NASDAQ:VSAT - ViaSat Stock Price, News & Analysis

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) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate 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 quarter in the previous year, the firm earned ($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 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for ViaSat's stock. Their predictions range from $66.00 to $145.00. On average, they anticipate ViaSat's share price to reach $95.8333 in the next twelve months. 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.

Press coverage about VSAT stock has trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie. 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 public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. ViaSat earned a coverage optimism score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the communications equipment provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for ViaSat.

ViaSat saw a decrease in short interest in the month of 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 daily volume of 582,800 shares, the short-interest 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), Sierra Wireless (SWIR), Maxar Technologies (MAXR), 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 investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.55%), BlackRock Inc. (8.54%), 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]