multi‑quarter cadence to model. MarketBeat INTT coverage
• Positive Sentiment: inTEST promoted Rich Rogoff to Chief Executive Officer, a leadership change that investors may view as positive if it accelerates execution or strategy delivery. The company filing/announcement: InTest Promotes Rich Rogoff to Chief Executive Officer

inTEST Company Profile

inTEST Corporation (NYSE: INTT) is a developer and manufacturer of precision instrumentation and test solutions designed for the semiconductor, microelectronics and related manufacturing industries. The company’s offerings focus on thermal management and instrument interface technologies that support the environmental conditioning and electrical performance evaluation of devices under test. These solutions include temperature controllers and cyclers, thermal subsystems, load boards, connectors and custom test interfaces engineered to accelerate reliability testing, product qualification and high-volume production measurement.

Serving customers across North America, Europe and Asia, inTEST supports semiconductor fabs, assembly and packaging facilities, research laboratories and OEM equipment builders.