Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Viasat, Inc shares valued at $4,033,740 were sold by DANKBERG MARK D on Jan 06 ’26. At $40.34 per share, DANKBERG MARK D sold 100,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 1,434,993 shares worth approximately $61.19 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, DANKBERG FAMILY TRUST purchased 100,000 shares, netting a total of over 3,850,000 in proceeds.
Before that, Chase Garrett L. had sold 5,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $175,269, the SVP, Chief Financial Officer traded Viasat, Inc shares for $35.05 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 5,000 shares, worth approximately $0.33 million.
As published in a research note from JP Morgan on November 11, 2025, Viasat, Inc [VSAT] has been rated up from a Neutral to an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $50. Analysts at Raymond James upgraded the stock from ‘”a Mkt perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early November. As of October 01, 2025, Barclays has decreased its “an Equal weight” rating to a “an Underweight” for VSAT. Earlier on August 07, 2025, Deutsche Bank downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for VSAT stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing VSAT Stock Performance
On last trading session, Viasat, Inc [NASDAQ: VSAT] rose 1.72% to $42.64. The stock’s lowest price that day was $40.69, but it reached a high of $43.2 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.45%. Over the course of the year, Viasat, Inc shares have jumped approximately 379.64%.
Is Viasat, Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Viasat, Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.25 million shares to 12.72 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 12.97 million shares. A decline of -1.95% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 8.41 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 8.41.
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In terms of Viasat, Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 37 in the next 12 months, down nearly -11.74% from the previous closing price of $41.92. Analysts anticipate Viasat, Inc stock to reach 51 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 23. In spite of this, 4 analysts ranked Viasat, Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026.
