Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) issued its earnings results on Thursday. The communications equipment provider reported $0.07 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.10 by ($0.03), Zacks reports. Viavi Solutions had a negative net margin of 3.78% and a positive return on equity of 2.22%. Viavi Solutions updated its Q3 2025 guidance to 0.100-0.130 EPS.

Viavi Solutions Stock Performance

Shares of VIAV stock traded up $0.10 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $10.00. The stock had a trading volume of 2,235,010 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,481,713. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $10.26 and a 200-day simple moving average of $9.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 3.71 and a quick ratio of 3.31. Viavi Solutions has a twelve month low of $6.60 and a twelve month high of $11.49. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.22 billion, a PE ratio of -58.80 and a beta of 0.91.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Masood Jabbar sold 30,000 shares of Viavi Solutions stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.01, for a total transaction of $300,300.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 180,333 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,805,133.33. This trade represents a 14.26 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, SVP Luke M. Scrivanich sold 2,802 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.43, for a total value of $29,224.86. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 54,517 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $568,612.31. This trade represents a 4.89 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 47,802 shares of company stock worth $481,625 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 1.52% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

VIAV has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Morgan Stanley restated an “underweight” rating and issued a $9.50 price target (up previously from $8.00) on shares of Viavi Solutions in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. Rosenblatt Securities raised their price target on shares of Viavi Solutions from $8.25 to $10.50 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. UBS Group initiated coverage on shares of Viavi Solutions in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $10.60 price objective on the stock. Northland Securities lifted their target price on Viavi Solutions from $11.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on Viavi Solutions from $10.50 to $12.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 16th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $10.44.

About Viavi Solutions

Viavi Solutions, Inc engages in the provision of network test, monitoring, and assurance solutions for communications service providers, enterprises, network equipment manufacturers, government and avionics. It operates through the following segments: Network Enablement, Service Enablement, and Optical Security and Performance.