Infinera (NASDAQ:INFN) Posts Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.15 EPS

Infinera (NASDAQ:INFN) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The communications equipment provider reported ($0.02) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.13 by ($0.15), Zacks reports. The firm had revenue of $414.39 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $409.08 million. Infinera had a negative return on equity of 45.12% and a negative net margin of 7.62%.

Infinera Stock Performance

Shares of INFN stock traded down $0.01 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $6.65. The stock had a trading volume of 8,774,917 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,008,958. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.57 billion, a PE ratio of -13.84 and a beta of 1.63. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $6.61 and a 200-day simple moving average of $6.56. Infinera has a twelve month low of $4.41 and a twelve month high of $6.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.98, a current ratio of 1.58 and a quick ratio of 0.97.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently commented on INFN. B. Riley cut Infinera from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. StockNews.com raised shares of Infinera from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $6.65 target price on shares of Infinera in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $7.09.

About Infinera

Infinera Corporation provides optical transport networking equipment, software, and services worldwide. The company's product portfolio includes Infinera Groove series for modular and sled-based platforms to support a various transport network applications; Infinera 7300 series, an SDN-ready coherent optical transport system; Infinera FlexILS open optical line system that connects various Infinera and third-party terminal equipment platforms over long-distance fiber optic cable providing switching, multiplexing, amplification, and management channels; and Infinera 7090 and 7100 series for transport platforms.