Viasat
VSAT Nasdaq Communications Equipment Financials FY2017βFY2026
Viasat's revenue rose 2.7% to $4.6 billion in fiscal 2026. Its operating margin was 2.3%, up from β2.2% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $1.5 billion, up 80.1%. The diluted share count rose 4.9%.
What Viasat does
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- Legal name
- VIASAT, INC.
- Fiscal year ends
- March 31, 2026
- Latest annual report
- β
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001193125-26-248290
0000797721
Revenue and margins
Viasat had $4.6B of revenue in fiscal 2026, up 2.7% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $1.5B in fiscal 2026, 32.2% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Viasat returned $0.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2026, 0% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 4.9%.
Value Viasat yourself
Change the assumptions and see what they imply per share. These are models, not forecasts or price targets β the answer depends entirely on what you put in.
Discounted cash flow
Value per share
β
Adds net cash of β$4.8B and divides by 134.7M diluted shares. Ten years of cash flows plus a terminal value, discounted to today.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Viasat can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $311M | $1.3B | $1.9B | $1.6B | $1.7B |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $2.5B | $2.5B | $7.5B | $7.2B | $6.6B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.8x | 3.3x | 20.8x | 4.4x | 3.3x |
| Debt / equity | 1.0x | 0.7x | 1.5x | 1.6x | 1.4x |
| Interest coverage | β3.9x | β5.8x | β2.2x | β0.2x | 0.3x |
| Current ratio | 1.5x | 2.4x | 2.7x | 1.7x | 2.4x |
| Quick ratio | 1.3x | 2.1x | 2.4x | 1.6x | 2.2x |
| Total assets | $6.4B | $7.7B | $16.3B | $15.4B | $15.2B |
| Total liabilities | $3.7B | $3.9B | $11.3B | $10.8B | $10.5B |
| Shareholders' equity | $2.6B | $3.8B | $5.0B | $4.6B | $4.7B |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $2.2B | $1.1B | $5.6B | $5.6B | $4.8B |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$22.8M
7 insiders
Of sales under plans
11%
$2.6M
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2026 | Garrett L. ChaseSVP, Chief Financial Officer | Sold plan | 4,000 | $58.86 | $0.2M | Form 4 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Craig Andrew MillerSVP, Pres Viasat Government | Sold plan | 11,893 | $71.61 | $0.9M | Form 4 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | Garrett L. ChaseSVP, Chief Financial Officer | Sold plan | 4,000 | $76.91 | $0.3M | Form 4 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Benjamin Edward PalmerSVP, Pres Commercial | Sold plan | 2,000 | $66.75 | $0.1M | Form 4 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | John P StenbitDirector | Sold plan | 705 | $66.75 | $0.0M | Form 4 |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Garrett L. ChaseSVP, Chief Financial Officer | Sold plan | 4,000 | $74.91 | $0.3M | Form 4 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Richard A BaldridgeDirector | Sold | 223,542 | $80.62 | $18.0M | Form 4 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Robert James BlairSVP, General Counsel | Sold | 27,064 | $79.76 | $2.2M | Form 4 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Theresa WiseDirector | Sold plan | 2,500 | $84.69 | $0.2M | Form 4 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Benjamin Edward PalmerSVP, Pres Commercial | Sold plan | 2,400 | $75.46 | $0.2M | Form 4 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | John P StenbitDirector | Sold plan | 616 | $75.46 | $0.0M | Form 4 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Garrett L. ChaseSVP, Chief Financial Officer | Sold plan | 4,000 | $72.23 | $0.3M | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β |
| F-score | 4 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 6 / 8 |
| Accruals ratio | β14.6% | β9.3% | β10.6% |
| Altman Z'' | 1.03 | 0.85 | 1.23 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viasat VSAT | $8.4B | 2.7% | 2.3% | 32.2% | 0.6% | β | 6 | |
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| F5 FFIV | $26.2B | 9.7% | 24.8% | 29.4% | 30.5% | 36.3x | 8 | Compare β |
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10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $1.6B | $1.6B | $2.1B | $2.3B | $1.9B | $2.4B | $2.6B | $4.3B | $4.5B | $4.6B |
| Gross profit | $1.0B | $1.0B | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Research and development | $130M | $168M | $123M | $130M | $109M | $150M | $129M | $151M | $142M | $165M |
| Operating income | $36.5M | β$92.2M | β$60.6M | $38.4M | β$46.0M | β$113M | β$156M | β$890M | β$97.5M | $108M |
| Interest expense | $12.1M | $4.0M | $50.0M | $38.6M | $32.7M | $29.4M | $26.8M | $400M | $422M | $360M |
| Pretax income | $25.4M | β$106M | β$111M | $1.4M | β$78.2M | β$138M | β$162M | β$1.2B | β$545M | $105M |
| Income tax | $3.6M | β$35.2M | β$41.0M | β$7.9M | β$11.2M | β$36.5M | $49.4M | β$140M | β$0.9M | $116M |
| Net income | $21.8M | β$68.3M | β$66.5M | $13.8M | $3.7M | β$15.5M | $1.1B | β$1.1B | β$575M | β$34.1M |
| Diluted EPS | $0.45 | β$1.15 | β$1.13 | $0.00 | $0.06 | β$0.21 | $14.29 | β$9.12 | β$4.48 | β$0.25 |
| Diluted shares | 0.05B | 0.06B | 0.06B | 0.06B | 0.07B | 0.07B | 0.08B | 0.12B | 0.13B | 0.13B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $411M | $359M | $328M | $437M | $727M | $506M | $368M | $688M | $908M | $1.6B |
| Capital expenditure | $515M | $512M | $637M | $694M | $827M | $938M | $1.1B | $77.5M | $78.4M | $95.7M |
| Free cash flow | β$103M | β$153M | β$309M | β$257M | β$100M | β$433M | β$709M | $611M | $830M | $1.5B |
| Depreciation and amortization | $246M | $256M | $319M | $342M | $397M | $495M | $500M | $1.2B | $1.4B | $1.4B |
| Stock-based compensation | $55.8M | $68.5M | $79.6M | $86.6M | $84.9M | $86.8M | $84.5M | $83.6M | $80.4M | $81.1M |
| Acquisitions | $16.5M | $0.0M | $2.3M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $140M | $0.0M | $343M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $130M | $71.4M | $262M | $304M | $296M | $311M | $1.3B | $1.9B | $1.6B | $1.7B |
| Total debt | $849M | $1.0B | $1.4B | $1.9B | $1.8B | $2.5B | $2.5B | $7.5B | $7.2B | $6.6B |
| Finance lease liabilities | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $65.0M | $56.3M | $45.8M | $36.4M | $26.8M | $159M | $139M |
| Current assets | $615M | $613M | $887M | $1.0B | $991M | $1.2B | $2.2B | $3.5B | $2.9B | $3.1B |
| Current liabilities | $326M | $467M | $486M | $605M | $708M | $770M | $957M | $1.3B | $1.7B | $1.3B |
| Inventory | $163M | $196M | $235M | $294M | $337M | $198M | $269M | $318M | $294M | $281M |
| Property and equipment, net | β | β | $2.1B | $2.6B | $3.1B | $3.7B | $4.4B | $7.6B | $7.4B | $7.3B |
| Total assets | $3.0B | $3.4B | $3.9B | $4.9B | $5.3B | $6.4B | $7.7B | $16.3B | $15.4B | $15.2B |
| Total liabilities | $1.2B | $1.6B | $2.0B | $2.8B | $3.0B | $3.7B | $3.9B | $11.3B | $10.8B | $10.5B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.7B | $1.8B | $1.9B | $2.0B | $2.4B | $2.6B | $3.8B | $5.0B | $4.6B | $4.7B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 66.4% | 65.3% | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Operating margin | 2.3% | β5.8% | β2.9% | 1.7% | β2.4% | β4.7% | β6.1% | β20.8% | β2.2% | 2.3% |
| EBITDA margin | 18.1% | 10.3% | 12.5% | 16.5% | 18.3% | 15.8% | 13.5% | 6.3% | 28.0% | 31.5% |
| Net margin | 1.4% | β4.3% | β3.2% | 0.6% | 0.2% | β0.6% | 42.4% | β25.0% | β12.7% | β0.7% |
| FCF margin | β6.6% | β9.6% | β15.0% | β11.1% | β5.2% | β17.9% | β27.7% | 14.3% | 18.4% | 32.2% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 1.4% | β2.8% | β1.6% | 1.1% | β1.0% | β2.0% | β2.5% | β9.0% | β0.7% | 0.6% |
| Return on capital employed | 1.5% | β3.3% | β1.9% | 1.0% | β1.0% | β2.2% | β2.5% | β8.2% | β0.7% | 0.8% |
| Return on equity | 1.5% | β3.8% | β3.6% | 0.7% | 0.2% | β0.6% | 33.6% | β24.2% | β12.0% | β0.7% |
| Return on assets | 0.8% | β2.1% | β1.8% | 0.3% | 0.1% | β0.3% | 15.4% | β8.9% | β3.6% | β0.2% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | 10.0% | 2.3% | 29.7% | 11.7% | β16.8% | 25.8% | 5.8% | 67.6% | 5.5% | 2.7% |
| Net income growth | β0.0% | β413.7% | β | β | β73.3% | β520.9% | β | β198.5% | β | β |
| EPS growth | 2.3% | β355.6% | β | β | β | β450.0% | β | β163.8% | β | β |
| FCF growth | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 35.9% | 80.1% |
| Share count change | 8.0% | 9.4% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 7.8% | 10.5% | 3.4% | 54.4% | 9.6% | 4.9% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.6x | 5.8x | 4.5x | 4.2x | 4.5x | 5.8x | 3.3x | 20.8x | 4.4x | 3.3x |
| Debt / equity | 0.5x | 0.6x | 0.7x | 1.0x | 0.8x | 1.0x | 0.7x | 1.5x | 1.6x | 1.4x |
| Interest coverage | 3.0x | β22.9x | β1.2x | 1.0x | β1.4x | β3.9x | β5.8x | β2.2x | β0.2x | 0.3x |
| Current ratio | 1.9x | 1.3x | 1.8x | 1.7x | 1.4x | 1.5x | 2.4x | 2.7x | 1.7x | 2.4x |
| Quick ratio | 1.4x | 0.9x | 1.3x | 1.2x | 0.9x | 1.3x | 2.1x | 2.4x | 1.6x | 2.2x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 33.0% | 32.1% | 30.8% | 30.1% | 43.1% | 38.8% | 42.1% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2.1% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 3.6% | 4.3% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 4.4% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.8% |
| Payouts / FCF | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | 6.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| Accruals ratio | β14.6% | β13.4% | β10.8% | β9.6% | β14.1% | β8.9% | 10.2% | β14.6% | β9.3% | β10.6% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000797721). Data updated October 12, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.