Ondas (NASDAQ:ONDS) Raised to “Strong-Buy” at LADENBURG THALM/SH SH

Ondas (NASDAQ:ONDS) was upgraded by equities researchers at LADENBURG THALM/SH SH to a “strong-buy” rating in a note issued to investors on Thursday,Zacks.com reports.

Several other brokerages have also recently issued reports on ONDS. Needham & Company LLC lifted their target price on shares of Ondas from $10.00 to $12.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Loop Capital set a $10.00 price target on shares of Ondas in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. HC Wainwright initiated coverage on shares of Ondas in a research note on Monday, October 6th. They set a “buy” rating and a $12.00 price objective for the company. Oppenheimer upgraded shares of Ondas from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $12.00 price objective for the company in a report on Friday, November 14th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Ondas in a report on Monday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Ondas has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $10.43.

Ondas Trading Up 18.2%

NASDAQ:ONDS opened at $9.22 on Thursday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $7.60 and a two-hundred day moving average of $5.31. Ondas has a 12 month low of $0.57 and a 12 month high of $11.70. The firm has a market cap of $3.45 billion, a P/E ratio of -23.05 and a beta of 2.42.

Ondas (NASDAQ:ONDS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 13th. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.05) by ($0.01). Ondas had a negative return on equity of 35.16% and a negative net margin of 192.60%.The firm had revenue of $10.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.04 million. On average, research analysts forecast that Ondas will post -0.53 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Ron Stern sold 850,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $7.91, for a total value of $6,723,500.00. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 1.60% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ONDS. Hood River Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Ondas during the second quarter worth $14,479,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Ondas by 109.9% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 13,415,432 shares of the company’s stock worth $103,567,000 after purchasing an additional 7,024,549 shares during the period. AWM Investment Company Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Ondas during the 2nd quarter worth about $11,123,000. Two Sigma Investments LP raised its holdings in Ondas by 1,325.9% in the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 4,568,238 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,267,000 after buying an additional 4,247,859 shares during the period. Finally, Cresset Asset Management LLC lifted its position in Ondas by 263.5% in the second quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 4,667,874 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,962,000 after buying an additional 3,383,629 shares during the last quarter. 37.73% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Ondas News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Ondas this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Completed acquisition of Roboteam expands Ondas Autonomous Systems into rugged tactical ground robotics, adding field?proven UGV products, defense customers and revenue channels — a clear strategic growth and capability boost. Ondas Completes Acquisition of Roboteam
• Positive Sentiment: Successful eight?week Middle East pilot with Safe Pro demonstrated AI-powered detection of mines/UXO from aerial imagery — strengthens OAS product credibility for humanitarian, reconstruction and defense contracts. Pilot Program Demonstrating Advanced Demining Capability
• Positive Sentiment: Appointment of Brig. Gen. Patrick Huston (Ret.) as COO adds government/defense operational experience to support integration, scale and customer engagement — reduces execution risk on fast expansion. Ondas Appoints General Patrick Huston as COO
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support: Needham raised its growth forecast and lifted its price target after management meetings, signaling institutional confidence in M&A and new contract traction. Needham Raises Ondas Growth Forecast
• Positive Sentiment: Unusually large call buying today (141,280 calls, ~24% above typical volume) indicates short?term bullish positioning and may be amplifying upward price moves through gamma/option market flows.
• Negative Sentiment: Recent media/analyst pieces flagged concerns that Ondas’ aggressive defense expansion and potential dilution (capital raises to fund M&A/growth) could hurt near?term shareholder value — these concerns triggered heavy selling earlier in the week. Ondas Is Down 18.3% After Aggressive Autonomous Defense Expansion And Dilution Risk Moves
• Negative Sentiment: Stock also saw a sharp one?day drop reported by market outlets (down ~8.9% on Dec. 18), reflecting broader market risk?off moves and investor skepticism about spending and execution risk. Ondas Holdings (ONDS) Sheds 8.9%

Ondas Company Profile

Ondas Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ: ONDS) develops secure private wireless networking solutions and unmanned aircraft systems tailored to mission-critical industrial applications. Its Ondas Networks division offers the proprietary FullMAX platform, a long-range, high-bandwidth broadband network designed to support real-time data transmission, remote monitoring and IoT deployments across rail, maritime and infrastructure environments. The broadband platform integrates edge-to-cloud architecture to ensure operational resilience and regulatory compliance for transportation and utility operators.

The company’s Ondas Autonomous Systems segment builds heavy-lift cargo drones and uncrewed aircraft platforms for logistics, pipeline and infrastructure inspection, emergency response and other government and commercial use cases.