Ondas Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ONDS – Get Free Report) was the target of some unusual options trading activity on Friday. Stock investors acquired 751,054 call options on the company. This represents an increase of 227% compared to the average volume of 229,589 call options.
Key Ondas News
Here are the key news stories impacting Ondas this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Ondas said it secured more than $30 million in new orders during May, bringing second-quarter-to-date orders above $110 million across its defense, security and autonomous technology businesses, reinforcing demand and execution. Article link
- Positive Sentiment: Shares are benefiting from a broader drone-sector rally after reports that the Pentagon and Trump administration are considering funding or backing domestic drone makers to accelerate U.S. drone production. Article link
- Positive Sentiment: Oppenheimer reiterated a buy rating, helping extend the recent rally as investors interpreted the analyst support as confirmation of Ondas’ defense-drone opportunity. Article link
- Neutral Sentiment: Trading activity was unusually heavy, including a surge in call option volume, suggesting speculative interest and expectations of continued volatility rather than a fundamental update by itself. Article link
- Neutral Sentiment: Commentary pieces framing Ondas as a beneficiary of a “new era of defense” and the broader drone investment theme have added to investor enthusiasm, but these were mostly interpretive rather than new corporate disclosures. Article link
Ondas Trading Down 0.2%
Shares of Ondas stock opened at $13.22 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $9.90 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $9.85. Ondas has a 52 week low of $1.00 and a 52 week high of $15.28. The stock has a market cap of $6.64 billion, a PE ratio of 330.50 and a beta of 2.56.
Insider Transactions at Ondas
In related news, Director Randy Seidl sold 10,000 shares of Ondas stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $9.83, for a total transaction of $98,300.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 295,504 shares in the company, valued at $2,904,804.32. The trade was a 3.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Richard M. Cohen sold 7,500 shares of Ondas stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $9.50, for a total transaction of $71,250.00. Following the sale, the director owned 264,853 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,516,103.50. This represents a 2.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 1.60% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Institutional Trading of Ondas
Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in Ondas by 3,558,617.2% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,064,056 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,935,000 after buying an additional 2,063,998 shares during the period. DNB Asset Management AS raised its holdings in Ondas by 88.4% during the 3rd quarter. DNB Asset Management AS now owns 329,954 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,547,000 after buying an additional 154,792 shares during the period. Ghisallo Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Ondas during the 3rd quarter worth about $7,720,000. CloudAlpha Capital Management Limited Hong Kong acquired a new stake in Ondas during the 4th quarter worth about $6,734,000. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in Ondas by 109.9% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 13,415,432 shares of the company’s stock worth $103,567,000 after buying an additional 7,024,549 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 37.73% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of brokerages recently weighed in on ONDS. Northland Securities lifted their price objective on shares of Ondas from $16.00 to $18.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 26th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Ondas from a “sell (d-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday. LADENBURG THALM/SH SH upgraded shares of Ondas to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Glj Research set a $17.00 price target on shares of Ondas in a research report on Tuesday, March 10th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $23.00 price target on shares of Ondas in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given 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 company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $17.25.
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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.
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