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Viasat, Inc.

$71.24−5.2%Close 11/12 · Next earnings Feb 4, 2027
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What it sells
Service is 71% of revenue (fiscal year to Mar 2026), up from 70% two years earlier.
Growing?
Yes: revenue up 3% on a year earlier (quarter ended Sep 2026).
Expensive?
Price-to-sales (P/S) 2.1×. Below the peer median of 6.9x. The market pays less per $1 of revenue than for peers.
Analysts?
82% of 11 say buy; average 12-month target $103, 44% above today's price.
Risky?
Much swingier than most large companies: its price swung 84% over the past year (the S&P 500's 14%), and it fell as much as 88% since Nov 2021.
Market cap$9.9B
Revenue (TTM)$4.7B
Net income (TTM)−$97M
P/E (trailing)—
52-week closing range$30 – $90
Forward P/ELoss expected

Viasat, Inc. provides satellite-based broadband and narrowband communications plus defense-grade secure networking and tactical communications solutions, monetizing through a mix of recurring connectivity service subscriptions (e.g., aviation, maritime, government satcom, fixed broadband) and product/contract sales (terminals, encryption, tactical networking).

More about Viasat

Market Position

The company holds scaled positions in mobility connectivity (notably in-flight connectivity) and, following its Inmarsat acquisition (completed May 30, 2023), operates a broader multi-orbit network and L-band safety services footprint, differentiating through vertically integrated space + ground + terminals and managed-service delivery across air/sea/land users.

Key Segments

Since FY2025 reporting, Viasat reports results in Communication Services (Aviation, Government Satcom, Maritime, Fixed & Other) and Defense and Advanced Technologies (Information Security & Cyber Defense, Space & Mission Systems, Tactical Networking, Advanced Technologies & Other).

How has the stock done?

Over the past year VSAT rose 89.9%; the technology ETF (XLK) rose 18.2% and the S&P 500 rose 10.8%.

VSAT +89.9%Technology ETF (XLK) +18.2%Earnings released
How much it movesRisk
Biggest fall
−88%

From Nov 8, 2021 to Nov 19, 2024, the deepest drop from a high since Nov 2021

Volatility, past year
84%

How much the price swings in a year; the S&P 500's was 14%

Beta, past year
3.18

When the S&P 500 moves 1%, the stock has moved about 3.2% the same way

Show the earnings releases
ReleasedQuarterRevenueEPS vs estimateStock, day after5 days after
Nov 5, 2026ended Sep 2026$1.2B (+3% vs a year earlier)−$0.32 vs −$0.01 (missed)−4.3%+6.7%
Aug 4, 2026ended Jun 2026$1.2B (−1% vs a year earlier)$0.17 vs $0.10 (beat)−0.3%+4.0%
May 28, 2026ended Mar 2026$1.2B (+2% vs a year earlier)−$0.02 vs $0.32 (missed)−5.8%−14.8%
Feb 5, 2026ended Dec 2025$1.2B (+3% vs a year earlier)$0.79 vs $0.24 (beat)+5.1%+17.5%
Nov 7, 2025ended Sep 2025$1.1B (+2% vs a year earlier)—+4.2%+1.6%
Aug 5, 2025ended Jun 2025$1.2B (+4% vs a year earlier)—+37.2%+27.1%
May 20, 2025ended Mar 2025$1.1B (0% vs a year earlier)—−6.5%−13.7%
Feb 6, 2025ended Dec 2024$1.1B (0% vs a year earlier)—+23.3%0.0%
Nov 6, 2024ended Sep 2024$1.1B (−8% vs a year earlier)—−9.7%−24.8%
Aug 7, 2024ended Jun 2024$1.1B (+44% vs a year earlier)—+39.6%−4.4%
May 21, 2024ended Mar 2024$1.2B (+73% vs a year earlier)—−18.8%−18.5%
Feb 6, 2024ended Dec 2023$1.1B (+73% vs a year earlier)—−14.8%−13.1%
Nov 8, 2023ended Sep 2023$1.2B (+85% vs a year earlier)—+7.7%+13.3%
Aug 9, 2023ended Jun 2023$780M (+36% vs a year earlier)—+1.9%+1.2%
May 17, 2023ended Mar 2023$666M (+10% vs a year earlier)—+10.2%+18.1%
Feb 7, 2023ended Dec 2022$651M (+4% vs a year earlier)—−16.0%−4.3%
Nov 8, 2022ended Sep 2022$664M (+9% vs a year earlier)—−19.3%−2.3%
Aug 8, 2022ended Jun 2022$575M (0% vs a year earlier)—+10.5%+19.4%
May 25, 2022ended Mar 2022$607M (+18% vs a year earlier)—−10.5%−3.9%
Feb 3, 2022ended Dec 2021$625M (+25% vs a year earlier)—−2.2%+1.0%

Change in closing price from the first day shown, or with Price the closing price itself. Prices: Yahoo Finance, to Nov 12, 2026. Dashed lines: the days the company released earnings (its SEC 8-K filings); EPS estimates: Yahoo Finance. The stock's move after a release runs from the last close before its day to the close the day after (or five days after), so a release before the open counts like one after the close.

Is the business growing?

Revenue was $1.2B in the quarter ended Sep 2026, up 3% from a year earlier.

Revenue by quarter
Change from the same quarter a year earlier
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Quarter endedRevenuevs a year earlier
Dec 2022$651M+4%
Mar 2023$666M+10%
Jun 2023$780M+36%
Sep 2023$1.2B+85%
Dec 2023$1.1B+73%
Mar 2024$1.2B+73%
Jun 2024$1.1B+44%
Sep 2024$1.1B−8%
Dec 2024$1.1B0%
Mar 2025$1.1B0%
Jun 2025$1.2B+4%
Sep 2025$1.1B+2%
Dec 2025$1.2B+3%
Mar 2026$1.2B+2%
Jun 2026$1.2B−1%
Sep 2026$1.2B+3%
Revenue by productFiscal years, from Viasat's 10-K

In the fiscal year to Mar 2026, Service was 71% and Product was 29% of revenue.

ServiceProduct
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Fiscal yearPartRevenueShare
FY2024Service$3.0B70%
FY2024Product$1.3B30%
FY2025Service$3.2B71%
FY2025Product$1.3B29%
FY2026Service$3.3B71%
FY2026Product$1.4B29%
Revenue by regionFiscal years, from Viasat's 10-K

In the fiscal year to Mar 2026, United States was 68% and Outside the United States was 32% of revenue; United States fell from 71% in the fiscal year to Mar 2024.

United StatesOutside the United States
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Fiscal yearPartRevenueShare
FY2024United States$3.0B71%
FY2024Outside the United States$1.3B29%
FY2025United States$3.1B69%
FY2025Outside the United States$1.4B31%
FY2026United States$3.2B68%
FY2026Outside the United States$1.5B32%
Earnings per shareDiluted, GAAP
EPS, quarter ended Sep 2026
−$0.93

A year earlier −$0.45

EPS, last four quarters
−$0.70

Diluted, from SEC filings

Quarters: Viasat, Inc.'s SEC filings, named by the month they end. Fiscal years: Viasat, Inc.'s annual reports to the SEC.

How it makes money

The company loses $0.7 for every $100 of revenue. It was profitable 3 years ago and is now loss-making.

Where each $1 of revenue goesFiscal year ended 2026-03-31
Revenue
Total sales
$4.6B100%
Gross profit
Revenue minus direct costs
$1.5B33.0% of revenue
Cost of revenue
Direct cost of making or buying goods
$3.1B67.0% of revenue
Operating income
Profit from the core business
$108M2.3% of revenue
Net loss
The bottom-line loss
−$34M−0.7% of revenue
Gross margin, fiscal year
33.0%

+4.8 pts over 3 years

Operating margin, fiscal year
2.3%

+8.4 pts over 3 years

Net margin, fiscal year
−0.7%

−43.2 pts over 3 years

Each margin is that line of the income statement divided by revenue. Fiscal year: Viasat, Inc.'s annual reports to the SEC.

Customers and suppliers

In its latest annual report Viasat buys from ManSat, Telesat; sells to the U.S. government.

Along the supply chainTwo steps either way, as each company’s latest annual report names the others

Suppliers

Telesat TSAT
ManSat
VSATViasat

Customers

U.S. government 16%
Largest customersShare of revenue by year, as each filing labels them

Viasat's 10-K for the year to Mar 2026 gives one customer's share of its revenue: US Government As An Individual Customer (16%). Separately, it gives a group of customers: Five Largest Customers (19%).

US Government As An Individual Customer 16%Five Largest Customers (group) 19%
Show the filings' numbers
PeriodCustomerShare of revenueFiling
Year ended Mar 2024US Government As An Individual Customer17%10-K filed May 29, 2026
Year ended Mar 2024Five Largest Customers (group)16%10-K filed May 29, 2026
Year ended Mar 2025US Government As An Individual Customer18%10-K filed May 29, 2026
Year ended Mar 2025Five Largest Customers (group)18%10-K filed May 29, 2026
Year ended Mar 2026US Government As An Individual Customer16%10-K filed May 29, 2026
Year ended Mar 2026Five Largest Customers (group)19%10-K filed May 29, 2026

From Viasat, Inc.'s 10-Q and 10-K filings (XBRL): each customer whose share of revenue a filing tags, under the filing's own label, so “Customer A” in one filing can be another company in the next; a later filing's figures for a period replace an earlier one's. A dash is a group of customers the filing gives (a government's agencies, the largest customers together, all the others): it can include the customers beside it, so the shares need not add up.

Changes since the previous annual report (10-K filed May 27, 2025)

U.S. governmentCustomer, share of revenue18% → 16%
Show the filing's words
CompanyRoleIn the filing's words
U.S. governmentcustomer“Revenues from the U.S. Government as an individual customer comprised approximately 16%, 18% and 17% of total revenues for fiscal years 2026, 2025 and 2024, respectively.”
ManSatsupplier“Our ViaSat-1 satellite operates under authority granted to ManSat Limited by the governments of the Isle of Man and the United Kingdom (as well as authority from the FCC), and pursuant to contractual arrangements we have with ManSat Limited that extend past the expected useful life of ViaSat-1.”
Telesatsupplier“We also use Ka-band capacity on the Anik F2 satellite to provide our broadband services under an agreement with Telesat Canada, and we may do so until the end of the useful life of that satellite.”

Only the companies Viasat names in its 10-K filed May 29, 2026 (SEC). The supply chain joins the latest annual reports of the companies on it and the 8-Ks they filed since: a link shows when either side's report names the other, so it grows as more reports are read. Hover a name for the filing's own words.

Is it expensive?

Currently unprofitable, so P/E does not apply, so we look at price-to-sales instead: 2.1x, below the peer median of 6.9x. Revenue is up 3% from a year ago.

2.1×Price-to-sales (P/S)

Below the peer median of 6.9x. The market pays less per $1 of revenue than for peers.

Vs. peersPrice-to-sales (x)
VSATPeersPeer median 6.9x
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CompanyPrice-to-sales (P/S)
LITE · Lumentum Holdings Inc.15.1×
MSI · Motorola Solutions, Inc.7.0×
CIEN · Ciena Corporation6.9×
CSCO · Cisco Systems, Inc.6.4×
VSAT · Viasat, Inc.2.1×
HPE · Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company1.6×

Viasat, Inc. is currently unprofitable, so P/E does not apply. We use price-to-sales instead: market cap as a multiple of revenue.

What analysts expect

The average analyst price target is $103, 44% above the current price; 82% of 11 analysts rate it a buy; earnings beat estimates in 2 of the last 4 quarters.

12-month price targetsCurrent price $71.24
12 mo agoTodayIn 12 mo
High target
$140+97%
Average target
$103+44%
Low target
$49.00−31%
Ratings11 analysts
Strong Buy 3Buy 6Hold 2Sell 0Strong Sell 0

Buy or Strong Buy: 9 analysts (82%). Sell or Strong Sell: 0.

Targets and ratings over the past year10 changes by 5 firms

Over the past year the average of the analysts' latest price targets went from $37.20 to $103.67 (+179%), while VSAT went from $35.78 to $71.24 (+99%). In the past three months targets were cut twice and never raised. 2 upgrades and no downgrades over the year; the latest: Barclays moved it to Equal-Weight from Underweight on Apr 8, 2026.

Average target $103.67VSATMiddle half of targetsUpgrade
Targets raised, by monthTargets cut
Show every change
DateFirmChangeRatingTarget
Nov 9, 2026JP MorganTarget cutOverweight$120.00, was $130.00
Nov 6, 2026NeedhamTarget cutBuy$85.00, was $105.00
Aug 5, 2026NeedhamTarget raisedBuy$105.00, was $90.00
Jun 1, 2026NeedhamTarget raisedBuy$90.00, was $58.00
May 29, 2026B. Riley SecuritiesTarget raisedBuy$106.00, was $94.00
Apr 28, 2026B. Riley SecuritiesTarget raisedBuy$94.00, was $52.00
Apr 8, 2026BarclaysUpgradeEqual-Weight, was Underweight$49.00, was $23.00
Mar 27, 2026NeedhamTarget raisedBuy$58.00, was $45.00
Feb 9, 2026Deutsche BankUpgradeBuy, was Hold$48.00, was $36.00
Jan 21, 2026NeedhamTarget keptBuy$45.00
Earnings against estimatesLast 4 quarters, per share
Average estimateReported, beatReported, missed
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QuarterEstimateReportedSurprise
Dec ’25$0.24$0.79+229.2%
Mar ’26$0.32−$0.02−106.3%
Jun ’26$0.10$0.17+70.0%
Sep ’26−$0.01−$0.32−3100.0%

The day after each of these reports the stock moved +5.1% (Dec 2025, beat); −5.8% (Mar 2026, missed); −0.3% (Jun 2026, beat); −4.3% (Sep 2026, missed).

Expected nextConsensus of Nov 10, 2026

For the quarter ending Dec 2026 (Viasat reports on Feb 4, 2027), analysts expect an adjusted loss of $0.07 a share, and revenue of $1.2B, up 7% on a year earlier. For the fiscal year ending Mar 2027, they expect an adjusted loss of $0.28 a share, and revenue of $4.8B, up 4% on the year before.

EPS, quarter ending Dec 2026
−$0.07

Adjusted. Dec 2025: $0.79, far from its estimate; range −$0.21 to $0.08; 3 analysts

Revenue, quarter ending Dec 2026
$1.2B+7% on a year earlier

Dec 2025: $1.2B; range $1.2B to $1.3B; 8 analysts

EPS, year ending Mar 2027
−$0.28

Adjusted. Range −$0.62 to $0.07; 4 analysts

Revenue, year ending Mar 2027
$4.8B+4% on the year before

The year to Mar 2026: $4.6B; range $4.8B to $4.9B; 10 analysts

Show the data
PeriodFigureExpectedLow to highAnalystsA year earlierChange
Quarter ending Dec 2026, results Feb 4, 2027EPS (adjusted)−$0.07−$0.21 to $0.083$0.79 (Dec 2025)—
Quarter ending Dec 2026, results Feb 4, 2027Revenue$1.2B$1.2B to $1.3B8$1.2B (Dec 2025)+7%
Quarter ending Mar 2027EPS (adjusted)−$0.04−$0.25 to $0.143−$0.02 (Mar 2026)—
Quarter ending Mar 2027Revenue$1.3B$1.2B to $1.3B8$1.2B (Mar 2026)+8%
Year ending Mar 2027EPS (adjusted)−$0.28−$0.62 to $0.074——
Year ending Mar 2027Revenue$4.8B$4.8B to $4.9B10$4.6B (year to Mar 2026)+4%
Year ending Mar 2028EPS (adjusted)−$0.12−$0.44 to $0.343−$0.28 (expected, year to Mar 2027)—
Year ending Mar 2028Revenue$5.0B$4.8B to $5.1B10$4.8B (expected, year to Mar 2027)+3%

Targets, ratings and earnings estimates: Yahoo Finance. Rating and target changes: Yahoo Finance's list of upgrades and downgrades. The average target on each day is the average of every listed firm's latest target set in the 180 days before it, so it counts fewer analysts than the average target above, and the band is the middle half of those targets (a quarter of the firms are above it, a quarter below); a target set before a stock split is divided by the split. Expected figures: the average of the analysts' estimates (Yahoo Finance). Their EPS is adjusted, as analysts estimate it, so it is set against the adjusted EPS Yahoo reports for the same quarters, not the GAAP EPS of the growth and valuation sections; revenue against the SEC filings. No change is given against a quarter whose reported EPS was more than 50% off its own estimate (often a one-off gain or charge), nor against a year that counts one. Each estimate is pinned to its fiscal period by the report date or the period's end, and one that cannot be is left out.

Where the cash goes

Generated $600M in free cash flow over the year, with no dividends and no buybacks. All of the cash stays in the company.

Where a year of cash went4 quarters to Sep 2026
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LineAmount
Op. cash flow$1.6B
Capex−$1.0B
Free cash flow$600M
Dividends—
Buybacks—
Cash retained$600M
Free cash flow yield
6.1%

For every $100 of market cap, the company generates about $6.1 in free cash flow a year.

Dividend yield
No dividend

No dividend today; cash goes to growth and share buybacks.

Diluted sharesUp 2.6% in a year

Viasat had 139M diluted shares in the quarter ended Sep 2026, 2.6% more than a year earlier, and 13.6% more each year on average since Jun 2020.

Show the data
Quarter endedDiluted shares
Jun 202063M
Sep 202067M
Dec 202069M
Jun 202173M
Sep 202174M
Dec 202174M
Jun 202275M
Sep 202276M
Dec 202276M
Jun 202393M
Sep 2023125M
Dec 2023125M
Jun 2024127M
Sep 2024128M
Dec 2024129M
Jun 2025132M
Sep 2025135M
Dec 2025141M
Jun 2026137M
Sep 2026139M

Free cash flow: operating cash flow minus capital spending. Last 4 quarters: Yahoo Finance, buybacks from SEC filings where they have the quarter. Shares: each quarter's diluted weighted average as filed with the SEC, since the stock's listing and its latest split.

Financial health

Current ratio 2.4, no pressure to repay short-term debt; debt-to-equity 1.4, debt is moderate.

Current ratio
2.4Strong liquidity

Assets that can be turned into cash soon are 2.4x what is owed within a year. 1.5 or higher is comfortable; below 1 needs watching.

Debt-to-equity
1.4Moderate debt

For every $1 of shareholder funds, there is $1.4 of debt (leases not counted). The higher the number, the more pressure when the economy weakens.

Net debt
$4.7BMore debt than cash

Cash and short-term investments of $1.7B against debt of $6.4B. Lease obligations of $491M are not counted: they are rent owed, not money borrowed.

AssetsTotal ~$15.2B
Cash
$1.8B11.5%
Receivables
$540M3.5%
Inventory
$280M1.8%
Property & equipment
$7.7B50.6%
Goodwill
$1.6B10.7%
Intangibles
$2.4B16.0%
Other
$900M5.9%
Liabilities & equityTotal ~$15.2B
Current
$1.3B8.5%
Long-term
$9.2B60.4%
Equity
$4.7B31.1%

Latest fiscal year balance sheet. Source: Yahoo Finance.

Who holds it

In the filings of 3 funds whose copy leaves VSAT out (on the exchange, not in the app yet): Bridgewater Associates, Norges Bank, Swiss National Bank.

What did the funds Hunch tracks do?

Of the 83 funds whose 13F filings Hunch reads, 5 held VSAT at the end of their latest quarter (for most, Q2 2026). Over that quarter 4 added shares, 1 bought new and 1 sold all. The largest of them is Norges Bank, 1.56M shares worth $140M at Jun 30, 2026, 1,362.4% more than at Dec 31, 2025.

Funds that added shares
5

1 of them new holders

Funds that cut
1

1 of them sold all

Each fund's change in sharesChange in shares over the latest quarter
Added or newCut or sold all
Show every fund
FundQuarterSharesValueChange in sharesChangeFiled
Norges BankQ2 2026 vs Q4 20251.56M$140M+1.45M+1362%Aug 12, 2026
Swiss National BankQ3 2026234,724$16.5M+3,100+1.3%Nov 12, 2026
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026135,517$12.2M+55,687+70%Aug 14, 2026
Renaissance TechnologiesQ3 2026144,829$10.2M+107,500+288%Nov 12, 2026
Canada Pension Plan Investment BoardQ2 20260—−113,700Sold allAug 14, 2026
Nomura HoldingsQ2 20264,188$376K+4,188NewAug 14, 2026

From the 13F filings of the 83 funds Hunch tracks, not of every institution: each fund's shares of VSAT at its latest quarter end against the quarter before, as filed (long positions only, options left out), the quarter before put on the latest quarter's share count across a split. A fund files 45 days after its quarter ends, so some have a newer quarter than others. Value is at the quarter end. Norges Bank filed its 13F for Q1 2026 confidentially, with no holdings made public, so its row compares Q2 2026 with Q4 2025.