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

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

ViaSat, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 8th. The communications equipment provider reported ($0.19) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.29) by $0.10. The communications equipment provider earned $537 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $506.02 million. ViaSat had a negative return on equity of 2.26% and a negative net margin of 2.08%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 22.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted ($0.30) EPS. View ViaSat's Earnings History.

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

6 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for ViaSat's stock. Their forecasts range from $66.00 to $145.00. On average, they anticipate ViaSat's stock price to reach $95.83 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 33.9% 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, 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for ViaSat.

Press coverage about VSAT stock has trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. ViaSat earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the communications equipment provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few 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 trading volume of 478,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.8 days. Approximately 4.8% of the company's stock are short sold. View ViaSat's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to ViaSat include Ubiquiti (UI), Ubiquiti Networks (UBNT), Echostar (SATS), Commscope (COMM), Loral Space & Communications Ltd. (LORL), Comtech Telecomm. (CMTL), Casa Systems (CASA), Harmonic (HLIT), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Maxar Technologies (MAXR), Sierra Wireless (SWIR), CalAmp (CAMP), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), Cambium Networks (CMBM) and KVH Industries (KVHI).

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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Virginia National Bank (0.11%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.01%), Addison Capital Co (0.01%) and Atwater Malick LLC (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 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. and Addison Capital Co. Company insiders that have sold ViaSat company stock in the last year 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 W Johnson, Shawn Lynn Duffy and Toro Melinda Michele Del. View Insider Buying and Selling for ViaSat.

VSAT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Cerebellum GP LLC and Atwater Malick LLC. 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 $71.58.

ViaSat has a market capitalization of $4.39 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]