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

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

ViaSat, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 8th. The communications equipment provider reported ($0.19) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.29) by $0.10. The communications equipment provider had revenue of $537 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 quarterly revenue was up 22.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm 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 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for ViaSat's shares. Their forecasts range from $66.00 to $145.00. On average, they expect ViaSat's share price to reach $95.83 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.7% 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 been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. ViaSat earned a coverage optimism score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the communications equipment provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for ViaSat.

ViaSat saw a decrease in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,770,000 shares, a decrease of 5.8% from the August 30th total of 2,940,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 478,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.8 days. Approximately 4.8% of the shares of the company 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), Ubiquiti Networks (UBNT), Ciena (CIEN), Echostar (SATS), Finisar (FNSR), InterDigital Wireless (IDCC), Plantronics (PLT), NetGear (NTGR), Infinera (INFN) and Extreme Networks (EXTR).

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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Virginia National Bank (0.11%), Cambiar Investors LLC (0.05%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.03%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.03%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). 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 Virginia National Bank, Pacer Advisors Inc., Cambiar Investors LLC, Strs Ohio, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and State of Michigan Retirement System. 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, Atwater Malick LLC, Coastal Investment Advisors Inc. and Flagship Harbor Advisors 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 $71.14.

ViaSat has a market capitalization of $4.36 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]