Q3 EPS Forecast for Ribbon Communications Lowered by Analyst

Ribbon Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:RBBN) – Investment analysts at Northland Securities decreased their Q3 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Ribbon Communications in a report released on Wednesday, July 29th. Northland Securities analyst T. Savageaux now anticipates that the communications equipment provider will post earnings per share of $0.01 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.03. The consensus estimate for Ribbon Communications’ current full-year earnings is $0.02 per share. Northland Securities also issued estimates for Ribbon Communications’ Q4 2026 earnings at $0.08 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.04 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on RBBN. Wall Street Zen cut Ribbon Communications from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, May 3rd. CL King set a $3.30 price objective on shares of Ribbon Communications in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. B. Riley Financial raised shares of Ribbon Communications from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $3.30 price objective for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Rosenblatt Securities decreased their target price on shares of Ribbon Communications from $4.00 to $3.50 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut shares of Ribbon Communications from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “sell (d)” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $3.52.

Ribbon Communications Stock Down 0.9%

Shares of NASDAQ RBBN opened at $2.12 on Monday. Ribbon Communications has a 52 week low of $1.80 and a 52 week high of $4.24. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $2.45 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $2.44. The company has a quick ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 1.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77. The company has a market cap of $373.42 million, a P/E ratio of 26.50 and a beta of 1.36.

Ribbon Communications (NASDAQ:RBBN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 28th. The communications equipment provider reported ($0.03) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.01) by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $192.34 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $189.99 million. Ribbon Communications had a net margin of 1.96% and a return on equity of 19.70%. Ribbon Communications’s revenue for the quarter was down 13.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.05 earnings per share.

Institutional Trading of Ribbon Communications

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Royce & Associates LP raised its position in Ribbon Communications by 7.2% during the fourth quarter. Royce & Associates LP now owns 4,614,741 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $13,290,000 after purchasing an additional 309,271 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Ribbon Communications during the first quarter worth about $34,000. First Wilshire Securities Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Ribbon Communications by 11.0% in the 1st quarter. First Wilshire Securities Management Inc. now owns 1,407,178 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $2,983,000 after purchasing an additional 139,592 shares in the last quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Ribbon Communications in the 1st quarter worth about $26,000. Finally, OP Asset Management Ltd bought a new position in shares of Ribbon Communications during the 1st quarter valued at about $438,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 70.92% of the company’s stock.

About Ribbon Communications

Ribbon Communications Inc is a global provider of real-time communications software and network solutions for service providers and enterprises. The company’s offerings address the full life cycle of voice, video and data transmission across fixed, mobile and cloud environments. Ribbon’s technology portfolio is designed to enable secure, intelligent and interoperable communications in applications such as unified communications, contact centers, wholesale VoIP interconnect and next-generation 5G networks.

Ribbon’s product suite includes session border controllers (SBCs), which secure and interwork IP voice and multimedia sessions; Diameter signaling controllers for 4G/5G policy and charging control; network edge virtualization platforms; and analytics engines for service assurance and fraud management.