Stocks · Technology · Communication Equipment
Vistance Networks, Inc. VISN
$6.21 +0.81% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.40B
Weak trendInexpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is 70% below its highest close of the past year.
- Over the past year the stock returned -61.2%, behind the S&P 500 by 76.2 percentage points.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $2.94B, down 38.2% from a year earlier, slowing from -9.4% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth0Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 1%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 10%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 2%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 3%
Quality37Weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 17%
- Gross marginBottom 33%
- Operating marginTop 31%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 9%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 42%
- Interest coverBottom 44%
Value98Exceptional
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 1%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 27%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 1%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 4%
Momentum2Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 4%
- 6-month returnBottom 2%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 5%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 6%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Revisions17Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 27%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 10%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 5%
Stability16Very weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 25%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 22%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 42%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -9.4% | -38.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 36.3% | 38.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 13.8% | 12.5% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 5.2% | 3.0% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -38.2% | -9.4% | ↓ | Bottom 1% |
| Gross margin | 38.5% | 36.3% | ↑ | Bottom 33% |
| Operating margin | 12.5% | 13.8% | ↓ | Top 31% |
| Net margin | 9.0% | -1.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.0% | 5.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 13.3% | — | Top 17% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -36.4% | — | Bottom 2% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.51×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 3.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -31.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.14×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 166.61%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 92.62%
- Shareholder yield
- 259.23%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +3.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +2.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +15.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $17.00
- Target vs current price
- +173.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 3
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 33%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -52.5% | -18.2% | -6.2% | -47.6% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +54.5% | +22.3% | +16.6% | +18.1% | +13.2% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -63.0% | +0.1% | -1.3% | +3.8% | -33.1% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +69.1% | +6.9% | +5.3% | +24.0% | +15.9% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | +77.7% | +86.3% | +100.0% | +105.9% | +105.0% |
| May 1, 2025 | +118.5% | +21.7% | +31.3% | +67.9% | +117.4% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | +620.9% | +26.2% | +25.8% | +20.0% | +13.5% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -116.5% | -25.2% | -35.7% | -23.2% | -28.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.12 | $0.25 | -52.5% | $319.6M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.34 | $0.22 | +54.5% | $471.8M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.46 | -63.0% | $514.5M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $0.62 | $0.37 | +69.1% | $1.63B |
| Aug 4, 2025 | $0.44 | $0.25 | +77.7% | $1.39B |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.14 | $0.06 | +118.5% | $1.11B |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.02 | +620.9% | $1.17B |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -$0.05 | $0.30 | -116.5% | $1.08B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 6.8× | — | — | Top 1% |
| P/E (forward) | 7.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 2.5× | — | — | Top 1% |
| EV / Sales | 0.45× | — | — | Top 4% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.20% | — | — | Top 27% |
| Earnings yield | 14.81% | — | — | Top 1% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -21.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -8.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -30.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -56.1%
- RSI (14)
- 32.2
- Relative volume
- 0.91×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 144.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 93th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.09
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.30
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -69.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -74.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2021 | May 1, 2024 | -96.0% | 712 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 16, 2021 | Feb 18, 2021 | -14.7% | 2 days | 15 days (Mar 11, 2021) |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -14.1% | 14 days | 6 days (Nov 5, 2020) |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -13.0% | 7 days | 11 days (Apr 9, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.40B
- P/E (TTM)
- 6.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.92
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.94B
- Dividend yield
- 241.55%
- 52-week range
- $5.90 – $20.55
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $8.59B | $7.52B | $4.57B | $4.21B | $1.93B |
| Gross profit | $2.12B | $2.16B | $1.36B | $1.34B | $817.5M |
| Operating income | $293.1M | $606.3M | $220.5M | $331.1M | $66.5M |
| Net income | -$462.6M | -$1.29B | -$1.51B | -$287.6M | $1.41B |
| EPS (diluted) | -$2.55 | -$6.49 | -$7.44 | -$1.78 | $5.85 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.08B | $1.17B | $1.11B | $1.39B | $1.63B | $514.5M | $471.8M | $319.6M |
| Net income | -$27.5M | $6.4M | -$85.7M | $32.4M | $108.6M | $1.36B | -$1.50B | $295.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.23 | -$0.05 | -$0.47 | $0.06 | $0.33 | $6.05 | -$6.67 | $1.21 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $122.3M | $190.0M | $297.3M | $273.1M | $322.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$131.4M | -$101.3M | -$60.7M | -$25.3M | -$70.3M |
| Free cash flow | -$9.1M | $88.7M | $236.6M | $247.8M | $252.6M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$17.6M |
| Net share buybacks | $5.6M | $100,000 | -$9.1M | -$1.9M | -$31.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $113.6M
- Total assets
- $3.50B
- Total liabilities
- $991.0M
- Total debt
- $39.4M
- Net debt
- -$74.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.51B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | $5.00 | — |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $10.00 | — |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 30,356,942
- Days to cover
- 4.39
- Change vs previous report
- +8.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.