Viavi Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: VIAV)’s stock price has plunge by 2.73relation to previous closing price of 10.99. Nevertheless, the company has seen a -0.09% plunge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-03-04 that VIAV is set to acquire Spirent’s ethernet and network security business to boost prospects in the security, ethernet, data center, AI and digital infrastructure end markets.
Is It Worth Investing in Viavi Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: VIAV) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.92. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 3 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 4 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for VIAV is 218.75M, and at present, short sellers hold a 2.64% of that float. On March 06, 2025, the average trading volume of VIAV was 2.10M shares.
VIAV’s Market Performance
VIAV stock saw a decrease of -0.09% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -8.43% and a quarterly a decrease of 13.58%. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.65%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.10% for Viavi Solutions Inc (VIAV). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -4.65% for VIAV stock, with a simple moving average of 23.50% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of VIAV
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for VIAV stocks, with Needham repeating the rating for VIAV by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for VIAV in the upcoming period, according to Needham is $15 based on the research report published on January 31, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Morgan Stanley, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see VIAV reach a price target of $9.50, previously predicting the price at $8. The rating they have provided for VIAV stocks is “Underweight” according to the report published on December 17th, 2024.
UBS gave a rating of “Neutral” to VIAV, setting the target price at $10.60 in the report published on November 19th of the previous year.
VIAV Trading at 3.00% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought VIAV to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -12.53% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.10%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 4.65%, as shares sank -9.75% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +11.23% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, VIAV fell by -0.09%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +47.39% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $11.84. In addition, Viavi Solutions Inc saw 11.78% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at VIAV starting from McNab Paul, who proposed sale 9,034 shares at the price of $11.09 back on Mar 05 ’25. After this action, McNab Paul now owns shares of Viavi Solutions Inc, valued at $100,224 using the latest closing price.
SCRIVANICH LUKE M, the SVP General Manager OSP of Viavi Solutions Inc, sale 14,323 shares at $11.24 during a trade that took place back on Mar 03 ’25, which means that SCRIVANICH LUKE M is holding 55,877 shares at $160,991 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for VIAV
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.03 for the present operating margin
- 0.57 for the gross margin
The net margin for Viavi Solutions Inc stands at -0.04. The total capital return value is set at 0.02. Equity return is now at value -5.53, with -2.18 for asset returns.
Based on Viavi Solutions Inc (VIAV), the company’s capital structure generated 0.48 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.16. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.94. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 1.06.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 101.2 million with net debt to EBITDA at 1.73. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.64. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.74for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.58. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 3.55.
Conclusion
To sum up, Viavi Solutions Inc (VIAV) has seen a mixed performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
