Viasat, Inc (NASDAQ:VSAT) has a beta value of 1.33 and has seen 8.64 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $1.36B, closed the last trade at $9.41 per share which meant it gained $1.08 on the day or 12.97% during that session. The VSAT stock price is -209.35% off its 52-week high price of $29.11 and 28.91% above the 52-week low of $6.69. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 4.06 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 2.40 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Viasat, Inc (VSAT) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.33. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 2 out of 4 have rated it as a Hold, with 2 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.05.
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Viasat, Inc (NASDAQ:VSAT) trade information
Sporting 12.97% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the VSAT stock price touched $9.41 or saw a rise of 4.47%. Year-to-date, Viasat, Inc shares have moved -66.33%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 27.16%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Viasat, Inc (NASDAQ:VSAT) have changed -8.02%. Short interest in the company has seen 19.02 million shares shorted with days to cover at 10.29.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $20.5, which means that the shares’ value could jump 54.1% from current levels. The projected low price target is $19.0 while the price target rests at a high of $100.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -962.7% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -101.91% from current levels.
Viasat, Inc (VSAT) estimates and forecasts
Figures show that Viasat, Inc shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have lost -41.32% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 76.41%, compared to 20.60% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 5.64%.
7 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 1.13B for the current quarter. 7 have an estimated revenue figure of 1.15B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 1.13B and 1.15B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 0.21% for the current quarter and 5.64% for the next.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -51.58% over the past 5 years.
VSAT Dividends
Viasat, Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in December this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Viasat, Inc (NASDAQ:VSAT)’s Major holders
Insiders own 9.70% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 86.96% with a share float percentage of 96.30%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Viasat, Inc having a total of 305.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are BLACKROCK INC. with over 14.76 million shares worth more than $187.45 million. As of 2024-06-30, BLACKROCK INC. held 12.5947% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BAUPOST GROUP LLC/MA, with the holding of over 13.76 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $174.74 million and represent 11.7412% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are iShares Core S&P Smallcap ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . As of Sep 30, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 4.17% shares in the company for having 5.36 shares of worth $50.41 million while later fund manager owns 3.59 shares of worth $33.77 million as of Jun 30, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 2.79% of company’s outstanding stock.
