NASDAQ:VSAT - ViaSat Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.12) by $0.17. The communications equipment provider earned $592.26 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 twelve-month price objectives for ViaSat's shares. Their forecasts range from $66.00 to $145.00. On average, they expect ViaSat's share price to reach $97.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 40.9% 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 and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for ViaSat.

Media stories about VSAT stock have been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. ViaSat earned a news impact score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the communications equipment provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press 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 during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,740,000 shares, a decrease of 6.2% from the December 15th total of 2,920,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 263,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 10.4 days. Approximately 4.8% of the company's stock 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), Juniper Networks (JNPR), F5 Networks (FFIV), Ciena (CIEN), Echostar (SATS), Finisar (FNSR), InterDigital Wireless (IDCC), Infinera (INFN), Plantronics (PLT), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Comtech Telecomm. (CMTL) and NetGear (NTGR).

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

ViaSat's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Virginia National Bank (0.09%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.03%), Strs Ohio (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Addison Capital Co (0.01%) and IFP Advisors Inc (0.00%). 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, Toro Melinda Michele Del and Varsha Rajendra Rao. View Institutional Ownership Trends for ViaSat.

VSAT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Virginia National Bank, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Addison Capital Co. Company insiders that have sold ViaSat company stock in the last year include B Allen Lay, Bruce Leroy Dirks, 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, Toro Melinda Michele Del and Varsha Rajendra Rao. View Insider Buying and Selling for ViaSat.

VSAT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Strs Ohio, IFP Advisors Inc and State of Michigan Retirement System. 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 $69.09.

ViaSat has a market capitalization of $4.24 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]