Does Viasat, Inc (NASDAQ:VSAT) Look Expensive At $9.40? Here’s How To Know.

In last trading session, Viasat, Inc (NASDAQ:VSAT) saw 2.34 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 1.10. Company’s recent per share price level of $9.40 trading at -$0.25 or -2.59% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $1.21B. That closing price of VSAT’s stock is at a discount of -184.04% from its 52-week high price of $26.70 and is indicating a premium of 28.83% from its 52-week low price of $6.69. Taking a look at company’s average trading volume for last 10-days demonstrates a volume of 3.08 million shares which gives us an average trading volume of 3.86 million if we extend that period to 3-months.

For Viasat, Inc (VSAT), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 2.40. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 4 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 0 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 2 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 2 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight. The company is expected to be making an EPS of 0.17 in the current quarter.

Viasat, Inc (NASDAQ:VSAT) trade information

Upright in the red during last session for losing -2.59%, in the last five days VSAT remained trading in the red while hitting it’s week-highest on Thursday, 03/06/25 when the stock touched $9.40 price level, adding 4.86% to its value on the day. Viasat, Inc’s shares saw a change of 10.46% in year-to-date performance and have moved -2.39% in past 5-day. Viasat, Inc (NASDAQ:VSAT) showed a performance of -15.85% in past 30-days. Number of shares sold short was 25.8 million shares which calculate 6.37 days to cover the short interests.

Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 19 to the stock, which implies a rise of 50.53% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 19 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 19. It follows that stock’s current price would drop -102.13% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a loss of -102.13% for stock’s current value.

Viasat, Inc (VSAT) estimates and forecasts

This year revenue growth is estimated to rise 5.26% from the last financial year’s standing.

6 industry analysts have given their estimates about the company’s current quarter revenue by setting an average figure of 1.14B for the same. And 3 analysts are in estimates of company making revenue of 1.12B in the next quarter. Company posted 1.15B and 1.13B of sales in current and next quarters respectively a year earlier.

Weighing up company’s earnings over the past 5-year and in the next 5-year periods, we find the company posting an annual earnings growth rate of -51.58% during past 5 years.

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

Insiders are in possession of 6.74% of company’s total shares while institution are holding 90.23 percent of that, with stock having share float percentage of 96.75%. Investors also watch the number of corporate investors in a company very closely, which is 90.23% institutions for Viasat, Inc that are currently holding shares of the company. BLACKROCK INC. is the top institutional holder at VSAT for having 14.76 million shares of worth $187.45 million. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 12.5947 of the company’s outstanding shares.

The second largest institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, which was holding about 12.84 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 10.9538 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $163.02 million.