Teradata tries a new approach

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TERADATA CORP. $28 (New York symbol TDC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 129.3 million; Market cap: $3.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.6; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.teradata.com) makes computers and software to capture and store large amounts of data for individual businesses—its clients. The company then analyzes this information and identifies customer buying habits and other trends. In the three months ended March 31, 2017, its revenue fell 9.9%, to $491 million from $545 million a year earlier. That’s mainly because Teradata sold its marketing applications business in 2016. That division produces software and services to help businesses improve the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns. Earnings per share dropped 40.4%, to $0.28 from $0.47. The company now aims to spur its earnings by targeting larger clients it can sell more of its advanced products to, instead of smaller firms that are switching to cheaper cloud-based analytics services. Teradata is still a hold. hold…