ViaSat (VSAT)

Technology · Communication Equipment
$74.38 +6.58% on the day Market cap $10.1B 52-week range $29.13 to $93.03 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
3% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $10.1B, ViaSat's free cash flow of $597M (fiscal 2026) would need to grow about 3% a year for the stock to be worth today's price.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from ViaSat's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price2.8% a year
Free cash flow, last – years—
Revenue, same period12.9% a year
Price to free cash flow17.0x

Fundamental grade

F

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from VSAT's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation5
Profitability1
Growth0
Financial health3
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)—
P/E (forward)152.7x
Price / free cash flow—
EV / EBITDA9.00x
Price / sales2.19x
Price / book2.36x
Revenue growth-1.2%
Operating margin2.4%
Net margin-0.64%
Return on equity-0.63%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity2.24x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from ViaSat's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20222023202420252026
Revenue$2.4B$2.6B$4.3B$4.5B$4.6B
Net income-$16M$1.1B-$1.1B-$575M-$34M
Free cash flow-$433M-$709M-$851M-$122M$597M
EPS (diluted)-$0.21$14.29-$9.12-$4.48-$0.25
Operating margin-4.7%-6.1%-20.8%-2.2%2.3%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2026.

Communication Services$3.3B71%
Defense and Advanced Technologies$1.3B29%

Superinvestors who own VSAT

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 4 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Howard Marks
Oaktree Capital Management
New position $57M1.00%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $27M0.01%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Trimmed $2M0.02%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $1M0.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by ViaSat's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Jan 22, 2026 Jonathan L. Jackson
0$44.23—
Jan 22, 2026 Jonathan L. Jackson
0$44.23—
Jan 22, 2026 Jonathan L. Jackson
0$44.23—

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does ViaSat's stock price imply?

At a market value of $10.1B, ViaSat would need its free cash flow to grow about 3% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price.

Are ViaSat insiders buying the stock?

3 open-market insider purchases of VSAT in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own ViaSat?

4 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold VSAT in their latest 13F, including Howard Marks, Cliff Asness, Mario Gabelli.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.