Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT) finished Wednesday with a subtraction of -$1.15 to close at $28.20, a downside of -3.92 percent. An average of 900,940 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a fall of -$1.27 in the past week, and it reached a new high 10 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 1,723,445 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 988,880.
VSAT stock has decreased by -35.48% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $27.34 on 07/13/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 06/02/23, shares of the company touched a low of $27.34 and a high of $47.35 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 12 times so far this year and lost -10.90% or -$3.45 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -40.44% from the 52-week high.
Insider Transactions
VSAT stock investors should be aware that Viasat Inc. (VSAT) stock had its last reported insider trading activity 3 days ago on Aug 07. In this transaction, the insider spent $5,712. Pres. Government Systems, Miller Craig Andrew, disposed of 200 shares at a price of $41.90 on Jul 10. The insider now owns more than $8,380 worth of shares. Prior to that, Pres. Government Systems Miller Craig Andrew went on to Sale 272 shares at $46.63 each on Jun 05. An amount of $12,683 was transacted.
Valuation Metrics
Viasat Inc. (VSAT) stock’s beta is 1.20. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 1.37, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 0.57.
Financial Health
The quick ratio of Viasat Inc. for the three months ended March 30 was 2.10, and the current ratio was 2.30, indicating that the company is able to meet its debt obligations. Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 0.63 and a total debt to equity ratio of 0.64 for the quarter ending March 30. Viasat Inc.’s EBITDA margin for the year ending March 30 is 13.47%, while its operating margin for the same period stands at -6.10%. Its gross profit as reported stood at $721.4 million compared to revenue of $2.56 billion.
For investors, determining the potential profitability of the investment also depends on the performance of the company’s management. In the past 12 months, Viasat Inc.’s return on assets was 15.80%.
Earnings Surprise
For the three-month period that ended March 30, Viasat Inc. had $1.69 billion in total debt. In the quarter under review, the net income was down than the previous quarter. The company posted a net income of $1.2 billion in the quarter, while revenues of -$42.23 million were grew 102.44%. The analyst consensus anticipated Viasat Inc.’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $9.49 per share, but it turned out to be $15.56, a 64.00% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to $28.17 million. Shareholders own equity worth $76.91 million.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at Viasat Inc. (VSAT) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 09 August was 30.05%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 38.05%.
As of today, VSAT’s price is $28.84 -4.31% or -$1.27 from its 5-day moving average. VSAT is currently trading -34.39% lower than its 20-day SMA and -18.43% lower than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is -37.75% below the SMA50 and -23.74% below the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 15.62% and 12.24%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 1.39. With the 14-day stochastic at 9.09% and the average true range at 1.54, the RSI (14) stands at 32.03%. The stock has reached -0.45 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at -0.81.
Analyst Ratings
William Blair downgraded Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) to a a Mkt perform rating in its most recent analyst report. Previously, the stock was rated as an Outperform. The consensus rating for Viasat Inc. (VSAT) among analysts is Overweight. According to current brokerage recommendations, 0 brokerage firms advise that investors sell VSAT, while 4 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 0 analysts, while 3 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is VSAT’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $34.00 and $66.00, with a median target of $56.00. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for Viasat Inc. (VSAT) stock is $51.60.
