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Taking a Fresh Look at Viasat’s (VSAT) Valuation After Its Recent Share Price Rebound

Simply Wall St · 2d ago

Viasat (VSAT) has quietly turned into a fascinating recovery story, with the stock up sharply this year even as the past month has been choppy. Investors are weighing growth against persistent losses.

See our latest analysis for Viasat.

At a share price of $33.57, Viasat’s 11.5% 90 day share price return and powerful year to date share price surge suggest momentum is still building as investors reassess its turnaround potential.

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But with Viasat still loss making despite rapid share price gains and a sizeable gap to some intrinsic value estimates, is this a genuine mispricing to exploit, or is the market already baking in the recovery story?

Most Popular Narrative Narrative: 7.4% Undervalued

With Viasat last closing at $33.57 against a narrative fair value of $36.25, the story leans modestly in favor of further upside.

The focus on operational efficiency, portfolio review, and progressing integration with Inmarsat in addition to CapEx peaking with the ViaSat-3 program sets up Viasat for positive free cash flow inflection, deleveraging, and earnings improvement as major investment cycles wind down.

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Curious how modest revenue growth, a sharp margin reset, and a lower future earnings multiple can still point to upside, even after this rally? Read on.

Result: Fair Value of $36.25 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, heavy capital needs and intensifying satellite competition could still squeeze cash flows and margins, delaying the earnings inflection this narrative depends on.

Find out about the key risks to this Viasat narrative.

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