During the last session, Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT)’s traded shares were 1.33 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.36. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $15.87, reflecting an intraday loss of -4.46% or -$0.74. The 52-week high for the VSAT share is $29.11, that puts it down -83.43 from that peak though still a striking 25.9% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $11.76. The company’s market capitalization is $2.03B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 1.49 million shares, and the average trade volume was 2.26 million shares over the past three months.

Viasat, Inc. (VSAT) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 2.00. VSAT has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 4 analysts who have looked at this stock. 2 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 2 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be -0.27.

Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT) trade information

Viasat, Inc. (VSAT) registered a -4.46% downside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -4.46% in intraday trading to $15.87, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -9.37%, and it has moved by -19.73% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is -40.74%. The short interest in Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT) is 14.9 million shares and it means that shorts have 5.55 day(s) to cover.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $28, which implies an increase of 43.32% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $22 and $100 respectively. As a result, VSAT is trading at a discount of -530.12% off the target high and -38.63% off the low.

Viasat, Inc. (VSAT) estimates and forecasts

Statistics show that Viasat, Inc. has outperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. Viasat, Inc. (VSAT) shares have gone down -17.26% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate more than the industry average at 85.16% against 3.50. Yet analysts are ramping up their growth forecast for the fiscal year 2024. Revenue is predicted to grow 95.60% this quarter and then jump 75.80% in the quarter after that. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 6.20% compared to the previous financial year.

As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 1.11B as predicted by 6 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 6 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 1.15B by the end of current fiscal year.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings shrunk an estimated -51.58%. While earnings are projected to return -63.72% in 2024.

VSAT Dividends

Viasat, Inc. is due to release its next quarterly earnings in September. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance.

Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT)’s Major holders

Viasat, Inc. insiders own 9.71% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 83.47%, with the float percentage being 92.45%. BLACKROCK INC. is the largest shareholder of the company, while 290.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 14.76 million shares (or 12.5947% of all shares), a total value of $187.45 million in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 13.76 million shares, is of BAUPOST GROUP LLC/MA’s that is approximately 11.7412% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $174.74 million.