BWS Financial Has Negative View of A10 Networks Q1 Earnings

A10 Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ATEN) – Research analysts at BWS Financial dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of A10 Networks in a report issued on Wednesday, February 5th. BWS Financial analyst H. Khorsand now forecasts that the communications equipment provider will earn $0.14 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.18. BWS Financial currently has a “Buy” rating and a $24.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for A10 Networks’ current full-year earnings is $0.69 per share. BWS Financial also issued estimates for A10 Networks’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.23 EPS.

A10 Networks (NYSE:ATEN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The communications equipment provider reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.03. A10 Networks had a return on equity of 23.44% and a net margin of 19.16%.

ATEN has been the subject of several other reports. Craig Hallum lifted their price objective on shares of A10 Networks from $16.00 to $18.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. StockNews.com downgraded A10 Networks from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday.

A10 Networks Stock Up 0.4 %

ATEN stock opened at $20.64 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.52 billion, a PE ratio of 30.80 and a beta of 1.14. A10 Networks has a 52 week low of $12.27 and a 52 week high of $20.96. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $18.85 and a 200 day moving average of $15.95.

Institutional Trading of A10 Networks

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. State Street Corp grew its holdings in A10 Networks by 2.0% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,171,077 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $45,790,000 after purchasing an additional 62,015 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in A10 Networks by 5.7% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,662,442 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $24,010,000 after acquiring an additional 89,175 shares during the period. Royce & Associates LP raised its position in A10 Networks by 9.1% during the fourth quarter. Royce & Associates LP now owns 919,068 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $16,911,000 after acquiring an additional 76,412 shares during the period. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in A10 Networks by 2.6% during the fourth quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 816,165 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $15,017,000 after purchasing an additional 20,537 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Impax Asset Management Group plc grew its position in shares of A10 Networks by 25.0% in the third quarter. Impax Asset Management Group plc now owns 687,500 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $9,928,000 after purchasing an additional 137,500 shares during the period. 98.61% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

A10 Networks Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a $0.06 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.16%. A10 Networks’s payout ratio is currently 35.82%.

A10 Networks Company Profile

A10 Networks, Inc provides networking solutions in the Americas, Japan, rest of Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers Thunder Application Delivery Controller that provides advanced server load balancing; Thunder Carrier Grade Networking, which provides standards-compliant address and protocol translation services between varying types of internet protocol addresses; Thunder Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Insight that decrypts SSL-encrypted traffic and forwards it to a third-party security device for deep packet inspection; and Thunder Convergent Firewall, which addresses multiple critical security capabilities in one package.