NASDAQ:VSAT - ViaSat Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

ViaSat, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 8th. The communications equipment provider reported ($0.19) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.29) by $0.10. The communications equipment provider had revenue of $537 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $506.02 million. ViaSat had a negative return on equity of 2.26% and a negative net margin of 2.08%. ViaSat's revenue was up 22.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.30) earnings per share. 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 predictions range from $66.00 to $145.00. On average, they expect ViaSat's stock price to reach $95.8333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.7% 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.

News stories about VSAT stock have been trending positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. ViaSat earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the communications equipment provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for ViaSat.

ViaSat saw a decrease in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,446,400 shares, a decrease of 5.0% from the June 30th total of 3,628,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 582,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.9 days. Approximately 6.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View ViaSat's Current Options Chain.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other ViaSat investors own include InterDigital Wireless (IDCC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Alibaba Group (BABA), Honeywell International (HON), Raytheon (RTN), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Home Depot (HD), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Hormel Foods (HRL) and Northrop Grumman (NOC).

ViaSat's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.54%), BlackRock Inc. (8.55%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.50%), Fiduciary Management Inc. WI (1.71%), Northern Trust Corp (1.36%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.90%). 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, Richard A Baldridge, Robert James Blair, 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 BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Great Lakes Advisors LLC, South Dakota Investment Council and Bank of America Corp DE. 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, Richard A Baldridge, 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, Morgan Stanley, Paloma Partners Management Co, Brightline Capital Management LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Jane Street Group LLC and Prudential Financial Inc.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VSAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $76.23.

ViaSat has a market capitalization of $4.67 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]