Viasat, Inc (NASDAQ:VSAT) has a beta value of 1.06 and has seen 0.53 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $1.04B, closed the recent trade at $8.08 per share which meant it lost -$0.41 on the day or -4.83% during that session. The VSAT stock price is -230.45% off its 52-week high price of $26.70 and 17.2% 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 2.82 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 3.55 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Viasat, Inc (VSAT) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.20. 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 0.07.
Viasat, Inc (NASDAQ:VSAT) trade information
Sporting -4.83% in the red today, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the VSAT stock price touched $8.08 or saw a rise of 8.7%. Year-to-date, Viasat, Inc shares have moved -5.05%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -3.58%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Viasat, Inc (NASDAQ:VSAT) have changed -15.83%. Short interest in the company has seen 25.25 million shares shorted with days to cover at 9.06.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $15, which means that the shares’ value could jump 46.13% from the levels at last check today.. The projected low price target is $15.0 while the price target rests at a high of $15.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -85.64% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -85.64% from the levels at last check today..
Viasat, Inc (VSAT) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -26.94% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 5.26%.
7 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 1.14B for the current quarter. 3 have an estimated revenue figure of 1.12B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 1.15B and 1.13B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -1.08% for the current quarter and 5.26% 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 on 2025-Feb-05 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 6.62% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 90.19% with a share float percentage of 96.58%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Viasat, Inc having a total of 324.0 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 11.6603% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 12.84 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $163.02 million and represent 10.9538% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager holds about 4.14% shares in the company for having 5.34 shares of worth $43.13 million while later fund manager owns 3.57 shares of worth $28.77 million as of Dec 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 2.76% of company’s outstanding stock.
