NASDAQ:VIAV - Viavi Solutions Stock Price, News & Analysis

Viavi Solutions trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "VIAV."

Viavi Solutions declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Friday, February 16th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Viavi Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:VIAV) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 15th. The communications equipment provider reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.12 by $0.01. The communications equipment provider earned $289.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $279.18 million. Viavi Solutions had a net margin of 0.48% and a return on equity of 16.75%. Viavi Solutions's revenue was up 9.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.14 earnings per share. View Viavi Solutions' Earnings History.

Viavi Solutions is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Viavi Solutions.

Viavi Solutions issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 15th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.14-$0.16 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.15. The company issued revenue guidance of $273-$293 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $282.31 million.

8 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Viavi Solutions' stock. Their forecasts range from $13.00 to $16.00. On average, they expect Viavi Solutions' share price to reach $14.7143 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Viavi Solutions.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Viavi Solutions in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Viavi Solutions.

News coverage about VIAV stock has been trending positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Viavi Solutions earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the communications equipment provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Viavi Solutions.

Viavi Solutions saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,338,000 shares, a drop of 11.5% from the June 30th total of 10,553,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,180,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.3 days. Currently, 4.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Viavi Solutions' Current Options Chain.

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Viavi Solutions' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.75%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.94%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.62%), DNB Asset Management AS (1.43%), Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc. (1.42%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.33%). Company insiders that own Viavi Solutions stock include Amar Maletira, Gary W Staley, Keith Barnes, Kevin Christopher Siebert, Luke M Scrivanich, Pamela J Strayer, Paul Mcnab, Ralph Rondinone and Richard Belluzzo. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Viavi Solutions.

VIAV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tygh Capital Management Inc., William Blair Investment Management LLC, Pinnacle Associates Ltd., Prudential Financial Inc., Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio, Westfield Capital Management Co. LP, Royal Bank of Canada and Eagle Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Viavi Solutions company stock in the last year include Amar Maletira, Gary W Staley, Keith Barnes, Kevin Christopher Siebert, Luke M Scrivanich, Paul Mcnab and Ralph Rondinone. View Insider Buying and Selling for Viavi Solutions.

VIAV stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Castleark Management LLC and Vanguard Group Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Viavi Solutions.

Shares of VIAV can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VIAV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.50.

Viavi Solutions has a market capitalization of $3.09 billion and generates $1.13 billion in revenue each year. The communications equipment provider earns $5.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.52 on an earnings per share basis. Viavi Solutions employs 3,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Viavi Solutions.

The official website for Viavi Solutions is http://www.viavisolutions.com/.

Viavi Solutions' mailing address is 6001 AMERICA CENTER DRIVE 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA, 95002. The communications equipment provider can be reached via phone at 408-404-3600 or via email at [email protected]