Compare Stocks: AAOI, ERIC, FFIV, and VSAT

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	$105.53 +5.1%	$117.34	$18.50 ▼ $233.67	$8.49B	3.79	10.59 million shs	6.78 million shs
ERIC Ericsson	$10.10 -0.3%	$10.23	$7.87 ▼ $13.77	$34.15B	0.95	8.66 million shs	4.33 million shs
FFIV F5	$390.47 -0.4%	$404.93	$223.76 ▼ $435.00	$22.21B	1.03	485,899 shs	311,912 shs
VSAT Viasat	$75.32 +5.0%	$76.09	$26.10 ▼ $93.03	$9.88B	1.7	1.63 million shs	1.55 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	+5.13%	-0.66%	-17.91%	-40.38%	+358.43%
ERIC Ericsson	-0.30%	+1.51%	+0.40%	-19.59%	+28.66%
FFIV F5	-0.43%	-0.96%	-5.07%	-0.73%	+26.35%
VSAT Viasat	+5.02%	+11.80%	-7.05%	+12.12%	+155.32%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	$105.53 +5.1%	$117.34	$18.50 ▼ $233.67	$8.49B	3.79	10.59 million shs	6.78 million shs
ERIC Ericsson	$10.10 -0.3%	$10.23	$7.87 ▼ $13.77	$34.15B	0.95	8.66 million shs	4.33 million shs
FFIV F5	$390.47 -0.4%	$404.93	$223.76 ▼ $435.00	$22.21B	1.03	485,899 shs	311,912 shs
VSAT Viasat	$75.32 +5.0%	$76.09	$26.10 ▼ $93.03	$9.88B	1.7	1.63 million shs	1.55 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	+5.13%	-0.66%	-17.91%	-40.38%	+358.43%
ERIC Ericsson	-0.30%	+1.51%	+0.40%	-19.59%	+28.66%
FFIV F5	-0.43%	-0.96%	-5.07%	-0.73%	+26.35%
VSAT Viasat	+5.02%	+11.80%	-7.05%	+12.12%	+155.32%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	2.33	Hold	$139.40	32.10% Upside
ERIC Ericsson	2.13	Hold	$11.00	8.91% Upside
FFIV F5	2.36	Hold	$416.63	6.70% Upside
VSAT Viasat	2.73	Moderate Buy	$90.67	20.38% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest AAOI, ERIC, FFIV, and VSAT Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/28/2026	ERIC Ericsson	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/17/2026	AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Sell (D-) ➝ Sell (E+)
8/11/2026	FFIV F5	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
8/11/2026	AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$178.00
8/10/2026	VSAT Viasat	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$95.00
8/7/2026	AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$151.00
8/7/2026	AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	B. Riley Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral
8/7/2026	AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$220.00 ➝ $190.00
8/7/2026	AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	Rosenblatt Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$220.00
8/5/2026	VSAT Viasat	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$90.00 ➝ $105.00
7/29/2026	VSAT Viasat	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold

(Data available from 9/5/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	$455.71M	19.58	$0.03 per share	4,029.36	$19.72 per share	5.35
ERIC Ericsson	$24.19B	1.41	$0.95 per share	10.66	$3.32 per share	3.04
FFIV F5	$3.09B	7.16	$13.67 per share	28.56	$68.09 per share	5.73
VSAT Viasat	$4.64B	2.24	$11.08 per share	6.80	$34.25 per share	2.20

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	-$38.23M	-$0.78	N/A	28.29	N/A	-9.57%	-1.98%	-1.34%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
ERIC Ericsson	$2.91B	$0.78	12.95	16.29	1.86	10.72%	20.63%	7.61%	10/15/2026 (Estimated)
FFIV F5	$692.38M	$12.56	31.09	27.75	3.83	21.95%	21.54%	12.16%	10/26/2026 (Estimated)
VSAT Viasat	-$34.09M	-$0.24	N/A	N/A	N/A	-0.64%	1.44%	0.45%	11/6/2026 (Estimated)

Latest AAOI, ERIC, FFIV, and VSAT Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	$0.0151	$0.06	+$0.0449	-$0.28	$190.48 million	$191.92 million
7/27/2026	Q3 2026	FFIV F5	$4.00	$4.73	+$0.73	$3.62	$834.60 million	$865.08 million
7/14/2026	Q2 2026	ERIC Ericsson	$0.13	$0.13	N/A	$0.13	$5.66 billion	$5.43 billion
6/30/2026	Q2 2026	ERIC Ericsson	N/A	$0.13	N/A	$0.13	N/A	$5.43 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ERIC Ericsson	$0.22	2.18%	+14.87%	28.21%	N/A
FFIV F5	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
VSAT Viasat	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest AAOI, ERIC, FFIV, and VSAT Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/4/2026	ERIC Ericsson		$0.1579		9/29/2026	9/29/2026	9/4/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	0.12	2.78	2.13
ERIC Ericsson	0.21	1.12	0.89
FFIV F5	N/A	1.66	1.59
VSAT Viasat	1.23	1.68	1.52

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	61.70%
ERIC Ericsson	7.99%
FFIV F5	90.66%
VSAT Viasat	86.05%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	3.80%
ERIC Ericsson	N/A
FFIV F5	0.48%
VSAT Viasat	1.40%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	4,691	84.57 million	81.36 million	Optionable
ERIC Ericsson	88,826	3.37 billion	N/A	Optionable
FFIV F5	6,578	56.63 million	56.36 million	Optionable
VSAT Viasat	7,000	137.76 million	135.83 million	Optionable

AAOI, ERIC, FFIV, and VSAT Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT) Given Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

3 hours ago | marketbeat.com

Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson Unloads Shares of Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT)

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Viasat Shareholders Reaffirm Board, Auditor and Compensation

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Viasat (NASDAQ:VSAT) Director Sells $47,058.75 in Stock

September 4 at 7:22 AM | insidertrades.com

Viasat (NASDAQ:VSAT) Director John Stenbit Sells 705 Shares of Stock

September 3 at 5:22 PM | marketbeat.com

Viasat (NASDAQ:VSAT) SVP Benjamin Edward Palmer Sells 2,000 Shares

September 3 at 5:21 PM | marketbeat.com

ViaSat (VSAT) Down 13.7% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Rebound?

September 3 at 12:36 PM | zacks.com

Viasat's ViaSat-3 F3 Satellite Enters Service

September 2 at 9:02 AM | marketscreener.comM

Jupiter Topco LLC Makes New Investment in Viasat Inc. $VSAT

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

ViaSat-3 F3 Satellite Enters Service Across Asia-Pacific

August 31, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Senator Investment Group LP Makes New Investment in Viasat Inc. $VSAT

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Buys Shares of 71,105 Viasat Inc. $VSAT

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Van ECK Associates Corp Boosts Holdings in Viasat Inc. $VSAT

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

491,972 Shares in Viasat Inc. $VSAT Purchased by Legal & General Group Plc

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Corient Private Wealth LP Takes Position in Viasat Inc. $VSAT

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Man Group plc Invests $12.91 Million in Viasat Inc. $VSAT

August 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Empowered Funds LLC Invests $26.48 Million in Viasat Inc. $VSAT

August 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Caitlin John LLC Invests $1.26 Million in Viasat Inc. $VSAT

August 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Equitable Holdings Inc. Purchases Shares of 51,773 Viasat Inc. $VSAT

August 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Can Viasat's Deal With Addvalue Boost Its Government Business?

August 27, 2026 | zacks.com

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AAOI, ERIC, FFIV, and VSAT Company Descriptions

Applied Optoelectronics NASDAQ:AAOI

$105.53 +5.15 (+5.13%)

As of 09/4/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells fiber-optic networking products in the United States, Taiwan, and China. It offers optical modules, optical filters, lasers, laser components, subassemblies, transmitters and transceivers, turn-key equipment, headend, node, distribution equipment, and amplifiers. The company sells its products to internet data center operators, cable television, telecom equipment manufacturers, fiber-to-the-home, and internet service providers through its direct and indirect sales channels. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas.

Ericsson NASDAQ:ERIC

$10.10 -0.03 (-0.30%)

As of 09/4/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile connectivity solutions for telcom operators and enterprise customers in various sectors in North America, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, North East Asia, South East Asia, Oceania, and India. It operates in four segments: Networks; Cloud Software and Services; Enterprise; and Other. The Networks segment offers radio access network (RAN) solutions for various network spectrum bands, including purpose-built and open RAN-prepared hardware and software. This segment also provides cloud RAN; transport solutions; passive and active antennas; and a range of service portfolios covering network deployment and support. The Cloud Software and Services segment offers core networks, business and operational support systems, network design and optimization, and managed network services. The Enterprise segment offers a global communications platform, including cloud-based unified communications as a service, contact center as a service, and communications platform as a service; enterprise wireless solutions comprising private wireless networks and wireless wan pre-packaged solutions; and technologies and new business solutions, such as mobile financial services, security solutions, and advertising services. The Other segment includes Redbee media that prepares and distributes live and video services for broadcasters, sports leagues, and communications service providers. It offers its services through wholesalers and distributors. The company was formerly known as Allmanna Telefon AB LM Ericsson and changed its name to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) in January 1926. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

F5 NASDAQ:FFIV

$390.47 -1.68 (-0.43%)

As of 09/4/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

F5, Inc. provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company's distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud. It offers unified, security, networking, and application management solutions, such as web app and API protection; multi-cloud networking; application delivery and deployment; domain name system; content delivery network; and application deployment and orchestration. The company also provides application security and delivery products, including NGINX Plus; NGINX Management Suite; NGINX Ingress Controller; NGINX App Protect; BIG-IP Packaged Software; and BIG-IP Systems. In addition, it provides a range of professional services, including maintenance, consulting, training, and other technical support services. F5, Inc. sells its products to large enterprise businesses, public sector institutions, governments, and service providers through distributors, value-added resellers, managed service providers, systems integrators, and other indirect channel partners. It has partnerships with public cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. The company was formerly known as F5 Networks, Inc. and changed its name to F5, Inc. in November 2021. F5, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Viasat NASDAQ:VSAT

$75.32 +3.60 (+5.02%)

As of 09/4/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Viasat, Inc. provides broadband and communications products and services worldwide. The company's Satellite Services segment offers satellite-based fixed broadband services, including broadband internet access and voice over internet protocol services to consumers and businesses; in-flight entertainment and aviation software services to commercial airlines and private business jets; satellite-based connectivity services; mobile broadband services, including satellite-based internet services to energy offshore vessels, cruise ships, consumer ferries, and yachts; and energy services, which include ultra-secure solutions IP connectivity, bandwidth-optimized over-the-top applications, industrial internet-of-things big data enablement, and industry-leading machine learning analytics. Its Commercial Networks segment offers fixed broadband satellite communication systems comprising satellite network infrastructure and ground terminals; mobile broadband satellite communication systems; antenna systems for terrestrial and satellite applications, such as earth imaging, remote sensing, mobile satellite communication, Ka-band earth stations, and other multi-band antennas; and space systems design and satellite networking development systems. The company's Government Systems segment offers government mobile broadband products and services include mobile broadband modems, and terminals and network access control systems; mesh and hub-and-spoke satellite networking systems; secure networking, cybersecurity, and information assurance products; and tactical data link solutions. It designs and development of satellite and ground communications systems and network function virtualization, as well as ground-based network subsystems, as well as space system design and development products and services include architectures for GEO, MEO, LEO satellites, and other satellite platforms. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.

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