NASDAQ:VSAT - ViaSat Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

ViaSat, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 return on equity of 0.83% and a negative net margin of 0.72%. 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 12 month price objectives for ViaSat's stock. Their forecasts range from $66.00 to $145.00. On average, they expect ViaSat's stock price to reach $97.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 32.4% 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 headlines about VSAT stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. ViaSat earned a daily sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the communications equipment provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock'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 short-interest ratio is presently 10.4 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), 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), Hormel Foods (HRL), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Xilinx (XLNX), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), General Dynamics (GD), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Boeing (BA), Raytheon (RTN) and Tesla (TSLA).

ViaSat's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and Addison Capital Co (0.01%). 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 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.

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 $73.50.

ViaSat has a market capitalization of $4.51 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]