NASDAQ:VSAT - ViaSat Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

ViaSat, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT) issued its earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The communications equipment provider reported $0.10 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.01) by $0.11. The communications equipment provider earned $588.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $582.39 million. ViaSat had a net margin of 0.03% and a return on equity of 0.04%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.12 earnings per share. View ViaSat's Earnings History.

ViaSat is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for ViaSat.

6 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for ViaSat's shares. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $145.00. On average, they anticipate ViaSat's share price to reach $101.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 82.5% 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 hold 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 trended neutral recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. ViaSat earned a coverage optimism score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the communications equipment provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for ViaSat.

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), Comtech Telecomm. (CMTL), Extreme Networks (EXTR), NetGear (NTGR) and Harmonic (HLIT).

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

ViaSat's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Franklin Resources Inc. (3.29%), New South Capital Management Inc. (2.85%), Odey Asset Management Group Ltd (2.47%), State Street Corp (2.21%), NWQ Investment Management Company LLC (1.11%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.09%). 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 Odey Asset Management Group Ltd, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Man Group plc, State Street Corp, Virginia National Bank, Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc. and Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold ViaSat company stock in the last year include B Allen Lay, Bruce Leroy Dirks, 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 NWQ Investment Management Company LLC, New South Capital Management Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., Oxford Asset Management LLP, First Trust Advisors LP, Makena Capital Management LLC, Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. and B. Riley Wealth Management 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VSAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.67.

ViaSat has a market capitalization of $3.46 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]