Viasat, Inc’s recent filing unveils that its Chairman and CEO DANKBERG MARK D unloaded Company’s shares for reported $4.03 million on Jan 06 ’26. In the deal valued at $40.34 per share,100,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, DANKBERG MARK D now holds 1,434,993 shares worth roughly $59.72 million.
Then, DANKBERG FAMILY TRUST bought 100,000 shares, generating $3,850,000 in total proceeds.
Before that, Chase Garrett L. sold 5,000 shares. Viasat, Inc shares valued at $175,269 were divested by the SVP, Chief Financial Officer at a price of $35.05 per share. As a result of the transaction, Chase Garrett L. now holds 7,771 shares, worth roughly $0.32 million.
JP Morgan upgraded its Viasat, Inc [VSAT] rating to an Overweight from a a Neutral in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Raymond James’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early November from “a Mkt perform” to “an Outperform”. Barclays also remained covering VSAT and has decreased its forecast on October 01, 2025 with a “an Underweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal weight” rating. Deutsche Bank revised its rating on August 07, 2025. It rated VSAT as “a Hold” which previously was an “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of VSAT
On Tuesday, Viasat, Inc [NASDAQ:VSAT] saw its stock jump 2.97% to $41.62. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -4.23%. Viasat, Inc shares have risen nearly 370.28% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 20.78% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Viasat, Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Viasat, Inc stocks on 2025-12-31, dropping by -0.25 million shares to a total of 12.72 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 12.97 million shares. There was a decline of -1.95%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
