Company Analysis

Bandwidth Inc. (BAND)

Nasdaq: BAND · Services-Prepackaged Software · Raleigh, NC · filing with the SEC since 2011
Grade4.5
◀ Past 6.2● Present 4.7▶ Future 3.2

The grade of Bandwidth Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.5/10
◀ Past6.225% of the headline
● Present4.735% of the headline
▶ Future3.240% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Bandwidth Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+21.1% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 4 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bandwidth Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $163 million in fiscal 2017 to $754 million in fiscal 2025, up 21.1% a year; it rose in 8 of 8 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 4 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span21.1%top 44% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 27% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 34% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.0% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 117 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 49th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Bandwidth Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 117 sales (57 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-19 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 17% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.7/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -3%: lost 3¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 62%: owes 62¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 35th percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Bandwidth Inc. lost about 3 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 28 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 62 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 10.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 31% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 47% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 36% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 49% of 218 in its family; net margin -1.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bandwidth Inc.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $754 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 38% by size; a net margin of -1.7% ranks in the top 49%; revenue growth of 9.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 41% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$754Mtop 38% of its family
  • net margin-1.7%top 49% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth9.6%bottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 38% of 139 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 139 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Bandwidth Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Morken, David A. (Chairman & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2017-11-09, 9 years (top 17% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.7 years (top 30%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (bottom 33%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 12 peoplebottom 33% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.7 yearstop 30% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record9.0 yearstop 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 29% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 29th percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Bandwidth Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $103 million against debt of $248 million leaves -13.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 11% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 11.9% of revenue (bottom 47%); a gross margin of 39.1% (bottom 16%); research spending of 17.6% of revenue (bottom 40%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-13.8%bottom 11% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue11.9%bottom 47% of its family
  • gross margin39.1%bottom 16% of its family
  • research spending against revenue17.6%bottom 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 49% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bandwidth Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 9.6% a year over the last three filed years against 21.1% over all 9, slowing (bottom 34% of its family); the newest year grew 0.7% (bottom 19%); research spending grew 10.6% a year (top 40%); capital spending grew 34.7% a year (top 18%) (its annual reports). Bandwidth Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: C Paa S Usage Based Fees at $415 million (55%), Messaging Surcharges at $192 million (26%), C Paa S Service Fees at $147 million (20%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-11.5 points a yearbottom 34% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth0.7%bottom 19% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending10.6%top 40% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending34.7%top 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
1.3/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 13% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 13th percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Bandwidth Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $754 million in fiscal 2025 came in 11.9% below the $855 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 13% of its family); net income of $13 million against a prior three-year average of $1 million (bottom 2%); a net margin of -1.7% against -0.1% before (bottom 23%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-11.9%bottom 13% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times below its prior average or morebottom 2% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-1.7 pointsbottom 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton BAND · research, not advice