Stock Traders Purchase Large Volume of Call Options on Ondas (NASDAQ:ONDS)

Ondas Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ONDS) saw unusually large options trading activity on Friday. Traders acquired 222,241 call options on the company. This is an increase of approximately 26% compared to the average volume of 176,154 call options.

Ondas Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ ONDS opened at $9.83 on Friday. Ondas has a 1 year low of $0.57 and a 1 year high of $15.28. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $11.02 and its 200-day simple moving average is $8.61. The firm has a market cap of $4.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -24.58 and a beta of 2.47.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Richard M. Cohen sold 25,861 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $9.48, for a total transaction of $245,162.28. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 197,746 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,874,632.08. The trade was a 11.57% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Neil J. Laird sold 4,526 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $9.48, for a total value of $42,906.48. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 8,224 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $77,963.52. The trade was a 35.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 556,605 shares of company stock worth $5,385,865 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 1.60% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Ondas

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Ondas by 39.9% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,767,157 shares of the company’s stock worth $183,167,000 after purchasing an additional 5,351,725 shares during the last quarter. Hood River Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Ondas during the second quarter worth about $14,479,000. Van ECK Associates Corp bought a new position in shares of Ondas during the fourth quarter worth about $71,202,000. AWM Investment Company Inc. acquired a new position in Ondas in the second quarter worth about $11,123,000. Finally, State Street Corp grew its stake in Ondas by 130.2% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 5,162,151 shares of the company’s stock worth $50,383,000 after purchasing an additional 2,920,071 shares in the last quarter. 37.73% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have commented on ONDS. Lake Street Capital upped their price target on Ondas from $10.00 to $19.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. Northland Securities set a $16.00 target price on Ondas in a report on Tuesday, January 20th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on shares of Ondas from $17.00 to $18.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. HC Wainwright raised their price target on shares of Ondas from $12.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 20th. Finally, Oppenheimer lifted their price target on shares of Ondas from $12.00 to $16.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have issued a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $17.29.

Ondas News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Ondas this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Won roughly $6M of repeat orders for its Sentrycs counter‑UAS systems from existing Middle East and other customers — orders positioned as urgent deployments and potential building blocks for larger programs. Ondas Receives New Orders for Counter-Drone Systems
• Positive Sentiment: Reported major border security contract wins and a growing defense backlog, which investors view as revenue visibility and valuation re‑rating catalysts. Ondas Wins Major Border Security Deals As Valuation Gap Draws Attention
• Positive Sentiment: Invested $10M in World View to expand stratospheric ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) capabilities — a strategic move that broadens Ondas’s ISR addressable market beyond ground/air counter‑drone systems. Ondas invests $10M in World View for stratospheric ISR solutions
• Positive Sentiment: Added David Chinn, a McKinsey senior partner with government and defense experience, to the OAS board to support global defense expansion — governance/strategy hire may accelerate program wins and customer engagement. Ondas Strengthens OAS Board with McKinsey Senior Partner
• Neutral Sentiment: Sector headlines show counter‑drone/defense names rallying as regional tensions rise, which can lift Ondas but also increases short‑term correlation and volatility across the group. Counter-Drone Defense Stocks Surge as Iran Conflict Escalates
• Neutral Sentiment: Unusually large options activity: ~222,241 call options were bought (≈26% above typical daily call volume), indicating speculative bullish positioning that can amplify intraday swings. (No external link)
• Negative Sentiment: Despite the positive newsflow, ONDS traded lower today on very heavy volume (about 160M shares vs. ~101M average) — likely reflecting profit‑taking after recent gains, high beta volatility, and short‑term positioning that outweighed contract announcements.

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.