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 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.01) by $0.11. The communications equipment provider had revenue of $588.20 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $582.39 million. ViaSat had a return on equity of 0.04% and a net margin of 0.03%. The business's revenue was up 6.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.12 EPS. 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 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for ViaSat's stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $145.00. On average, they anticipate ViaSat's share price to reach $101.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 76.6% 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.

Headlines about VSAT stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. ViaSat earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the communications equipment provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for ViaSat.

ViaSat saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 3,420,000 shares, an increase of 24.4% from the January 30th total of 2,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 311,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 11.0 days. Currently, 5.9% of the company's shares 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), 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), Alibaba Group (BABA) and Raytheon (RTN).

ViaSat's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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, 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 $57.52.

ViaSat has a market capitalization of $3.57 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]