ViaSat Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NASDAQ:VSAT)

ViaSat trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "VSAT."

ViaSat, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT) posted its earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $0.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.12) by $0.17. The communications equipment provider had revenue of $592.26 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $568.66 million. ViaSat had a negative net margin of 0.72% and a negative return on equity of 0.83%. View ViaSat's Earnings History.

ViaSat is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for ViaSat.

6 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for ViaSat's shares. Their forecasts range from $66.00 to $145.00. On average, they expect ViaSat's stock price to reach $94.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 31.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for ViaSat.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ViaSat in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for ViaSat.

Media coverage about VSAT stock has trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. ViaSat earned a daily sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the communications equipment provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for ViaSat.

ViaSat saw a decrease in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,770,000 shares, a decrease of 5.8% from the August 30th total of 2,940,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 478,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.8 days. Currently, 4.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View ViaSat's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to ViaSat include Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Motorola Solutions (MSI), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), F5 Networks (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Ubiquiti Networks (UBNT), Ciena (CIEN), Echostar (SATS), Finisar (FNSR), InterDigital Wireless (IDCC), Plantronics (PLT), Infinera (INFN), Comtech Telecomm. (CMTL) and Extreme Networks (EXTR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other ViaSat investors own include InterDigital Wireless (IDCC), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Hormel Foods (HRL), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Xilinx (XLNX), General Dynamics (GD), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Boeing (BA), Raytheon (RTN) and Celgene (CELG).

ViaSat's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Rhumbline Advisers (0.23%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.21%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.12%), Virginia National Bank (0.11%), Great Lakes Advisors LLC (0.07%) and Texas Permanent School Fund (0.06%). Company insiders that own ViaSat stock include B Allen Lay, Bruce Leroy Dirks, David Louis Ryan, Doug Abts, Fpr Partners Llc, Harvey White, Jeffrey M Nash, John P Stenbit, Ken Allen Peterman, Keven K Lippert, Kevin J Harkenrider, Mark D Dankberg, Mark J Miller, Melinda Michele Kimbro, Richard A Baldridge, Robert James Blair, Robert W Johnson, Shawn Lynn Duffy and Toro Melinda Michele Del. View Institutional Ownership Trends for ViaSat.

VSAT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Virginia National Bank, Pacer Advisors Inc., Wellington Shields Capital Management LLC, Cambiar Investors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Strs Ohio, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold ViaSat company stock in the last year include B Allen Lay, Bruce Leroy Dirks, Doug Abts, Fpr Partners Llc, Harvey White, Jeffrey M Nash, John P Stenbit, Ken Allen Peterman, Keven K Lippert, Kevin J Harkenrider, Mark D Dankberg, Mark J Miller, Melinda Michele Kimbro, Richard A Baldridge, Robert W Johnson, Shawn Lynn Duffy and Toro Melinda Michele Del. View Insider Buying and Selling for ViaSat.

VSAT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, California Public Employees Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Cerebellum GP LLC, Atwater Malick LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Coastal Investment Advisors Inc. and Texas Permanent School Fund. View Insider Buying and Selling for ViaSat.

Shares of VSAT 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VSAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $71.88.

ViaSat has a market capitalization of $4.41 billion and generates $2.07 billion in revenue each year. The communications equipment provider earns $-67,620,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.13) on an earnings per share basis. ViaSat employs 5,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About ViaSat.

The official website for ViaSat is http://www.viasat.com/.

ViaSat's mailing address is 6155 EL CAMINO REAL, CARLSBAD CA, 92009. The communications equipment provider can be reached via phone at 760-476-2200 or via email at [email protected]