Viavi Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: VIAV) is -9.80% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $6.60 and a high of $12.91 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The VIAV stock was last observed hovering at around $9.26 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.15%.
Currently trading at $9.11, the stock is -5.42% and -11.09% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.59 million and changing -1.62% at the moment leaves the stock -8.07% off its SMA200. VIAV registered 17.70% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -7.70%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $10.2468 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $9.9093.
The stock witnessed a -7.32% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -23.19%, and is -3.60% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.01% over the week and 3.43% over the month.
Viavi Solutions Inc (VIAV) has around 3600 employees, a market worth around $2.03B and $1.05B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 433.81 and Fwd P/E is 16.85. Profit margin for the company is 0.49%. Distance from 52-week low is 38.03% and -29.42% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (0.44%).
with sales reaching $285.19M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 37.30% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 7.84% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 13.17% in year-over-year returns.
455.0 institutions hold shares in Viavi Solutions Inc (VIAV), with institutional investors hold 98.57% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 223.00M, and float is at 219.57M with Short Float at 2.73%. Institutions hold 97.04% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 34.62 million shares valued at $237.83 million. The investor’s holdings represent 15.5308 of the VIAV Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 29.97 million shares valued at $205.88 million to account for 13.4443 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP which holds 13.9 million shares representing 6.2343 and valued at over $95.47 million, while CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS holds 5.456 of the shares totaling 12.16 million with a market value of $83.55 million.
Viavi Solutions Inc (VIAV) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by BELLUZZO RICHARD, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that BELLUZZO RICHARD sold 8,385 shares of the company’s common stock on May 07 ’25 at a price of $8.92 per share for a total of $74794.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.26 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 07 ’25, Veler James L Jr (SVP, CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER) disposed off 13,807 shares at an average price of $10.86 for $0.15 million. The insider now directly holds 0 shares of Viavi Solutions Inc (VIAV).
