Ribbon Communications Inc. (RBBN)Technology | Software - Application | Plano, United States | NasdaqGS
1.51 USD
-0.06
(-3.822%) ⇩
(Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 1.52 +0.01 (0.662%) ⇧ (Oct. 13, 2026, 7:38 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 6:29 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Ribbon Communications is currently broken by a severe deterioration in business fundamentals. While the stock trades at a fraction of its book value, the company is hemorrhaging value with negative operating margins, shrinking revenues, and a massive debt load relative to equity. The multi-year price trajectory confirms this structural decline, having lost more than half its value over the last nine years despite a recent uptick in annual returns, which is insufficient to reverse the long-term trend. The absence of any dividend distribution leaves shareholders exposed to total capital erosion. On the short end, the options market is screaming caution; the heavy put positioning at the $5.00 strike suggests traders are betting on a crash to that floor, while the lack of call activity indicates no one is willing to bet on a recovery. With analysts cutting targets and the company facing leverage waivers, the consensus is that the business quality has degraded enough to warrant avoiding the stock entirely. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.051123 |
| AutoETS | 0.051145 |
| MSTL | 0.052275 |
| AutoTheta | 0.117521 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 32% |
| H-stat | 4.58 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.018 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.35 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 101.131 |
| Revenue per Share | 4.524 |
| Market Cap | 270,023,264 |
| Trailing P/E | 18.88 |
| Forward P/E | 9.68 |
| Beta | 1.37 |
| Profit Margins | 1.96% |
| Website | https://www.ribboncommunications.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 6:29 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for downside protection rather than upside participation. Put open interest significantly exceeds call open interest across all expirations, with the highest concentration of put volume and open interest at the $5.00 strike, suggesting a fear of a significant drop to that level. Call activity is minimal and concentrated entirely out-of-the-money, indicating a lack of aggressive bullish sentiment.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.5994898 |
| Address1 | 6,500 Chase Oaks Boulevard |
| Address2 | Suite 100 |
| All Time High | 468.33334 |
| All Time Low | 0.1 |
| Ask | 1.97 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,460,380 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 921,826 |
| Average Volume | 921,826 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,460,380 |
| Beta | 1.371 |
| Bid | 1.12 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | 2.196 |
| City | Plano |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 1.51 |
| Current Ratio | 1.311 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 1.585 |
| Day Low | 1.5 |
| Debt To Equity | 101.131 |
| Display Name | Ribbon Communications |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,793,131,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,793,131,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,793,131,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,131,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,131,200 |
| Ebitda | 47,603,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.05968 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 13.098 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.782 |
| Enterprise Value | 623,524,288 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.06 |
| Eps Forward | 0.156 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.08 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 972 265 3600 |
| Fifty Day Average | 1.9228 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.41279995 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.2146869 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -59.948982 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 4.09 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.5800002 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.63080686 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.5 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.00999999 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.0066666603 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.5 - 4.09 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 959,261,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 92,510,685 |
| Forward Eps | 0.156 |
| Forward P E | 9.679487 |
| Free Cashflow | 39,816,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 3,080 |
| Fullday Change | -0.05000007 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -3.184718 |
| Fullday Price | 1.51 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.51108 |
| Gross Profits | 407,657,984 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.18836 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.73315 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 178,823,352 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,422,576,000 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:5 |
| Long Business Summary | Ribbon Communications Inc. provides communications technology in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Cloud and Edge, and IP Optical Networks. The Cloud and Edge segment provides software and hardware products, solutions, and services for voice over internet protocol communications, voice over long-term evolution, and voice over 5G communications, and unified communications and collaboration. It also offers session border controllers; and network transformation products, such as call controllers, media gateways, and application servers. This segment serves private, public, hybrid cloud infrastructures, as well as data centers, enterprise premises, and service provider networks. The IP Optical Networks segment provides hardware and software products and solutions for IP networking, switching, routing, and optical transport for technologies comprising 5G, distributed cloud computing, and corresponding applications. It also offers multiple solutions, including 5G-native solutions for mobile-backhaul, metro and edge aggregation, core networking, data center interconnect, multi-service access, and transport solutions for wholesale carriers. This segment serves utilities, government, defense, finance, transportation, and education and research industries, as well as service providers and enterprises. The company was formerly known as Sonus Networks, Inc. and changed its name to Ribbon Communications Inc. in November 2017. Ribbon Communications Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas. |
| Long Name | Ribbon Communications Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 270,023,264 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_34555 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 15,596,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 329,034,967 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 5 |
| Open | 1.56 |
| Operating Cashflow | 22,231,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.040430002 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.57 |
| Phone | 978 614 8100 |
| Post Market Change | 0.00999999 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.66225106 |
| Post Market Price | 1.52 |
| Post Market Time | 1,791,934,736 |
| Previous Close | 1.57 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 25.166668 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.6876138 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.33852774 |
| Profit Margins | 0.019550001 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.853 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0600001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -3.82166 |
| Regular Market Day High | 1.585 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1.5 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1.5 - 1.585 |
| Regular Market Open | 1.56 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1.57 |
| Regular Market Price | 1.51 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,791,921,600 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,212,799 |
| Return On Assets | -0.00654 |
| Return On Equity | 0.04088 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.128 |
| Revenue Per Share | 4.524 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.17502642 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 4 |
| Shares Outstanding | 178,823,352 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.027999999 |
| Shares Short | 5,012,672 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,724,516 |
| Short Name | Ribbon Communications Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.052399997 |
| Short Ratio | 5.09 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TX |
| Symbol | RBBN |
| Target High Price | 4.0 |
| Target Low Price | 2.2 |
| Target Mean Price | 3.3 |
| Target Median Price | 3.3 |
| Total Cash | 43,510,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.243 |
| Total Debt | 397,011,008 |
| Total Revenue | 797,640,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.08 |
| Trailing P E | 18.875 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 2.3417 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.8317001 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.35516936 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,212,799 |
| Website | https://www.ribboncommunications.com |
| Zip | 75,023 |