Viasat

VSAT

Market cap $6.21B

Morgan Stanley analyst Landon Park raised his price target on Viasat stock today. The banker is switching to valuing Viasat on a sum-of-the-parts basis, perhaps anticipating spinoffs.

CEO Mark Dankberg sold 100,000 indirectly-held shares for a transaction value of $4.0 million on Jan. 6, 2026. This sale represented 6.51% of Mark Dankberg's indirect holdings and reduced his indirect holdings from 1,534,993 to 1,434,993 shares.

200,000 shares were sold via indirect trust ownership on Dec. 15, 2025, generating $7,018,433.14 at a weighted average sale price of $35.09 per share. The transaction represented 11.53% of Mark D.

In 2025, small-cap stocks underperformed. The Russell 2000 Index tracks the performance of 2,000 U.S. small-cap stocks, delivering a total return of around 13% in 2025.

As the U.S. ramps up defense spending and space exploration efforts, satellite stocks have ballooned value in 2025. The biggest winners include Dish owner EchoStar and Starlink competitor ViaSat.

New York City-based 13D Management acquired 267,000 shares of Viasat in the third quarter. The shares were worth an estimated $7.82 million based on quarterly average pricing.

VSAT is rolling out a unified global Ka-band SATCOM network, boosting secure, high-capacity connectivity for government and military missions worldwide.

Viasat is now a major dual player in satellite and defense communications, leveraging its Inmarsat acquisition for global reach. Defense and Advanced Technologies backlog hit a record $1.2B, with rising defense budgets and multi-orbit contracts driving long-term growth. Commercial segment faces pressure from shrinking consumer broadband and intense competition, but mobility and government remain resilient.

Award-winning Iris datalink service is paving the way to trajectory-based operations, which can cut emissions and enhance efficiency for European airlines

Tech stocks were slammed in an indiscriminate selloff amid AI bubble fears, unprecedented spending, and rate-cut uncertainty. Skepticism about overstretched valuations and lack of near-term ROI has cast a cloud on tech earnings growth and AI's long-term upside. Odds of interest rate cuts are on the rise, which bodes well for growth-oriented sectors like technology, as appetite for risk and value of projected cash flows increase.