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Telecommunications · ·
$26.15
▼ $0.80 (-3.0%)
Market data updated: 09/20 03:42 AM
Fundamentals updated: 09/19/2026
News analyzed: 09/20/2026
Market Cap
$1.90B
Day Range
$25.90 - $27.03
52-Week Range
$16.52 - $38.49
Beta
—
Next Earnings
02.11.2026
Support
$24.09
Resistance
$38.07
+44.7% (1Y)
Strengths: 11/32 factors positiveRisk: Medium
This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer
Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%
Overall Score
🟡 Mixed
Technical Trend
🟡 Mixed
Insiders
🔴 Bearish
Computed directly from the same signals behind the score above — not AI-generated.
Biggest positive driver
Operating margin stability
Operating margin is stable or improving over time
Quality
Biggest negative driver
DCF Fair Value
Estimated fair value: $11.59 vs. price $26.15 (-55.7%)
Fair Value
What to watch next
When today echoes the past.
NO RELIABLE ECHO FOUND
Only 2 historical analog(s) found after removing overlapping dates — too few for a statistically meaningful comparison.
Historical matches considered: 2
TIME ECHO identifies historical situations that resemble the current market state. Historical outcomes are not guarantees of future performance. Similarity does not imply causation, and results may change as new data becomes available.
🗓️ What Changed This Week
🌱 Building History
We don't have a real data point from a week ago for this stock yet. The weekly comparison will appear once enough history has accumulated.
📊 Score History
53
Today
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30D
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90D
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1Y
🐂🐻 Investment Thesis
🐂 Bull Case
🐻 Bear Case
🔍 What Could Prove This Wrong
This isn't a price-direction forecast — just a synthesis of real, already-computed data, and future conditions that could change the picture.
🧬 STOCK DNA
This stock's profile across 8 real dimensions — a research tool, not a recommendation
Growth
37
Quality
58
Value
33
Momentum
53
Risk
48
Sentiment
74
Fundamental
68
Institutional
0
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Recent media coverage of A10 Networks, Inc. has primarily centered on its **launch of the A10 AI Gateway**, an AI-focused control plane solution aimed at optimizing enterprise AI operations. Analysts have debated whether this innovation strengthens A10’s investment case, with some suggesting the stock may be overvalued. Additionally, Deutsche Bank initiated coverage with a **Hold rating and a $28 price target**, reflecting cautious optimism. No broader financial or operational updates were highlighted beyond these technical and valuation-focused reports.
AI summary based on English-language news sources only — not investment advice.
Everyone's writing about A10 Networks, Inc.. News trend score: 74. Reason: 7 of the last 20 articles are positive, versus 3 negative.
News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer
🌡️ Emotional Temperature
25
🎯 Conviction (vs. Emotion)
41
Psychology
52
Fundamentals
68
Technical
53
Valuation
33
The price rise has far outpaced the actual improvement in fundamental data.
The stock is moving in lockstep with its peers at the same intensity, rather than on its own data.
Extreme momentum, price far above its moving average, and a large premium over fair value.
A significant decline over time, but on unusually low trading volume — holders unwilling to accept the loss.
Price, volume, and sentiment accelerating together — a sign investors are chasing the price, not just following it.
Price (3M)
-21%
Market Narrative
72
Fundamental Reality
41
Narrative Gap
+31
🔀 Psychology Acceleration
News attention/sentiment is running well ahead of the price move itself.
🧠 StockIQ Psychologist
The dominant **Loss Aversion** (73) reflects a market behavior where traders cling to positions despite a 22.7% drop over three months, with only modest volume signaling hesitation to exit. The **anchoring** (65) to support (1.8% above) further suggests traders may resist downward pressure, while **overconfidence** (45) in the stock’s valuation (113% above DCF) hints at a disconnect between price and fundamentals. The **narrative gap** (21-point divergence) implies traders may be overestimating recovery potential relative to current conditions. The key question remains whether the stock’s proximity to support will hold or if traders will eventually accept further losses.
Updated: 09/09/2026, 02:36 PM
What could change this?
👥 What the crowd believes
"Deutsche Bank initiates coverage on A10 Networks (NYSE:ATEN) with a **Hold rating** and announces Price Target of $28."
"A10 Networks (ATEN) Stock **May Be Above Fair Value On AI Gateway Launch**"
"**What Does A10 Networks (ATEN) Launch Of AI Gateway Mean For Enterprise AI?**"
"A10 Networks Q2 Earnings Call Transcript"
📈 12D Investor Psychology
Signal classification confidence: High (confidence in the behavioral read, not a price prediction). Describes observable market behavior, not what any individual investor thinks, and is not a buy/sell signal.
🏛️ Investor DNA — Historical Investors
A Historical Strategy Simulation: assuming each investor follows their documented principles, how would they rate this stock today? This is not a prediction of what they would actually do.
🟢 Best match
Walter Bagehot — 80/100
🔴 Weakest match
Morgan Housel — 5/100
🗣️ Why do they disagree?
The stark divide in verdicts for ATEN reflects a clash between cyclical, liquidity-focused methodologies and more conservative, value-driven or trend-following approaches. Samuel Armstrong Nelson and Howard Marks (Market Cycle) see strong cyclical positioning, suggesting the stock is undervalued relative to its market phase, while Walter Bagehot and Jack Schwager highlight liquidity and disciplined setups as positives. In contrast, Benjamin Graham and Morgan Housel dismiss it outright—Graham’s strict defensive criteria and Housel’s aversion to volatility create a hard floor, while Fisher, Livermore, and Lynch reject it for lacking growth, trend alignment, or reasonable valuation. The middle ground, represented by Smith and Mackay, acknowledges moderate appeal but stops short of strong endorsements, illustrating how even nuanced investors differ on whether ATEN’s risks justify its potential.
Walter Bagehot
Lombard Street (1873)
🟢 80
Strong liquidity — would likely survive a real credit squeeze
Key question
Does this company have enough liquidity to survive real stress?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jack Schwager
Market Wizards (1989)
🟢 78
A real, disciplined setup with favorable reward/risk
Key question
What's the risk/reward here, and where is my exit point?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jesse Livermore
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923) / How to Trade in Stocks (1940)
🟢 69
No clear trend — Livermore preferred to stay out of this
Key question
What is the price telling me right now?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks (Market Cycle)
Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟢 67
Looks early-to-mid cycle, not overextended
Key question
Where are we in the cycle right now — near a hot extreme, or a cold one?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Charles Mackay
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
🟡 63
Some signs of crowd excitement building
Key question
Am I being swept along with the crowd, or thinking for myself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Edgar Lawrence Smith
Common Stocks as Long-Term Investments (1924)
🟡 62
Reasonable but not a clear long-term holding
Key question
Is this a stock I'd be happy to hold and forget about for a decade?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Philip Fisher
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits (1958)
🟡 43
Doesn't show the quality/growth signature Fisher required
Key question
How exceptional is this business, really?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Burton Malkiel & John Bogle
A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973) / The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (2007)
🟡 43
Mixed case — the evidence for picking this stock over an index is not strong
Key question
Do I actually have an edge here, or do I just think I do?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Samuel Armstrong Nelson
The ABC of Stock Speculation (1903)
🟡 41
Mid-cycle — no strong signal either way
Key question
Is the price overextended, or is there still room to move?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Gerald M. Loeb
The Battle for Investment Survival (1935)
🟡 40
Moderate risk to capital
Key question
How much capital could I lose here if I'm wrong?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks
The Most Important Thing (2011) / Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟡 39
Risk/valuation combination Marks would flag as a caution sign
Key question
What is the market probably misunderstanding about the risk here?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Thorstein Veblen
The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904)
🟡 36
Pattern Veblen would flag as growth pursued for its own sake
Key question
Is management building real value, or just building itself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Peter Lynch
One Up on Wall Street (1989)
🔴 33
Doesn't clear Lynch's growth-at-a-reasonable-price bar
Key question
Is the growth worth the price?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham (Enterprising Investor)
The Intelligent Investor (1949) — the Enterprising Investor chapters
🔴 31
Not statistically cheap enough for the Enterprising Investor's looser safety bar
Key question
Is the stock statistically cheap enough to justify the extra risk?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham
Security Analysis (1934) / The Intelligent Investor (1949)
🔴 18
Fails most of Graham's defensive criteria
Key question
Where is my margin of safety?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Morgan Housel
The Psychology of Money (2020)
🔴 5
The kind of volatility that tends to shake patient holders out
Key question
Could I live with this volatility long enough for compounding to actually work?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Based on the last 280 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.
🟡 Indicators are mixed — no clear bias (6 bullish · 5 bearish · 1 neutral)
A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.
The stock is in a clear downtrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.
Low confidence
The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.
Gross Margin
79.3%
Operating Margin
16.2%
Net Margin
14.5%
EBITDA Margin
—
ROE
19.9%
ROA
6.7%
ROIC
—
EPS
$0.58
Cash
$71.14M
Total Debt
$218.79M
Current Ratio
3.56
Debt/Equity
1.03
Total dividend per share paid each year, over the last 5 years.
| Ex-Dividend Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 17.8.2026 | $0.060 |
| 15.5.2026 | $0.060 |
| 14.5.2026 | $0.060 |
| 13.2.2026 | $0.060 |
| 12.2.2026 | $0.060 |
| 17.11.2025 | $0.060 |
| 16.11.2025 | $0.060 |
| 15.8.2025 | $0.060 |
| 14.8.2025 | $0.060 |
| 15.5.2025 | $0.060 |
| 14.5.2025 | $0.060 |
| 14.2.2025 | $0.060 |
How is Fair Value calculated? →
Current Price
$26.15
Estimated Fair Value (DCF)
$11.59
Model estimate — not a price target. Highly sensitive to growth/discount-rate assumptions.
Gap
-55.7%
🔴 Appears expensive relative to estimated value
Year 1 Growth Rate
1.6%
Discount Rate (WACC)
9.0%
Terminal Growth Rate
2.5%
Projection Years
5
| Year | Growth Rate | Projected FCF | Present Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.6% | $65.80M | $60.37M |
| 2 | 1.8% | $67.00M | $56.39M |
| 3 | 2.0% | $68.37M | $52.79M |
| 4 | 2.3% | $69.92M | $49.54M |
| 5 | 2.5% | $71.67M | $46.58M |
Base FCF (last actual year)
$64.77M
Terminal Value
$1.13B
Present Value of Terminal Value
$734.55M
Enterprise Value
$1.00B
Net Debt
$147.65M
Equity Value
$852.57M
*The DCF model is an estimate based on assumptions — not a guaranteed forecast. You can change the assumptions to examine different scenarios.
Book Value per Share
$2.96
Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)
$2.84
Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 7 positive, 10 neutral, 3 negative out of the last 20 articles.
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A10 Networks, Inc. (ATEN) currently has a StockIQ AI score of 53/100, rated "Moderate". The score is a weighted average across up to 7 categories (technical, fundamental, growth, fair value, news, quality, risk), based on real data only.
ATEN currently scores 53/100 (Moderate) across the categories we measure. StockIQ doesn't give buy/sell recommendations — use this as one data point in your own research, not as investment advice.
Per StockIQ's DCF model, ATEN's estimated fair value is $11.59, which is 55.7% below the current price of $26.15. This is one valuation model among several signals in the fair-value category, not a price target.
ATEN's technical score is 53/100, which currently reads as neutral — based on real price/volume signals (moving averages, RSI, MACD, and more), not a prediction of what happens next.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: Operating margin is stable or improving over time; Current ratio: 3.56; Price is above the 200-day average.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: Estimated fair value: $11.59 vs. price $26.15 (-55.7%); ATR: 4.2% of price; Earnings per share (EPS) growth: -14.9%.
Yes — ATEN has a real recorded dividend payment history on StockIQ. See the Dividends section on this page for the actual per-share amounts and dates.
Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 4 sales out of the last 25 filings.
| Name | Transaction Type | Date | Shares | Change | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Dana Elizabeth | Open Market Sale | 25.8.2026 | 57,409 | -2,652 | $25.65 |
| Wolf Dana Elizabeth | Open Market Sale | 25.8.2026 | 2,652 | -2,652 | $25.65 |
| Weber Robert Scott | Open Market Sale | 11.8.2026 | 14,086 | -14,086 | $27.86 |
| Weber Robert Scott | Open Market Sale | 11.8.2026 | 50,586 | -14,086 | $27.86 |
| Weber Robert Scott | Tax Withholding in Shares | 6.7.2026 | 1,897 | -1,897 | $36.30 |
| Weber Robert Scott | Tax Withholding in Shares | 6.7.2026 | 64,672 | -1,897 | $36.30 |
| Weber Robert Scott | Tax Withholding in Shares | 15.5.2026 | 1,930 | -1,930 | $27.00 |
| Trivedi Dhrupad | Tax Withholding in Shares | 15.5.2026 | 32,858 | -32,858 | $27.00 |
| Caron Michelle Elizabeth | Tax Withholding in Shares | 15.5.2026 | 748 | -748 | $27.00 |
| Trivedi Dhrupad | Tax Withholding in Shares | 15.5.2026 | 887,847 | -32,858 | $27.00 |
| Weber Robert Scott | Tax Withholding in Shares | 15.5.2026 | 65,527 | -1,930 | $27.00 |
| Caron Michelle Elizabeth | Tax Withholding in Shares | 15.5.2026 | 35,626 | -748 | $27.00 |
| Trivedi Dhrupad | Tax Withholding in Shares | 15.5.2026 | 887,847 | -32,858 | $28.03 |
| Weber Robert Scott | Tax Withholding in Shares | 15.5.2026 | 65,527 | -1,930 | $28.03 |
| Caron Michelle Elizabeth | Tax Withholding in Shares | 15.5.2026 | 35,614 | -760 | $28.03 |
| Caron Michelle Elizabeth | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 14.5.2026 | 2,989 | +2,989 | — |
| Weber Robert Scott | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 14.5.2026 | 3,882 | +3,882 | — |
| Trivedi Dhrupad | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 14.5.2026 | 65,758 | -65,758 | — |
| Weber Robert Scott | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 14.5.2026 | 3,706 | -3,706 | — |
| Trivedi Dhrupad | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 14.5.2026 | 63,406 | -63,406 | — |
| Trivedi Dhrupad | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 14.5.2026 | 63,406 | +63,406 | — |
| Caron Michelle Elizabeth | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 14.5.2026 | 2,989 | -2,989 | — |
| Trivedi Dhrupad | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 14.5.2026 | 65,758 | +65,758 | — |
| Weber Robert Scott | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 14.5.2026 | 3,706 | +3,706 | — |
| Weber Robert Scott | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 14.5.2026 | 3,882 | -3,882 | — |
Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.
8,941,365 shares short as of 2026-08-31 · vs. 7,614,474 on 2026-07-31
Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.
62.5% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 66.8% the prior week
Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.
Full breakdown of every data type and its source: Data Sources · Methodology