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

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

ViaSat, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT) issued its earnings results on Thursday, August, 8th. The communications equipment provider reported ($0.19) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.29) by $0.10. The communications equipment provider earned $537 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted ($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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for ViaSat's stock. Their predictions range from $66.00 to $145.00. On average, they expect ViaSat's stock price to reach $95.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.8% 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 articles about VSAT stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. ViaSat earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the communications equipment provider a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is very likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for ViaSat.

ViaSat saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,770,000 shares, a decline of 5.8% from the August 30th total of 2,940,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 478,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.8 days. Currently, 4.8% of the shares of the 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 a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include 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 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 bought 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 $71.61.

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]