Cloud communications provider Bandwidth (NASDAQ: BAND) will be reporting earnings this Thursday before market hours. Here’s what to look for.

Bandwidth beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1% last quarter, reporting revenues of $191.9 million, down 1% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and full-year EBITDA guidance beating analysts’ expectations.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Bandwidth’s revenue to be flat year on year at $208.3 million, slowing from the 27% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.33 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Bandwidth has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time over the past two years by 3.2% on average.

Looking at Bandwidth’s peers in the software development segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Twilio delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 14.3%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.6%, and Fastly reported revenues up 22.8%, topping estimates by 6.9%. Twilio traded up 2.3% following the results while Fastly was also up 72.3%.

Read our full analysis of Twilio’s results here and Fastly’s results here.

Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the software development stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 13.6% on average over the last month. Bandwidth is down 2.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $22.75 (compared to the current share price of $12.87).

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