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NASDAQ · ADTN
ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.
Technology · Communication Equipment
$7.04
Down-$0.03 (-0.42%)
Updated Oct 4, 2026, 7:27 AM
SID Score
4.2/10
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- Market cap
- 817.18M
- P/E ratio
- -193,987
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- 52-week range
- $6.73 – $19.98
- Volume
- 2.64M
- Avg. volume
- 1.28M
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ADTN price history
1M range · 19 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 2, 2026
ADTN closed at $7.04 after 19 trading sessions, down 7.12% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $7.04
- Period change
- -7.12%
- Period low
- $6.80
- Period high
- $7.58
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | $7.19 | $7.25 | $6.93 | $7.04 | 2.64M |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $6.91 | $7.16 | $6.785 | $7.07 | 1.86M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $6.93 | $6.935 | $6.73 | $6.835 | 1.86M |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $6.86 | $6.91 | $6.76 | $6.87 | 1.16M |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $7.08 | $7.09 | $6.761 | $6.80 | 1.86M |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $6.98 | $7.18 | $6.8824 | $7.13 | 1.6M |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $7.06 | $7.08 | $6.84 | $6.935 | 1.28M |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $7.29 | $7.3069 | $7.065 | $7.11 | 994.54K |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $7.18 | $7.34 | $7.085 | $7.29 | 1.25M |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $7.31 | $7.31 | $7.10 | $7.21 | 1.5M |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $7.21 | $7.25 | $7.10 | $7.20 | 3.7M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $7.285 | $7.33 | $7.08 | $7.10 | 1.83M |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $7.19 | $7.315 | $6.96 | $7.09 | 1.25M |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $7.15 | $7.205 | $7.00 | $7.08 | 1.86M |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $7.35 | $7.385 | $7.015 | $7.04 | 1.65M |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $7.33 | $7.61 | $7.285 | $7.54 | 1.53M |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $7.065 | $7.385 | $7.0203 | $7.18 | 1.41M |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $7.47 | $7.56 | $7.165 | $7.20 | 1.67M |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $7.18 | $7.64 | $7.12 | $7.58 | 2.3M |
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Adtran Holdings Inc is a provider of networking and communications platforms, software, and services focused on the broadband access market. It operates under two reportable segments: Network Solutions, which includes hardware and software products that enable a digital future that supports the company's Subscriber, Access & Aggregation, and Optical Networking Solutions; and Services & Support Segment which includes network design, implementation, maintenance and cloud-hosted services supporting the company's Subscriber, Access & Aggregation, and Optical Networking Solutions.
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- Buy
- Average target
- $17.00
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 16
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
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| Aug 5, 2026 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | — |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Rosenblatt | Buy | — |
| Jul 23, 2026 | B. Riley Securities | Buy | — |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Needham | Buy | — |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Rosenblatt | Buy | — |
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Yahoo · Sep 17, 2026
Adtran showcases open optical networking for AI infrastructure at OIF’s ECOC 2026 interop demo
MÁLAGA, Spain, September 17, 2026--Adtran today announced its participation in OIF’s live multi-vendor interoperability demo at ECOC 2026, taking place September 21 to 23 in Málaga, Spain. Bringing together 39 member companies, the showcase highlights interoperable optical transport, pluggable coherent transceivers and network control technologies in a multi-vendor environment. Adtran is contributing 100Gbit/s, 400Gbit/s and 800Gbit/s ZR+ pluggables, its FSP 3000 open line system (OLS) operating
Yahoo · Sep 15, 2026
BMC TV expands UK network for major sports broadcasts with Adtran and Fibre Technologies Ltd
LONDON, September 15, 2026--Adtran today announced that BMC TV has expanded its UK core network, harnessing Adtran technology to support coverage of major events, including the FIFA World Cup and extensive racecourse broadcasting across the UK. The new infrastructure strengthens BMC TV’s packet edge, access and aggregation layers, enabling reliable distribution of live feeds across multiple locations with deterministic, low-latency performance. Designed to scale with growing broadcast demands, t
Yahoo · Sep 10, 2026
One Customer’s Delay Can’t Hide ADTRAN’s (ADTN) Optical Surge
On August 4, ADTRAN Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ADTN) reported second-quarter revenue of $281.1 million, up 6.1% from a year earlier, for the period ended June 30. That top line missed the company’s own guidance, and the stock has felt it. But buried inside the release is a business splitting in two right now: one segment growing […]
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