NASDAQ:VSAT - ViaSat Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

ViaSat, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT) posted its quarterly 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 had revenue of $537 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $506.02 million. ViaSat had a negative net margin of 2.08% and a negative return on equity of 2.26%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 22.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted ($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 targets for ViaSat's stock. Their forecasts range from $66.00 to $145.00. On average, they anticipate ViaSat's share price to reach $95.8333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.5% 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 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for ViaSat.

Media stories about VSAT stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. 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 -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the communications equipment provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for ViaSat.

ViaSat saw a decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,446,400 shares, a decline of 5.0% from the June 30th total of 3,628,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 582,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.9 days. Approximately 6.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 Airgain (AIRG).

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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.55%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.50%), Fiduciary Management Inc. WI (1.71%), Northern Trust Corp (1.36%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.90%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.71%). 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., Vanguard Group Inc., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Great Lakes Advisors LLC, South Dakota Investment Council, Bank of America Corp DE and Steinberg Asset Management LLC. 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 $77.00.

ViaSat has a market capitalization of $4.72 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]