FY2025 Earnings Estimate for Viasat Issued By William Blair

Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT) – Investment analysts at William Blair boosted their FY2025 EPS estimates for Viasat in a report issued on Tuesday, April 15th. William Blair analyst L. Dipalma now anticipates that the communications equipment provider will earn ($0.61) per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of ($0.80). William Blair currently has a “Market Perform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Viasat’s current full-year earnings is ($0.54) per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Viasat’s Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.31) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($0.23) EPS.

Viasat (NASDAQ:VSAT) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The communications equipment provider reported ($1.23) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.53) by ($0.70). Viasat had a negative return on equity of 8.37% and a negative net margin of 9.49%.

A number of other research firms have also recently commented on VSAT. Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on shares of Viasat in a research note on Friday, January 24th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $12.00 price target for the company. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $19.00 target price on shares of Viasat in a research report on Monday, February 10th. Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on Viasat from $26.00 to $12.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. StockNews.com raised Viasat from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, March 7th. Finally, Barclays boosted their target price on Viasat from $9.00 to $10.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Viasat has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $14.57.

Viasat Stock Up 3.9 %

Shares of NASDAQ VSAT opened at $8.49 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $9.33 and a 200-day moving average of $9.50. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2.53 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a current ratio of 1.80, a quick ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35. Viasat has a 12 month low of $6.69 and a 12 month high of $26.70.

Institutional Trading of Viasat

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hennessy Advisors Inc. raised its position in shares of Viasat by 25.8% in the 1st quarter. Hennessy Advisors Inc. now owns 13,512 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $141,000 after acquiring an additional 2,773 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in Viasat in the first quarter worth $159,000. SummerHaven Investment Management LLC lifted its position in Viasat by 2.9% during the first quarter. SummerHaven Investment Management LLC now owns 52,738 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $550,000 after buying an additional 1,494 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new stake in shares of Viasat during the 1st quarter valued at $281,000. Finally, Intellectus Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Viasat by 120.9% during the 1st quarter. Intellectus Partners LLC now owns 40,650 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $424,000 after buying an additional 22,250 shares in the last quarter. 86.05% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Cpp Investment Board Private H sold 3,750,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $9.00, for a total transaction of $33,750,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 4,795,334 shares in the company, valued at $43,158,006. The trade was a 43.88 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 3.20% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Viasat

Viasat, Inc provides broadband and communications products and services worldwide. The company's Satellite Services segment offers satellite-based fixed broadband services, including broadband internet access and voice over internet protocol services to consumers and businesses; in-flight entertainment and aviation software services to commercial airlines and private business jets; satellite-based connectivity services; mobile broadband services, including satellite-based internet services to energy offshore vessels, cruise ships, consumer ferries, and yachts; and energy services, which include ultra-secure solutions IP connectivity, bandwidth-optimized over-the-top applications, industrial internet-of-things big data enablement, and industry-leading machine learning analytics.