What is Northland Securities’ Estimate for RBBN Q3 Earnings?

Ribbon Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:RBBN) – Stock analysts at Northland Securities lowered their Q3 2026 earnings estimates for Ribbon Communications in a research report issued on Wednesday, July 29th. Northland Securities analyst T. Savageaux now forecasts that the communications equipment provider will post earnings per share of $0.01 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.03. The consensus estimate for Ribbon Communications’ current full-year earnings is ($0.05) per share. Northland Securities also issued estimates for Ribbon Communications’ Q4 2026 earnings at $0.08 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.04 EPS.

Ribbon Communications (NASDAQ:RBBN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 28th. The communications equipment provider reported ($0.03) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.01) by ($0.02). Ribbon Communications had a net margin of 1.96% and a return on equity of 19.91%. The company had revenue of $192.34 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $189.99 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.05 earnings per share. Ribbon Communications’s revenue was down 13.0% on a year-over-year basis.

RBBN has been the topic of a number of other research reports. B. Riley Financial raised Ribbon Communications from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $3.30 target price on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Weiss Ratings cut Ribbon Communications from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “sell (d)” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. CL King set a $3.30 price objective on Ribbon Communications in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Ribbon Communications from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, May 3rd. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities decreased their target price on Ribbon Communications from $4.00 to $3.50 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Ribbon Communications presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $3.52.

Ribbon Communications Stock Performance

NASDAQ:RBBN opened at $2.17 on Monday. Ribbon Communications has a fifty-two week low of $1.80 and a fifty-two week high of $4.24. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 1.31. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $2.44 and a 200 day moving average price of $2.43. The stock has a market capitalization of $388.04 million, a P/E ratio of 27.13 and a beta of 1.36.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Ribbon Communications

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in RBBN. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Ribbon Communications by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,691,070 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $29,226,000 after buying an additional 166,683 shares during the period. Royce & Associates LP raised its stake in shares of Ribbon Communications by 7.2% in the fourth quarter. Royce & Associates LP now owns 4,614,741 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $13,290,000 after acquiring an additional 309,271 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of Ribbon Communications by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,099,793 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $6,047,000 after acquiring an additional 5,280 shares in the last quarter. First Wilshire Securities Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Ribbon Communications by 11.0% in the first quarter. First Wilshire Securities Management Inc. now owns 1,407,178 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $2,983,000 after acquiring an additional 139,592 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its holdings in Ribbon Communications by 18.2% in the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 1,216,876 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $2,580,000 after purchasing an additional 187,160 shares during the period. 70.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Ribbon Communications Company Profile

Ribbon Communications Inc is a global provider of real-time communications software and network solutions for service providers and enterprises. The company’s offerings address the full life cycle of voice, video and data transmission across fixed, mobile and cloud environments. Ribbon’s technology portfolio is designed to enable secure, intelligent and interoperable communications in applications such as unified communications, contact centers, wholesale VoIP interconnect and next-generation 5G networks.

Ribbon’s product suite includes session border controllers (SBCs), which secure and interwork IP voice and multimedia sessions; Diameter signaling controllers for 4G/5G policy and charging control; network edge virtualization platforms; and analytics engines for service assurance and fraud management.