Ondas (NASDAQ:ONDS) Trading 18.2% Higher – Should You Buy?

Ondas Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ONDS)’s share price traded up 18.2% during mid-day trading on Friday . The company traded as high as $9.24 and last traded at $9.22. 124,855,960 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 250% from the average session volume of 35,670,664 shares. The stock had previously closed at $7.80.

Key Headlines Impacting Ondas

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%

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on ONDS. Lake Street Capital raised their price target on shares of Ondas from $9.00 to $10.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. Loop Capital set a $10.00 target price on shares of Ondas in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. HC Wainwright began coverage on shares of Ondas in a research note on Monday, October 6th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $12.00 price target on the stock. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Ondas from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Ondas in a report on Monday. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Ondas currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $10.43.

Ondas Price Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of $3.40 billion, a P/E ratio of -23.05 and a beta of 2.42. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $7.60 and its 200-day simple moving average is $5.26.

Ondas (NASDAQ:ONDS) last released its quarterly earnings data 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 firm had revenue of $10.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.04 million. Ondas had a negative return on equity of 35.16% and a negative net margin of 192.60%. On average, analysts forecast that Ondas Holdings Inc. will post -0.53 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Ondas

In other Ondas news, Director Ron Stern sold 850,000 shares of the company’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 transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. 1.60% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Ondas

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ONDS. Quadrature Capital Ltd acquired a new stake in Ondas during the second quarter worth approximately $705,000. Arkadios Wealth Advisors acquired a new stake in Ondas during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $144,000. XTX Topco Ltd boosted its stake in Ondas by 2,796.2% in the 2nd quarter. XTX Topco Ltd now owns 853,568 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,639,000 after purchasing an additional 824,096 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in Ondas by 444.4% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 112,373 shares of the company’s stock valued at $120,000 after buying an additional 91,732 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in Ondas during the 2nd quarter worth $151,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 37.73% of the company’s stock.

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.