Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) Posts Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.03 EPS

Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) posted its quarterly earnings data 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 positive return on equity of 2.22% and a negative net margin of 3.78%. Viavi Solutions updated its Q3 2025 guidance to 0.100-0.130 EPS.

Viavi Solutions Stock Up 1.0 %

Shares of NASDAQ:VIAV traded up $0.10 during trading on Thursday, reaching $10.00. 2,204,725 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,477,767. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $10.26 and a two-hundred day moving average of $9.21. Viavi Solutions has a 1-year low of $6.60 and a 1-year high of $11.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 3.71 and a quick ratio of 3.31. The firm has a market cap of $2.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -58.80 and a beta of 0.91.

Insider Buying and Selling at Viavi Solutions

In related news, SVP Luke M. Scrivanich sold 2,802 shares of Viavi Solutions stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.43, for a total transaction of $29,224.86. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 54,517 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $568,612.31. The trade was a 4.89 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Masood Jabbar sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.14, for a total value of $152,100.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 225,333 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,284,876.62. The trade was a 6.24 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 47,802 shares of company stock worth $481,625. 1.52% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on VIAV shares. Northland Securities upped their price objective on shares of Viavi Solutions from $11.00 to $13.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. StockNews.com upgraded Viavi Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 9th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Viavi Solutions in a research note on Monday, December 16th. Rosenblatt Securities raised their target price on Viavi Solutions from $8.25 to $10.50 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Finally, UBS Group began coverage on Viavi Solutions in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $10.60 price target on the stock. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average 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.