What is Zacks Research’s Forecast for Bandwidth Q1 Earnings?

Bandwidth Inc. (NASDAQ:BAND) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Bandwidth in a note issued to investors on Monday, October 21st. Zacks Research analyst R. Department expects that the company will earn ($0.01) per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Bandwidth’s current full-year earnings is $0.11 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Bandwidth’s Q3 2026 earnings at $0.15 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.60 EPS.

Other analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on shares of Bandwidth from $25.00 to $19.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. JMP Securities reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating and issued a $36.00 target price on shares of Bandwidth in a report on Tuesday, August 27th. Barclays reduced their price target on Bandwidth from $28.00 to $25.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, August 2nd. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Bandwidth in a research note on Friday, August 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $25.71.

Bandwidth Trading Down 0.9 %

Shares of Bandwidth stock opened at $17.69 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $477.77 million, a P/E ratio of -15.79 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a quick ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 1.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.91. Bandwidth has a 12-month low of $9.34 and a 12-month high of $25.02. The business’s 50 day moving average is $17.28 and its 200-day moving average is $18.23.

Bandwidth (NASDAQ:BAND) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 1st. The company reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.01. Bandwidth had a negative return on equity of 1.89% and a negative net margin of 3.21%. The business had revenue of $174.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $173.18 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted ($0.09) earnings per share. Bandwidth’s revenue was up 19.2% on a year-over-year basis.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Daryl Raiford sold 4,350 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $16.97, for a total transaction of $73,819.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 71,546 shares in the company, valued at $1,214,135.62. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders sold 8,525 shares of company stock worth $146,548 over the last three months. Insiders own 6.20% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Bandwidth

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BAND. Point72 Asset Management L.P. increased its position in Bandwidth by 411.1% during the 2nd quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. now owns 597,933 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,093,000 after buying an additional 480,933 shares during the period. Acadian Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of Bandwidth by 79.8% during the 2nd quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 613,612 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,353,000 after purchasing an additional 272,309 shares in the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its holdings in shares of Bandwidth by 185.5% during the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 341,921 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,987,000 after purchasing an additional 222,142 shares during the period. Squarepoint Ops LLC bought a new stake in shares of Bandwidth in the second quarter valued at approximately $1,113,000. Finally, Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC acquired a new stake in Bandwidth during the first quarter worth approximately $1,143,000. 68.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Bandwidth

Bandwidth is a leading enterprise cloud communications company. Companies like Cisco, Google, Microsoft, RingCentral, Uber, and Zoom use Bandwidth’s APIs to easily embed voice, messaging, and emergency services into software and applications. Bandwidth is the first and only CPaaS provider offering a robust selection of communications APIs built around their own IP voice network.