Investor interest in Ondas Holdings (ONDS) has picked up after the company moved its headquarters to West Palm Beach, Florida, and announced fresh autonomous systems orders tied to defense and security customers.
See our latest analysis for Ondas Holdings.
Those headlines around the headquarters move, name change to Ondas Inc., new autonomous systems orders and the upcoming Investor Day have landed alongside sharp price moves, with a 39.38% 7 day share price return and a very large 1 year total shareholder return, which suggests momentum has been building recently.
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After a sharp 7 day gain of 39.38% and a very large 1 year total return, with revenue growing and the company still reporting losses, is Ondas now undervalued or is the market already pricing in future growth?
With Ondas Holdings last closing at $12.53 against a widely followed fair value of $11.50, the narrative sees the current price as running ahead of fundamentals.
The analysts have a consensus price target of $2.5 for Ondas Holdings based on their expectations of its future earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors. However, there is a degree of disagreement amongst analysts, with the most bullish reporting a price target of $3.0, and the most bearish reporting a price target of just $2.0.
Curious what kind of revenue ramp, margin shift and future earnings multiple need to line up to support that higher fair value? The full narrative breaks down the growth rates, the profit swing, and the valuation multiple that all have to work together for this story to hold.
Result: Fair Value of $11.50 (OVERVALUED)
Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.
However, you still need to weigh up that Ondas is running high operating expenses in comparison with a loss of about US$47.7 million and carries US$52 million in debt.
Find out about the key risks to this Ondas Holdings narrative.
While the popular narrative sees Ondas as about 9% overvalued versus an $11.50 fair value, the SWS DCF model tells a different story. On that view, the recent $12.53 share price sits around 12.8% below an estimated fair value of $14.38. Which set of assumptions do you find more convincing?
Look into how the SWS DCF model arrives at its fair value.
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