Compare Stocks: NTCT, VSAT, VIAV, and BDC

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
BDC Belden	$119.21 -2.7%	$117.36	$98.00 ▼ $159.99	$4.66B	1.13	441,516 shs	29,510 shs
NTCT NetScout Systems	$37.96 -1.4%	$40.70	$23.14 ▼ $45.28	$2.76B	0.69	596,664 shs	36,897 shs
VIAV Viavi Solutions	$36.87 -5.2%	$42.39	$10.91 ▼ $60.43	$9.10B	1.22	6.22 million shs	459,027 shs
VSAT Viasat	$73.34 -1.8%	$74.62	$26.10 ▼ $93.03	$10.10B	1.72	2.10 million shs	153,502 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BDC Belden	0.00%	-10.19%	+18.95%	+15.70%	-6.82%
NTCT NetScout Systems	0.00%	-2.97%	-3.78%	-6.14%	+63.79%
VIAV Viavi Solutions	0.00%	-10.66%	-1.57%	-21.43%	+250.45%
VSAT Viasat	0.00%	-9.83%	+4.21%	+0.21%	+167.53%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BDC Belden	$119.21 -2.7%	$117.36	$98.00 ▼ $159.99	$4.66B	1.13	441,516 shs	29,510 shs
NTCT NetScout Systems	$37.96 -1.4%	$40.70	$23.14 ▼ $45.28	$2.76B	0.69	596,664 shs	36,897 shs
VIAV Viavi Solutions	$36.87 -5.2%	$42.39	$10.91 ▼ $60.43	$9.10B	1.22	6.22 million shs	459,027 shs
VSAT Viasat	$73.34 -1.8%	$74.62	$26.10 ▼ $93.03	$10.10B	1.72	2.10 million shs	153,502 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BDC Belden	0.00%	-10.19%	+18.95%	+15.70%	-6.82%
NTCT NetScout Systems	0.00%	-2.97%	-3.78%	-6.14%	+63.79%
VIAV Viavi Solutions	0.00%	-10.66%	-1.57%	-21.43%	+250.45%
VSAT Viasat	0.00%	-9.83%	+4.21%	+0.21%	+167.53%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BDC Belden	3.14	Buy	$160.00	34.22% Upside
NTCT NetScout Systems	3.00	Buy	$35.50	-6.47% Downside
VIAV Viavi Solutions	2.70	Moderate Buy	$49.88	35.29% Upside
VSAT Viasat	2.73	Moderate Buy	$90.67	23.63% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NTCT, VSAT, VIAV, and BDC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/19/2026	BDC Belden	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$155.00 ➝ $170.00
8/19/2026	NTCT NetScout Systems	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/19/2026	VIAV Viavi Solutions	Rosenblatt Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$70.00
8/13/2026	NTCT NetScout Systems	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/13/2026	VIAV Viavi Solutions	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/11/2026	VIAV Viavi Solutions	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Sell (D+) ➝ Sell (D)
8/10/2026	VSAT Viasat	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$95.00
8/6/2026	VIAV Viavi Solutions	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$60.00 ➝ $44.00
8/6/2026	VIAV Viavi Solutions	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$60.00 ➝ $65.00
8/6/2026	VIAV Viavi Solutions	B. Riley Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$63.00 ➝ $60.00
8/6/2026	VIAV Viavi Solutions	Rosenblatt Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$70.00

(Data available from 8/24/2023 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
BDC Belden	$2.86B	1.63	$10.71 per share	11.13	$32.17 per share	3.71
NTCT NetScout Systems	$883.16M	3.12	$2.61 per share	14.57	$22.84 per share	1.66
VIAV Viavi Solutions	$1.52B	5.99	$1.19 per share	31.10	$5.87 per share	6.28
VSAT Viasat	$4.63B	2.18	$10.36 per share	7.08	$34.82 per share	2.11

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
BDC Belden	$237.52M	$6.15	19.38	11.73	N/A	8.52%	25.00%	9.24%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)
NTCT NetScout Systems	$95.53M	$1.64	23.14	16.01	N/A	13.71%	9.25%	6.59%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
VIAV Viavi Solutions	-$30.40M	-$0.15	N/A	22.62	N/A	-2.00%	19.60%	7.48%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
VSAT Viasat	-$34.09M	-$0.24	N/A	N/A	N/A	-0.64%	1.44%	0.45%	11/6/2026 (Estimated)

Latest NTCT, VSAT, VIAV, and BDC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2026	Q1 2027	NTCT NetScout Systems	$0.3833	$0.52	+$0.1367	$0.29	$196.17 million	$210.42 million
8/5/2026	Q4 2026	VIAV Viavi Solutions	$0.2979	$0.34	+$0.0421	$0.13	$432.62 million	$443.10 million
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	BDC Belden	$2.02	$2.34	+$0.32	$1.74	$746.75 million	$750.16 million
5/28/2026	Q4 2026	VSAT Viasat	$0.32	-$0.02	-$0.34	$0.41	$1.20 billion	$1.17 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BDC Belden	$0.20	0.17%	N/A	3.25%	N/A
NTCT NetScout Systems	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
VIAV Viavi Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
VSAT Viasat	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest NTCT, VSAT, VIAV, and BDC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/17/2026	BDC Belden	quarterly	$0.05	0.15%	9/16/2026	9/16/2026	10/8/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BDC Belden	0.89	2.14	1.49
NTCT NetScout Systems	N/A	1.83	1.78
VIAV Viavi Solutions	0.27	1.85	1.62
VSAT Viasat	1.23	1.68	1.52

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BDC Belden	98.75%
NTCT NetScout Systems	91.64%
VIAV Viavi Solutions	95.54%
VSAT Viasat	86.05%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BDC Belden	1.05%
NTCT NetScout Systems	4.74%
VIAV Viavi Solutions	1.80%
VSAT Viasat	1.40%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BDC Belden	8,000	39.08 million	38.67 million	Optionable
NTCT NetScout Systems	2,073	72.71 million	69.26 million	Optionable
VIAV Viavi Solutions	4,100	246.75 million	242.31 million	Optionable
VSAT Viasat	7,000	137.76 million	135.83 million	Optionable

NTCT, VSAT, VIAV, and BDC Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Pinnbrook Capital Management LP Invests $3.01 Million in Viasat Inc. $VSAT

August 23 at 6:16 AM | marketbeat.com

Compass Financial Management LLC Takes $2.52 Million Position in Viasat Inc. $VSAT

August 23 at 4:23 AM | marketbeat.com

Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. Makes New Investment in Viasat Inc. $VSAT

August 22 at 6:31 AM | marketbeat.com

Deutsche Bank AG Acquires Shares of 401,562 Viasat Inc. $VSAT

August 22 at 3:53 AM | marketbeat.com

132,523 Shares in Viasat Inc. $VSAT Purchased by Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd.

August 21 at 5:12 AM | marketbeat.com

Viasat Earnings Call Highlights Growth Amid Near-Term Strain

August 20, 2026 | tipranks.com

Viasat enlists Rocket Lab to build small GEO satellite bus for Space Force PTS-G initiative

August 20, 2026 | sdxcentral.comS

Can Viasat's Partnership With Rocket Lab Meet Growing Defense Demand?

August 20, 2026 | zacks.com

As Starlink Passes 11,000 Satellites, These 5 Stocks Will Feel It First

August 20, 2026 | 247wallst.com

20,747,957 Shares in Viasat Inc. $VSAT Bought by BlackRock Inc.

August 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Viasat selects Rocket Lab to build GEO satellite for US Space Force

August 19, 2026 | msn.com

Q2 rundown: Viasat (NASDAQ:VSAT) vs other telecommunication services stocks

August 19, 2026 | msn.com

Rocket Lab wins Space Force satellite bus deal via Viasat

August 17, 2026 | financial-news.co.uk

Rocket Lab now prime and bus supplier in GEO: Viasat selects Lightning-GEO for anti-jam satellite

August 17, 2026 | msn.com

Viasat Selects Rocket Lab to Build GEO Satellite for U.S. Space Force’s Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global Program

August 17, 2026 | markets.businessinsider.com

Viasat Selects Rocket Lab to Build GEO Satellite for U.S. Space Force's Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global Program

August 17, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC Invests $1.08 Million in Viasat Inc. $VSAT

August 17, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Everett Harris & Co. CA Acquires Shares of 60,380 Viasat Inc. $VSAT

August 15, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Royal Bank of Canada Sells 22,872 Shares of Viasat Inc. $VSAT

August 14, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Viasat: The Stock Rallied, But The Business Hasn't Kept Up

August 13, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Elon Musk Predicts 90% of Internet Traffic Will Flow Through His Company. That Would Be a Nightmare.

August 13, 2026 | 247wallst.com

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NTCT, VSAT, VIAV, and BDC Company Descriptions

Belden NYSE:BDC

$119.21 -3.25 (-2.65%)

As of 10:37 AM Eastern

Belden Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a portfolio of signal transmission solutions for mission critical applications in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates in two segments, Enterprise Solutions and Industrial Automation Solutions. The Enterprise Solutions segment offers copper cable and connectivity solutions, fiber cable and connectivity solutions, interconnect panels, racks and enclosures, and signal extension and matrix switching systems for use in applications, such as local area networks, data centers, access control, 5G, fiber to the home, and building automation. It also provides power, cooling, and airflow management products for mission-critical data center operations; and end-to-end fiber and copper network systems. This segment serves commercial real estate, education, financial, stadiums and venues, military installations, and broadband and wireless service providers, as well as data centers, governments, healthcare, and hospitality sectors. The Industrial Automation Solutions segment offers network infrastructure and digitization solutions; secure networks for the digitization and automation of industries and infrastructure; and products and solutions covering various aspects of data handling, including acquisition, transmission, orchestration, and management for applications in discrete automation, process automation, energy, and mass transit. It sells its products to distributors, end-users, installers, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company was formerly known as Belden CDT Inc. and changed its name to Belden Inc. in May 2007. Belden Inc. was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

NetScout Systems NASDAQ:NTCT

$37.96 -0.54 (-1.39%)

As of 10:37 AM Eastern

NetScout Systems, Inc. provides service assurance and cybersecurity solutions for protect digital business services against disruptions in the United States, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company offers nGeniusONE management software that enables customers to predict, preempt, and resolve network and service delivery problems, as well as facilitate the optimization and capacity planning of their network infrastructures; and specialized platforms and analytic modules that enable its customers to analyze and troubleshoot traffic in radio access and Wi-Fi networks. It also provides nGeniusPULSE, an active testing tool that enables enterprises to identify infrastructure performance issues and determine application availability, reliability, and performance; and nGenius Business Analytics solution, which enables service providers to analyze their network traffic. In addition, the company offers ISNG, an advanced passive network probe; packet flow systems that deliver targeted network traffic access to various monitoring and security tools and systems; and a suite of test access points that enable non-disruptive access to network traffic. Further, it provides cybersecurity solutions to protect their networks against distributed denial of service attacks under the Arbor brand, such as Arbor Sightline, Arbor Threat Mitigation System, Arbor Insight, Arbor Edge Defense, and Arbor Cloud. Additionally, the company offers advanced threat detection solutions, such as Omnis Cyber Investigator. It serves enterprise customers in various industries, including financial services, technology, manufacturing, healthcare, utilities, education, transportation, and retail; mobile operators, wireline operators, cable operators, Internet service providers, and cloud providers; and governmental agencies through a direct sales force, and indirect reseller and distribution channels. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.

Viavi Solutions NASDAQ:VIAV

$36.87 -2.03 (-5.23%)

As of 10:37 AM Eastern

Viavi Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of network test, monitoring, and assurance solutions for communications service providers, enterprises, network equipment manufacturers, government and avionics. It operates through the following segments: Network Enablement, Service Enablement, and Optical Security and Performance. The Network Enablement segment offers an integrated portfolio of testing solutions that access the network to perform build-out and maintenance tasks. The Service Enablement segment covers solutions and services primarily for communication service providers, and enterprises that deliver and/or operate broadband and IP networks (fixed and mobile) supporting voice, video, and data services as well as a wide range of applications. The Optical Security and Performance segment leverages its core optical coating technologies and volume manufacturing capability to design, manufacture, and sell products targeting anti-counterfeiting, consumer and industrial, government, healthcare, and other markets. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Chandler, AZ.

Viasat NASDAQ:VSAT

$73.34 -1.38 (-1.85%)

As of 10:37 AM 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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