What is William Blair's Estimate for Viasat FY2025 Earnings?

Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT - Free Report) - Research analysts at William Blair raised their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Viasat in a research report issued on Tuesday, April 15th. William Blair analyst L. Dipalma now anticipates that the communications equipment provider will post earnings of ($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 - Get Free Report) last posted 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%.

VSAT has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Needham & Company LLC restated a "buy" rating and issued a $19.00 price target on shares of Viasat in a research report on Monday, February 10th. Cantor Fitzgerald started coverage on shares of Viasat in a report on Friday, January 24th. They issued a "neutral" rating and a $12.00 target price on the stock. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on Viasat from $26.00 to $12.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. StockNews.com raised Viasat from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, March 7th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded Viasat from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $15.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 24th. Six equities research 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, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $14.57.

Viasat Stock Performance

NASDAQ VSAT opened at $8.49 on Friday. The company 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 quick ratio of 1.60, a current ratio of 1.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35. Viasat has a twelve month low of $6.69 and a twelve month high of $26.70. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $9.33 and a 200 day simple moving average of $9.50.

Institutional Trading of Viasat

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC boosted its holdings in Viasat by 75.3% in the 4th quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 2,950 shares of the communications equipment provider's stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 1,267 shares during the period. National Bank of Canada FI bought a new position in shares of Viasat in the third quarter worth $27,000. Venturi Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Viasat in the fourth quarter worth $31,000. Sterling Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Viasat by 850.4% in the fourth quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC now owns 3,963 shares of the communications equipment provider's stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 3,546 shares in the last quarter. Finally, New Age Alpha Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Viasat during the 4th quarter valued at $35,000. Institutional investors own 86.05% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Viasat news, insider Cpp Investment Board Private H sold 3,750,000 shares of the company'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 sale, the insider now directly owns 4,795,334 shares of the company's stock, valued at $43,158,006. This represents a 43.88 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Company insiders own 3.20% of the company's stock.

Viasat Company Profile

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.

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