Viasat, Inc [NASDAQ: VSAT] traded at a high on Wednesday, posting a 12.57 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $9.63.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 5702077 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Viasat, Inc stands at 10.41% while the volatility over the past one month is 8.19%.
The market cap for VSAT stock reached $1.24 billion, with 129.12 million shares outstanding and 111.80 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 3.78M shares, VSAT reached a trading volume of 5702077 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Viasat, Inc [VSAT]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for VSAT shares is $18.86 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on VSAT stock is a recommendation set at 2.40. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Cantor Fitzgerald have made an estimate for Viasat, Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on January 24, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Needham dropped their target price from $28 to $19. The new note on the price target was released on October 15, 2024, representing the official price target for Viasat, Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $29 to $15, while JP Morgan kept a Neutral rating on VSAT stock. On October 17, 2023, analysts decreased their price target for VSAT shares from 35 to 30.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Viasat, Inc is set at 0.83, with the Price to Sales ratio for VSAT stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.27. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 0.26, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 12.05.
How has VSAT stock performed recently?
Viasat, Inc [VSAT] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 11.07. With this latest performance, VSAT shares gained by 4.33% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -38.66% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -51.24% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for VSAT stock in for the last two-week period is set at 54.22, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 59.25, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 52.22 for Viasat, Inc [VSAT]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 9.31, while it was recorded at 8.81 for the last single week of trading, and 12.49 for the last 200 days.
Viasat, Inc [VSAT]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Viasat, Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.60 and a Current Ratio set at 1.80.
Insider trade positions for Viasat, Inc [VSAT]
The top three institutional holders of VSAT stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 14.76 million shares, which is approximately 12.5947%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 12.84 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$163.02 million in VSAT stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$174.74 million in VSAT stock with ownership which is approximately 10.8701%.
