Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR) Updates Q2 2026 Earnings Guidance

Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR) updated its second quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Friday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.280-0.290 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.260. The company issued revenue guidance of $81.0 million-$82.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $80.7 million.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have issued reports on RDWR. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Radware from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, April 4th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Radware in a report on Friday, March 27th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Radware in a report on Thursday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Radware presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $30.00.

Radware Price Performance

RDWR stock opened at $28.36 on Friday. Radware has a 1-year low of $21.42 and a 1-year high of $31.57. The company has a market capitalization of $1.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 63.02 and a beta of 0.81. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $25.67 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $24.77.

Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, March 31st. The information technology services provider reported $0.30 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $79.81 million during the quarter. Radware had a return on equity of 7.21% and a net margin of 6.71%.

Radware announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Friday, February 13th that authorizes the company to repurchase $80.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the information technology services provider to repurchase up to 7.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Institutional Trading of Radware

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of RDWR. Morgan Stanley lifted its position in Radware by 28.9% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 2,619,687 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $63,108,000 after buying an additional 588,064 shares during the last quarter. Defiance ETFs LLC purchased a new stake in Radware in the fourth quarter worth $9,152,000. First Trust Advisors LP increased its stake in Radware by 28.7% in the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,562,396 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $37,638,000 after purchasing an additional 348,824 shares during the period. Deutsche Bank AG increased its stake in Radware by 908.4% in the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 302,478 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $7,287,000 after purchasing an additional 272,481 shares during the period. Finally, Man Group plc increased its stake in shares of Radware by 59.5% during the third quarter. Man Group plc now owns 432,056 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $11,445,000 after buying an additional 161,159 shares during the period. 73.12% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Radware Company Profile

Radware Ltd. provides cybersecurity and application delivery solutions designed to ensure the availability, performance and security of mission‐critical applications. Its product portfolio includes on‐premises and cloud‐based offerings such as Alteon application delivery controllers, DefensePro network behavior analysis for DDoS mitigation and AppWall web application firewall. The company’s platforms use real‐time behavioral analysis, machine learning and automation to protect against distributed denial‐of‐service attacks, application layer threats and network intrusions.

Founded in 1997, Radware is co-headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with a principal U.S.