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After finishing at $8.90 in the prior trading day, Viasat, Inc (NASDAQ: VSAT) closed at $8.33, down -6.40%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$6.40 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.35 million shares were traded. VSAT stock price reached its highest trading level at $9.335 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $7.8301.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of VSAT by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.60 and its Current Ratio is at 1.80. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.58 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.46.
On January 24, 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $12.
Needham reiterated its Buy rating for the stock on October 15, 2024, while the target price for the stock was revised from $28 to $19.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 10 ’25 when TRITON LUXTOPHOLDING SARL sold 3,750,000 shares for $9.00 per share. The transaction valued at 33,750,000 led to the insider holds 4,795,334 shares of the business.
ONTARIO TEACHERS PENSION PLAN sold 3,750,000 shares of VSAT for $33,750,000 on Feb 10 ’25. The now owns 4,795,334 shares after completing the transaction at $9.00 per share. On Feb 10 ’25, another insider, CPP Investment Board Private H, who serves as the of the company, sold 3,750,000 shares for $9.00 each. As a result, the insider received 33,750,000 and left with 4,795,334 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, VSAT now has a Market Capitalization of 1075569536 and an Enterprise Value of 7193796096. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.24 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.23. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.591 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.391.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VSAT is 1.03, which has changed by -0.52884614 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of -0.028342128 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VSAT has reached a high of $26.70, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $6.69. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -13.66%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -29.47%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 3.74M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2761470 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 129.12M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 111.92M. Insiders hold about 13.32% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 82.96% stake in the company. Shares short for VSAT as of 1741910400 were 24090265 with a Short Ratio of 6.44, compared to 1739491200 on 21648161. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 24090265 and a Short% of Float of 25.55.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
