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Viasat, Inc (NASDAQ: VSAT) closed the day trading at $14.91 down -0.73% from the previous closing price of $15.02. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.73 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.92 million shares were traded. VSAT stock price reached its highest trading level at $15.64 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $14.865.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of VSAT, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.55 and its Current Ratio is at 1.72. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.65 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.53.
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 1943071232 and an Enterprise Value of 7896841728. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.43 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.43. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.747 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.73.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VSAT is 1.20, which has changed by -0.10234797 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.10611236 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 28.05%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 47.58%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, VSAT traded about 3.34M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, VSAT traded about 2575170 shares per day. A total of 130.21M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 113.11M. Insiders hold about 13.21% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.97% stake in the company. Shares short for VSAT as of 1749772800 were 24002103 with a Short Ratio of 7.15, compared to 1747267200 on 25975535. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 24002103 and a Short% of Float of 25.14.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
