A10 Networks FY2025 EPS Forecast Lowered by BWS Financial

A10 Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ATEN) – Analysts at BWS Financial cut their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of A10 Networks in a research note issued on Wednesday, February 5th. BWS Financial analyst H. Khorsand now expects that the communications equipment provider will post earnings of $0.69 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $0.71. BWS Financial has a “Buy” rating and a $24.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for A10 Networks’ current full-year earnings is $0.60 per share. BWS Financial also issued estimates for A10 Networks’ Q1 2026 earnings at $0.16 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.16 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.20 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.26 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.79 EPS.

A10 Networks (NYSE:ATEN) last posted its 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 22.69% and a net margin of 19.29%.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. StockNews.com upgraded shares of A10 Networks from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. Craig Hallum lifted their price objective on shares of A10 Networks from $16.00 to $18.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday.

A10 Networks Stock Performance

Shares of ATEN stock opened at $20.50 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $18.72 and its two-hundred day moving average is $15.83. A10 Networks has a 1 year low of $12.27 and a 1 year high of $20.96. The firm has a market cap of $1.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.60 and a beta of 1.14.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On A10 Networks

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. increased its stake in A10 Networks by 175.0% in the 3rd quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 795,628 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $11,489,000 after purchasing an additional 506,332 shares in the last quarter. Weiss Asset Management LP acquired a new stake in A10 Networks in the third quarter valued at $2,295,000. Impax Asset Management Group plc increased 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 buying an additional 137,500 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of A10 Networks by 59.0% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 324,195 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $4,681,000 after buying an additional 120,342 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC boosted its position in shares of A10 Networks by 234.1% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 152,238 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $2,198,000 after buying an additional 106,672 shares in the last quarter. 98.61% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Karen S. Thomas sold 6,162 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $16.70, for a total transaction of $102,905.40. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 23,799 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $397,443.30. The trade was a 20.57 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Insiders own 5.82% of the company’s stock.

A10 Networks Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.06 per share. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. A10 Networks’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 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.