FY2025 EPS Estimates for Bandwidth Lowered by Zacks Research

Bandwidth Inc. (NASDAQ:BAND) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research cut their FY2025 earnings estimates for Bandwidth in a report issued on Tuesday, January 13th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the company will post earnings of ($0.07) per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of ($0.06). The consensus estimate for Bandwidth’s current full-year earnings is $0.22 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Bandwidth’s Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.15) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.05) EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.23 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.40 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently issued reports on BAND. Robert W. Baird set a $16.00 price objective on Bandwidth in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Bandwidth in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Bandwidth from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, December 14th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $21.00.

Bandwidth Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of BAND opened at $13.53 on Thursday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $14.58 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $15.21. Bandwidth has a 12 month low of $11.33 and a 12 month high of $19.88. The company has a market capitalization of $412.94 million, a PE ratio of -34.69 and a beta of 2.10. The company has a current ratio of 1.39, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Bandwidth news, General Counsel Richard Brandon Asbill sold 4,460 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.06, for a total value of $62,707.60. Following the transaction, the general counsel directly owned 62,465 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $878,257.90. The trade was a 6.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, COO Devesh Agarwal sold 4,202 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.06, for a total value of $59,080.12. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer owned 77,482 shares in the company, valued at $1,089,396.92. The trade was a 5.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 63,463 shares of company stock valued at $895,210 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 6.50% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Bandwidth

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of BAND. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC raised its holdings in shares of Bandwidth by 183.7% during the second quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 3,776 shares of the company’s stock valued at $60,000 after purchasing an additional 2,445 shares during the period. State of Wyoming bought a new stake in Bandwidth in the 3rd quarter valued at about $71,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new stake in Bandwidth in the 2nd quarter valued at about $85,000. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. raised its stake in Bandwidth by 30.3% during the 3rd quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 7,509 shares of the company’s stock worth $125,000 after buying an additional 1,748 shares during the period. Finally, Quantbot Technologies LP bought a new position in Bandwidth in the second quarter worth approximately $128,000. 68.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Stories Impacting Bandwidth

Here are the key news stories impacting Bandwidth this week:

• Neutral Sentiment: Broker consensus is lukewarm — brokerages give Bandwidth an average “Hold” recommendation, which implies limited near-term upside from analyst coverage. Bandwidth Inc. (NASDAQ:BAND) Given Average Recommendation of “Hold” by Brokerages
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry context: an article on AI inference highlights how network latency and memory, not just compute, matter for real‑time applications — a thematic item that could support demand for low‑latency communications infrastructure but does not directly change Bandwidth’s near‑term fundamentals. AI inference crisis: Google engineers on why network latency and memory trump compute
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst cuts from Zacks Research — Zacks trimmed multiple EPS forecasts across quarters and fiscal years (examples: Q4 2025 to ($0.15) from ($0.14); Q1 2026 to ($0.05) from ($0.04); FY2026 to $0.23 from $0.25; FY2027 to $0.40 from $0.42). The revisions signal weaker near‑term profitability and raise uncertainty around Bandwidth’s earnings recovery, a direct negative for the stock.

About Bandwidth

Bandwidth Inc operates a cloud-based communications platform that provides voice, messaging and emergency services APIs for enterprises and developers. Through its proprietary network and software-as-a-service model, the company enables customers to integrate programmable voice calls, text messaging and 9-1-1 routing into their applications. Bandwidth’s solutions aim to reduce complexity and improve reliability in mission-critical communications, serving industries such as healthcare, financial services, on-demand mobility and customer engagement.

Founded in 1999 in Raleigh, North Carolina by co-founders David Morken and Henry Kaestner, Bandwidth initially focused on voice-over-IP infrastructure before evolving into a full communications API provider.