Bandwidth Inc. (BAND)Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Raleigh, United States | NasdaqGS
23.01 USD
+2.59
(12.684%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 23.16 +0.15 (0.659%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:54 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:30 p.m. EDT
Sell. Bandwidth (BAND) is a 'value trap' where a 39% gross margin supports a shotgunshell for near-term volatility, but fundamentals are broken. With a -11% revenue growth rate, negative operating margins, and earnings expected to decline, the stock is declining in quality while trading technically at its yearly high. The options market confirms this: a 'bottom fisher' long position with the highest probability of loss in the next 14 days as the model predicts a downward bias. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.124847 |
| AutoETS | 0.124917 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.124917 |
| MSTL | 0.126521 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 42% |
| H-stat | 16.57 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.338 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.04 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 120.047 |
| Revenue per Share | 25.13 |
| Market Cap | 736,657,856 |
| Forward P/E | 12.29 |
| Beta | 2.03 |
| Profit Margins | -1.71% |
| Website | https://www.bandwidth.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 11:30 p.m. EDT: Options activity displays extreme imbalance and bearish positioning. Despite the stock being near its 52-week high, speculators are heavily placing volume in out-of-the-money (OTM) puts (especially at strikes 7.5, 10.0, 15.0) relative to call volume, which is daily limited to 10 per transaction on exchanges like AMEX. This disproportionate put volume suggests a 'naked' bet on a significant trend reversal to catastrophic levels. Conversely, call activity is concentrated in low strikes with almost zero Open Interest (OI) on higher strikes, indicating a lack of committed bullish exposure beyond short-term timing. The new flow of volume at deep OTM puts suggests hedging against a severe downturn rather than upside expectation.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 1.0096071 |
| Address1 | 2,230 Bandmate Way |
| All Time High | 198.605 |
| All Time Low | 9.2 |
| Ask | 23.31 |
| Ask Size | 4 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.8 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 406,610 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 417,019 |
| Average Volume | 417,019 |
| Average Volume10Days | 406,610 |
| Beta | 2.026 |
| Bid | 22.55 |
| Bid Size | 4 |
| Board Risk | 10 |
| Book Value | 12.761 |
| City | Raleigh |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 10 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 23.01 |
| Current Ratio | 1.422 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 23.14 |
| Day Low | 20.6 |
| Debt To Equity | 120.047 |
| Display Name | Bandwidth |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,550,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,550,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,552,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,552,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,552,200 |
| Ebitda | 32,995,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.04377 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 33.069 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.447 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,091,104,128 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.704 |
| Eps Forward | 1.8725 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.43 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 15.8862 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 7.1238003 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.44842696 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 100.96071 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 23.14 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.12999916 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.0056179413 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 11.33 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 11.68 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.0308914 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 11.33 - 23.14 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,510,237,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 28,158,149 |
| Forward Eps | 1.8725 |
| Forward P E | 12.288385 |
| Free Cashflow | 66,113,376 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 1,100 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.39141 |
| Gross Profits | 295,051,008 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.035940003 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.7554 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 32,014,682 |
| Industry | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Disp | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Key | software-infrastructure |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Bandwidth Inc. operates as a cloud-based software-powered communications platform-as-a-service provider in the United States and internationally. The company's platform enables enterprises to create, scale, and operate voice or messaging communications services across various mobile applications or connected devices. Its platform also provides voice services through SIP or programmable voice application programming interfaces (API); software APIs for messaging; communications solutions with integrated local emergency services; number management solutions; insights on customer's voice and messaging performance to make data-driven decisions; and carrier integrations services, which includes unified communications as a service, contact center as a service, conversational AI, and speech-to-text/text-to-speech platforms. In addition, the company offers Call Assure that provides hands-free alternative routing; application to person messaging solutions that supports SMS and MMS on local numbers, toll free numbers, and short codes; Bandwidth Maestro, an enterprise cloud communications platform; and Conversational AI Integrations. It serves technology companies, enterprise customers, and software-as-a-service platforms. The company was formerly known as Bandwidth.com, Inc. and changed its name to Bandwidth Inc. in September 2017. Bandwidth Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. |
| Long Name | Bandwidth Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 736,657,856 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1054561 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -12,912,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 736,977,979 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 20.9 |
| Operating Cashflow | 89,491,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.01891 |
| Overall Risk | 10 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 800 808 5150 |
| Post Market Change | 0.15159988 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.65884346 |
| Post Market Price | 23.1616 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,045 |
| Previous Close | 20.42 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 13.503521 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.8031503 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.977237 |
| Profit Margins | -0.01713 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.315 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.8 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 2.59 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 12.6836 |
| Regular Market Day High | 23.14 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 20.6 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 20.6 - 23.14 |
| Regular Market Open | 20.9 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 20.42 |
| Regular Market Price | 23.01 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 820,252 |
| Return On Assets | -0.00849 |
| Return On Equity | -0.03624 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.011 |
| Revenue Per Share | 25.13 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 30,056,655 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0382 |
| Shares Short | 1,221,624 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,278,515 |
| Short Name | Bandwidth Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0414 |
| Short Ratio | 2.63 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NC |
| Symbol | BAND |
| Target High Price | 36.0 |
| Target Low Price | 15.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 24.5 |
| Target Median Price | 23.5 |
| Total Cash | 111,264,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.545 |
| Total Debt | 480,155,008 |
| Total Revenue | 753,817,024 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.43 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 15.287325 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 7.7226753 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.5051685 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 820,252 |
| Website | https://www.bandwidth.com |
| Zip | 27,607 |