Ondas (NASDAQ:ONDS) Stock Price Up 18.2% – Here’s Why

Ondas Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ONDS)’s share price shot up 18.2% on Friday . The stock traded as high as $9.24 and last traded at $9.22. 124,855,960 shares were traded 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.

Ondas News Roundup

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%

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus set a $13.00 target price on shares of Ondas and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday. Oppenheimer raised Ondas from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $12.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Friday, November 14th. Zacks Research lowered Ondas from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Ondas in a report on Monday. Finally, Loop Capital set a $10.00 target price on Ondas in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Six 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 MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $10.43.

Ondas Price Performance

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

Ondas (NASDAQ:ONDS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 13th. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.05) by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $10.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.04 million. Ondas had a negative net margin of 192.60% and a negative return on equity of 35.16%. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Ondas Holdings Inc. will post -0.53 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Ondas

In other news, Director Ron Stern sold 850,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $7.91, for a total transaction of $6,723,500.00. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 1.60% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. IFP Advisors Inc lifted its holdings in Ondas by 231.4% during the 3rd quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 4,142 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 2,892 shares during the period. RiverGlades Family Offices LLC raised its position in shares of Ondas by 54.0% during the third quarter. RiverGlades Family Offices LLC now owns 15,400 shares of the company’s stock worth $119,000 after acquiring an additional 5,400 shares during the last quarter. Wexford Capital LP bought a new position in shares of Ondas during the third quarter worth about $67,000. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Ondas by 154.9% in the second quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 16,299 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 9,904 shares during the period. Finally, Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in Ondas by 61.5% in the third quarter. Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC now owns 26,250 shares of the company’s stock valued at $203,000 after acquiring an additional 10,000 shares during the last quarter. 37.73% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Ondas Company Profile

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.