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Viasat, Inc. VSAT
$72.00 +2.35% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $9.92B
Next earnings report: Nov 6, 2026
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Three things to know
- Over the past year the stock returned +145.6%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 130.5 percentage points.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 332 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Operating margin widened to 2.4% from -2.4% a year 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.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 21%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 2%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 18%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 28%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 39%
- Gross marginBottom 22%
- Operating marginBottom 42%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 33%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 21%
- Interest coverBottom 36%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 38%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 30%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 8%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 44%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 5%
- 6-month returnTop 42%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 8%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 36%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 17%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 44%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 45%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 22%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 28%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 21%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.7% | 1.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 32.5% | 30.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -2.4% | 2.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 1.9% | 12.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.3% | 2.7% | ↓ | Bottom 21% |
| Gross margin | 30.4% | 32.5% | ↓ | Bottom 22% |
| Operating margin | 2.4% | -2.4% | ↑ | Bottom 42% |
| Net margin | -0.6% | -13.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 12.5% | 1.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 0.0% | — | Bottom 39% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 22.0% | — | Top 18% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -10.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +7.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.89×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.20%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.20%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +3.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +13.5%
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
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +4.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $94.29
- Target vs current price
- +31.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 20
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 40%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | -19.8% | +6.0% | +4.4% | -17.2% | — |
| May 28, 2026 | +235.2% | +1.3% | -18.6% | -29.9% | -12.7% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | +280.0% | -5.6% | +14.2% | +14.7% | +64.1% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | -80.0% | +0.9% | +0.8% | -1.5% | +11.8% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -115.0% | +30.7% | +21.0% | +38.6% | +84.0% |
| May 20, 2025 | -1250.0% | -1.7% | -13.6% | +22.9% | +155.4% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | -43.9% | +3.1% | -2.7% | +3.5% | +1.6% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -98.1% | -2.1% | -19.9% | -12.1% | -12.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | -$0.38 | -$0.32 | -19.8% | $1.16B |
| May 28, 2026 | $0.41 | -$0.30 | +235.2% | $1.17B |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $0.18 | -$0.10 | +280.0% | $1.16B |
| Nov 7, 2025 | -$0.45 | -$0.25 | -80.0% | $1.14B |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -$0.43 | -$0.20 | -115.0% | $1.17B |
| May 20, 2025 | -$1.89 | -$0.14 | -1250.0% | $1.15B |
| Feb 6, 2025 | -$1.23 | -$0.86 | -43.9% | $1.12B |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -$1.07 | -$0.54 | -98.1% | $1.12B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 8.4× | — | — | Top 8% |
| EV / Sales | 3.27× | — | — | Top 44% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.83% | — | — | Top 30% |
| Earnings yield | -0.36% | — | — | Bottom 38% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 2.1× – 141.4× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
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
- 332
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +18.3%
- RSI (14)
- 47.8
- Relative volume
- 1.18×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 58.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 20th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.85
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.34
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -19.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -75.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2021 | Nov 19, 2024 | -89.8% | 763 days | 364 days (May 6, 2026) |
| May 28, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | -30.8% | 19 days | 3 days (Jun 30, 2026) |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | -26.2% | 44 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 10, 2021 | May 19, 2021 | -22.8% | 68 days | 115 days (Nov 1, 2021) |
| Nov 24, 2020 | Dec 21, 2020 | -16.7% | 18 days | 16 days (Jan 14, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $9.92B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.26
- Revenue (TTM)
- $4.63B
- 52-week range
- $29.13 – $93.03
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.42B | $2.56B | $4.28B | $4.52B | $4.64B |
| Gross profit | $705.9M | $721.4M | $1.38B | $1.49B | $1.27B |
| Operating income | -$113.1M | -$156.0M | -$889.8M | -$97.5M | $108.1M |
| Net income | -$15.5M | -$577.1M | -$1.07B | -$575.0M | -$34.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.21 | -$7.60 | -$9.12 | -$4.48 | -$0.25 |
| Q2 2024 | Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.12B | $1.12B | $1.15B | $1.17B | $1.14B | $1.16B | $1.17B | $1.16B |
| Net income | -$137.6M | -$158.4M | -$246.1M | -$56.4M | -$61.4M | $25.0M | $58.8M | -$51.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.07 | -$1.23 | -$1.89 | -$0.43 | -$0.47 | $0.18 | $0.41 | -$0.38 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $505.6M | $367.9M | $688.2M | $908.2M | $1.59B |
| Capital expenditure | -$990.3M | -$1.16B | -$1.54B | -$1.03B | -$992.8M |
| Free cash flow | -$484.7M | -$796.5M | -$851.2M | -$122.0M | $597.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$23.0M | -$46.5M | -$11.7M | -$5.5M | -$201,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.74B
- Total assets
- $15.11B
- Total liabilities
- $10.39B
- Total debt
- $6.93B
- Net debt
- $5.19B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $4.64B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 11,353,870
- Days to cover
- 7.03
- Change vs previous report
- +4.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Sep 1, 2000
- 2-for-1