Viasat Inc | VSAT

AI Analysis of Viasat Inc

Viasat had a nice pop today and is currently up 5.16% -- which is pretty good. Investors have a more positive outlook for the company and future revenue. It looks like VSAT could be hitting an upward sloping resistance line. Most traders won't try to short a stock when the line is upsloping. But it may be a good time to take profit or wait for a better entry point for a long position. Let's also consider momentum! Viasat has been on a tear lately and has decent upward momentum, when assets move up like that, they have a habit of breaking through resistance points. so unless you know something I don't, it probably wouldn't short a stock like this. Year over year, the Communication Equipment company has returned 613.76 percent to its shareholders.

If it breaks through the resistance level, we aren't seeing any clear resistance points beyond that. So it may have plenty of room to work up from there. If the price does in fact bounce off here, it might find nearest support down at the $42.66 level, hard to say where it will go from there though.

Last analyzed on 2026-04-09

Analyst Ratings for Viasat By Price Target And Rating

The analysts are pretty neutral on Viasat right now, so not much useful information here. The current Analysts Sentiment Score is 0.22. Most companies range between (-200 to 200).

Here's a break down of the latest rating changes. On 2024-02-23 Barclays lowered their price target by -6.67% to $28.00. Needham & Company LLC dropped their price target by -30% to $35.00 on 2023-11-09. JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced an upgrade on 2023-10-17 from Neutral to Overweight but dropped their 1 year price target to $30.00 which is down from $35.00. On 2023-10-17 Deutsche Bank Aktiengesel started covering Viasat with a rating of Hold and added a price target of $22.00. Morgan Stanley announced a lowering of their price target to $33.00 from $34.00 on 2023-09-06. Raymond James reiterated a rating of Market Perform on 2023-07-13. Bank of America gave a boost to their price target and moved to $81.00 from $79.00 on 2023-05-26.

Company	Ratings Score ? Composite analyst sentiment score	Positive Ratings	Negative Ratings	Boost Price Target	Lower Price Target
VSAT	0.22	0.45	0	0.45	-0.45

Earnings Per Share (EPS) Estimates By Year and Quarter

(updated 2024-03-29)

Company	YOY Growth Score (typical -20 to +20)	Revision Directions (-6 to +6)
VSAT	0.00	0.00

Short interest for Viasat

We take into account several different measures of short interest to create a composite score. These measures are shown in the chart below. Short selling is when investors are betting against a stock. We compile these factors to create a dynamic Short Score - this can indicate poor sentiment, internal problems with a company or industry and the anticipation of future price declines. We look at the short interest percent, days to cover, the rate of change and total shares sold short.

Company	Short Score (typical 1-15) ? We take into account several different measures and attributes of short interest to create a composite sentiment score. typical range (0 - 30)	Short Interest	Days to Cover	Rate of Change	Shares Short
VSAT	7.98	%8.26213	6.9	8.646	10250000

How Viasat compares to the broader Technology sector and the more specific Communication Equipment industry

Segment	Count	1 Day%	5 Day	1 Month	3 Month	6 Month	1 Year	RSI	3mo S-momo ? Smooth Momentum is our proprietary technical indicator that looks for momentum with the greatest consistency and steady velocity. We have penalized dramatic swings and fluctuations. If the momentum is too high and an asset spikes upward, this is often unreliable and collapses back down. But the smoothed momentum provides the highest probability of continuing into the near future with the same directional rate of change. Several complex factors are weighted by neural nets to maximize probabilistic accuracy. It works the same with positive or negative directions.	6mo S-momo	1yr S-momo	Resistance ? Support and Resistance levels are determined by previous high and low points. You may be familiar with traders drawing lines across charts where several peaks or valleys occur in the same range. This helps us understand the trading range of an asset where the market doesn't perceive it to be worth more or less than a certain price level. When it nears the boundaries of this range the probability of reversal can increase. Our neural nets create scores for this measure based on many factors such as the frequency, recency, size, consistency, etc of previous reversal points.	Support	Demark Sell ? Demark 9 indicators are designed to look for exhaustion in the selling or buying trend which can often be predictive of a reversal point. This indicator is triggered when there are 9 consecutive days where the closing price is higher/lower than the closing price 4 days ago. Like all indicators, it is best used in combinations with other factors.	Demark Buy	Short Interest	Analysts Ratings ? We track several different measures of analyst sentiment including ratings and price targets. To create a composite Analyst Sentiment Score, we weight several factors such as the recent rate of change which can be more predictive than the absolute level. We also weight each analyst's opinion based on their historic accuracy. We built in a time decay function to ensure that the rating reflects the current sentiment levels. Typical range (-80 to +80)
Communication Equipment Show Me Companies With: S-Momentum: Highest \| Lowest At Bottom Support At Top Resistance RSI Highest \| Lowest 1 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 5 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 1 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest 6 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest List All Stocks	29	0.87	3.42	10.56	20.26	42.81	178.53	68.21	40.13	30.06	32.16	-4944.09	-19555.98	0.00	3.45	3.63	0.37
Technology Show Me Companies With: S-Momentum: Highest \| Lowest At Bottom Support At Top Resistance RSI Highest \| Lowest 1 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 5 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 1 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest 6 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest List All Stocks	295	1.52	4.48	9.72	6.73	21.70	115.35	61.95	1.26	-0.03	-0.61	-24480.53	-14976.58	1.86	0.85	3.80	0.85

Social Sentiment for Viasat

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Ticker	Social Sentiment(1-10)
VSAT

Companies with the highest correlation to Viasat

Company	Score	1 Day%	5 Day	1 Month	3 Month	6 Month	1 Year	RSI	3mo S-momo ? Smooth Momentum is our proprietary technical indicator that looks for momentum with the greatest consistency and steady velocity. We have penalized dramatic swings and fluctuations. If the momentum is too high and an asset spikes upward, this is often unreliable and collapses back down. But the smoothed momentum provides the highest probability of continuing into the near future with the same directional rate of change. Several complex factors are weighted by neural nets to maximize probabilistic accuracy. It works the same with positive or negative directions.	6mo S-momo	1yr S-momo	Resistance ? Support and Resistance levels are determined by previous high and low points. You may be familiar with traders drawing lines across charts where several peaks or valleys occur in the same range. This helps us understand the trading range of an asset where the market doesn't perceive it to be worth more or less than a certain price level. When it nears the boundaries of this range the probability of reversal can increase. Our neural nets create scores for this measure based on many factors such as the frequency, recency, size, consistency, etc of previous reversal points.	Support	Short Interest Score
RHP \| Ryman Hospitality Propert	0.74	-0.96	2.75	10.34	8.09	12.68	18.48	83	-0.22	-0.80	0.71	-571.74	-6433.48	2.91816
BA \| Boeing Company	0.68	0.07	1.76	8.71	-10.07	4.49	40.59	80	-3.07	-3.92	-1.53	-2335.91	-2543.01	2.53735
XHR \| Xenia Hotels & Resorts, I	0.67	-2.09	2.37	9.39	9.84	24.59	63.52	66	22.04	24.24	37.52	-638.36	-19744.54	4.63005
PK \| Park Hotels & Resorts Inc	0.62	-1.31	1.43	7.90	0.62	2.53	17.63	63	-0.47	-1.17	-0.24	-24281.70	75.84	5.9048
INN \| Summit Hotel Properties,	0.61	-0.83	0.84	9.13	-1.24	-12.45	21.32	71	-4.79	-24.76	-20.66	-4760.19	-2958.89	6.30595
MGM \| MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL	0.61	4.44	3.87	5.47	14.17	18.21	29.51	56	15.47	14.98	19.47	-19.83	-10889.07	3.77688
RLJ \| RLJ Lodging Trust	0.6	-1.71	1.13	5.79	7.34	18.76	17.89	57	4.98	5.65	9.65	-484.50	-8144.10	5.67474

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