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VIASAT INC

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Signs4 good2 warningdetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY26FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21
Revenue$4.64B$4.52B$4.28B$2.56B$2.42B$2.26B
Operating income$108.1M−$97.5M−$889.8M−$156.0M−$113.1M$58.2M
Net income−$34.1M−$575.0M−$1.07B$1.08B−$15.5M$3.7M
Total assets$15.23B$15.45B$16.33B$7.73B$6.39B$5.35B
Total liabilities$10.50B$10.80B$11.26B$3.87B$3.71B$2.96B
Equity$4.66B$4.55B$5.03B$3.82B$2.63B$2.35B
EPS (diluted)$-0.25$-4.48$-9.12$14.29$-0.21$0.06
Shares out.136.6M130.3M125.9M76.9M74.4M72.5M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2026
Operating margin
2.3%
Net margin
−0.7%
Return on equity
−0.7%
Return on assets
−0.2%
Return on capital (ROCE)
0.8%
Liabilities / assets
68.9%
Debt / equity
2.25×
Book value / share
$34.12
Revenue growth (YoY)
2.7%
Net income growth (YoY)

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2026
Altman Z″ (distress)
1.22grey zone
Accruals / assets
10.7%clean
Piotroski F-Score
7/9strong

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
71
/ 100
Profitability 40Growth 100Catalyst 67Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast. What these scores mean →

Signs

2 warning4 good
  • Reported a net loss
  • Altman Z″ in the grey zone
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
4 acquisitions6 disposalsnet +55,384 shares · last 10
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Laplante William AlbertDirectorMay 10, 2026Option exercise1,000$0.00
Paull MichaelDirectorMay 10, 2026Option exercise1,000$0.00
Palmer Benjamin EdwardOfficer — SVP, Pres CommercialMay 1, 2026Sell2,400$66.62
Palmer Benjamin EdwardOfficer — SVP, Pres CommercialApr 1, 2026Sell2,400$47.71
Miller Craig AndrewOfficer — SVP, Pres Viasat GovernmentMar 17, 2026Sell5,260$50.00
Blair Robert JamesOfficer — SVP, General CounselMar 16, 2026Sell19,338$46.80
Palmer Benjamin EdwardOfficer — SVP, Pres CommercialMar 12, 2026Sell2,400$46.21
Miller Craig AndrewOfficer — SVP, Pres Viasat GovernmentMar 2, 2026Option exercise23,787$15.96
Fitzgerald Camellia EOfficer — Chief Accounting OfficerFeb 25, 2026Sell1,119$50.00
Chase Garrett L.Officer — SVP, Chief Financial OfficerFeb 17, 2026Option exercise62,514$0.00

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 202610.0M7.3+0.4%
Apr 30, 202610.0M6.3+3.5%
Apr 15, 20269.7M6.0-2.2%
Mar 31, 20269.9M4.9-6.8%
Mar 13, 202610.6M8.5-7.3%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

All filings ↗
  • 144Jun 1, 2026
  • S-3ASRMay 29, 2026
  • 10-KMay 29, 2026
  • 8-KMay 28, 2026
  • SDMay 28, 2026
  • 3May 19, 2026
  • 4May 12, 2026
  • 4May 12, 2026
  • 4May 12, 2026
  • 4May 12, 2026
  • 3May 12, 2026
  • 3May 12, 2026
  • 8-KMay 7, 2026
  • 4May 5, 2026
  • 144May 1, 2026

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