Is the business good?
How good a business is VSAT?
Viasat, Inc. earns 0.92% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
0.92%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 8.1 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- 2.4%
Operating margin · Communication Equipment median 4.4% · 12 months to Q1 2027
- Share count, year on year
- +4.2%
Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago
- R&D as % of revenue
- 3.8%
R&D as % of revenue
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2021 | −2.4% |
| FY2022 | −4.7% |
| FY2023 | −6.1% |
| FY2024 | −21% |
| FY2025 | −2.2% |
| FY2026 | 2.3% |
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- Operating margin12 months to Q1 2027
- 2.4%
- Net margin12 months to Q1 2027
- 0.19%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 3.8%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $4.63B
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $8.9M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 0.92%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Communication Equipment
Ranks #9 of 21 by Smart Score