Ondas (NASDAQ:ONDS) Stock Price Up 5.8% Following Analyst Upgrade

Ondas Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ONDS)’s share price rose 5.8% on Thursday after LADENBURG THALM/SH SH upgraded the stock to a strong-buy rating. The company traded as high as $8.34 and last traded at $7.80. Approximately 67,137,674 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 90% from the average daily volume of 35,316,246 shares. The stock had previously closed at $7.37.

A number of other brokerages also recently issued reports on ONDS. Oppenheimer upgraded Ondas from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $12.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Friday, November 14th. Needham & Company LLC increased their price target on Ondas from $10.00 to $12.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Ondas in a research report on Monday. Stifel Nicolaus set a $13.00 price objective on shares of Ondas and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded shares of Ondas from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Ondas has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $10.43.

Insider Buying and Selling at Ondas

In related news, Director Ron Stern sold 850,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $7.91, for a total value of $6,723,500.00. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 1.60% of the company’s stock.

More Ondas News

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%

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Ondas

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in Ondas by 154.9% during the second quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 16,299 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 9,904 shares during the period. IFP Advisors Inc grew its position in shares of Ondas by 231.4% in the 3rd quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 4,142 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 2,892 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Ondas during the 1st quarter worth approximately $34,000. Penbrook Management LLC purchased a new stake in Ondas during the second quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Finally, Exencial Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Ondas in the second quarter valued at approximately $36,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 37.73% of the company’s stock.

Ondas Price Performance

The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $7.60 and its 200-day simple moving average is $5.31. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.45 billion, a PE ratio of -23.05 and a beta of 2.42.

Ondas (NASDAQ:ONDS) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, November 13th. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.05) by ($0.01). The business had revenue of $10.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7.04 million. Ondas had a negative return on equity of 35.16% and a negative net margin of 192.60%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Ondas Holdings Inc. will post -0.53 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Ondas

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.