Allot (NASDAQ:ALLT) Given New $8.50 Price Target at Needham & Company LLC

Allot (NASDAQ:ALLT) had its price target lowered by Needham & Company LLC from $12.50 to $8.50 in a report released on Thursday,Benzinga reports. Needham & Company LLC currently has a buy rating on the communications equipment provider’s stock.

ALLT has been the subject of a number of other reports. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Allot in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Allot in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. TD Cowen set a $11.00 target price on Allot in a report on Wednesday. Citigroup reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Allot in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded Allot from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, January 19th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with 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, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $13.13.

Allot Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:ALLT opened at $6.75 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $327.04 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 84.39 and a beta of 1.57. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $10.00 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $9.49. Allot has a fifty-two week low of $4.37 and a fifty-two week high of $11.92.

Allot (NASDAQ:ALLT) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The communications equipment provider reported $0.06 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.07 by ($0.01). Allot had a return on equity of 6.84% and a net margin of 3.63%.The company had revenue of $28.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $27.90 million. As a group, research analysts predict that Allot will post -0.18 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Allot

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of ALLT. Invesco Ltd. purchased a new stake in Allot in the 4th quarter worth $112,000. XTX Topco Ltd grew its position in shares of Allot by 8.5% during the fourth quarter. XTX Topco Ltd now owns 34,536 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $339,000 after purchasing an additional 2,718 shares in the last quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Allot in the fourth quarter worth about $133,000. Trexquant Investment LP lifted its position in shares of Allot by 10.5% in the fourth quarter. Trexquant Investment LP now owns 259,325 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $2,549,000 after buying an additional 24,715 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Osaic Holdings Inc. lifted its position in shares of Allot by 24.8% in the fourth quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 35,557 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $350,000 after buying an additional 7,072 shares in the last quarter. 51.50% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting Allot

Here are the key news stories impacting Allot this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Company reported strong SECaaS momentum — 69% YoY ARR growth for its security-as-a-service business and described record profitability, and it guided 2026 revenue to $113M–$117M, signaling continued top-line acceleration. Allot Announces Fourth Quarter 2025 Financial Results
• Positive Sentiment: Revenue beat/增长: Q4 revenue of $28.4M topped consensus (~$27.9M) and Zacks highlights 14% Y/Y revenue growth driven by SECaaS expansion, which supports the growth story. Allot’s Q4 Earnings Surpass Expectations, Revenues Rise Y/Y
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst action mixed — Needham cut its price target from $12.50 to $8.50 but maintained a Buy rating, leaving upside vs. the current share price but signaling reduced near-term conviction. Benzinga
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest reports in late February appear unreliable (entries show 0 shares / NaN changes); do not currently indicate meaningful short pressure based on available data.
• Negative Sentiment: EPS confusion/miss: company-reported EPS figures triggered mixed reads — some transcripts/reporting show a miss (reported ~$0.06 vs. ~$0.07 consensus), and the earnings call highlighted that EPS came in below some estimates, which likely weighed on sentiment. Allot Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

About Allot

Allot Ltd. is a provider of network intelligence and security solutions designed for service providers and enterprises worldwide. The company delivers software and cloud-based services that enable customers to gain real-time visibility into network traffic, enforce security policies and optimize bandwidth usage. Its platforms support a wide range of applications, from DDoS protection and threat prevention to subscriber experience management and network analytics.

Allot’s product portfolio includes managed solutions for mobile and fixed-line operators, as well as cloud-native services that can be deployed across private, public and hybrid environments.