On August 6, Viasat rose 6.24% in regular trading, trading at $87.2/share, with turnover of $20.06 million. The rebound follows a sharp selloff the previous session after the company reported mixed fiscal Q1 results.
On the news front, Oppenheimer published a research note maintaining its Outperform rating on Viasat, stating that the mixed Q1 performance was largely driven by timing-related issues and one-time items, and that the stock's current pullback represents a buying opportunity. The firm emphasized that monetizing Viasat's spectrum assets remains the core investment thesis and that this logic remains intact.
Oppenheimer highlighted record backlog in the Defense & Advanced Technologies segment, continued progress in F2/F3 satellite deployment, and noted that the scarcity of spectrum assets could make Viasat an attractive acquisition target for direct-to-device operators. Viasat's Q1 revenue of $1.157 billion had missed the $1.2 billion consensus estimate by 3.56%, triggering a roughly 9% decline on August 5. Analysts have previously estimated Viasat's wireless spectrum portfolio at approximately $15 billion in value, exceeding the company's prior market capitalization of around $12 billion.
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