Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAV)Technology | Communication Equipment | Chandler, United States | NasdaqGS
40.92 USD
-2.16
(-5.014%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 3:06 a.m. EDT
The immediate catalyst here is the AI-driven demand narrative, which has pushed analyst targets to $65, yet the stock is currently trapped between heavy put support and call resistance. The technical setup is precarious: the price is trading well below its 50-day average, suggesting the recent surge has stalled, but the 200-day average remains a significant floor. Fundamentally, the picture is mixed; while revenue growth is accelerating (+43%), profitability is still broken, with negative earnings and a high forward P/E that prices in perfection. The lack of a dividend makes this purely a momentum play. The options market agrees with the volatility thesis, betting on a breakout above $50 or a crash toward $35. Given the weak statistical forecast confidence and the company's recent public offering dilution, I am leaning cautiously bullish for a short-term bounce, but the long-term investment case remains unproven until earnings turn consistently positive. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.098290 |
| MSTL | 0.131298 |
| AutoETS | 0.149378 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.153586 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 37% |
| H-stat | 0.99 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.653 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.21 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 134.259 |
| Revenue per Share | 6.056 |
| Market Cap | 10,094,375,936 |
| Forward P/E | 31.84 |
| Beta | 1.19 |
| Profit Margins | -4.03% |
| Website | https://www.viavisolutions.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 3:06 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a volatile rebound rather than a steady grind higher. Call Open Interest is heavily concentrated at strikes significantly above the current price (50, 60, 65), creating a 'wall' that suggests a target zone for a rally. Conversely, Put Open Interest is massive at lower strikes (35, 37, 40), indicating a strong floor or a hedge against a drop back to the 30s. The skew in implied volatility shows traders pricing in a sharp move in either direction, but the heavy OI at out-of-the-money calls implies the primary speculative thesis is on upside momentum breaking past the 50 resistance.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 3.2152643 |
| Address1 | 1,445 South Spectrum Boulevard |
| Address2 | Suite 102 |
| All Time High | 698.1655 |
| All Time Low | 0.959898 |
| Ask | 42.87 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.4 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 8,110,260 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 7,547,149 |
| Average Volume | 7,547,149 |
| Average Volume10Days | 8,110,260 |
| Beta | 1.191 |
| Bid | 39.25 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | 3.619 |
| City | Chandler |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 40.92 |
| Current Ratio | 1.615 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 42.97 |
| Day Low | 40.66 |
| Debt To Equity | 134.259 |
| Display Name | Viavi |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,494,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,494,600 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.685 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.672 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,492,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,786,046,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,786,046,400 |
| Ebitda | 223,500,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.16364999 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 45.67 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 7.474 |
| Enterprise Value | 10,207,210,496 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.93715 |
| Eps Forward | 1.28528 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.24 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 49.4778 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -8.5578 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.17296243 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 321.52643 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 60.43 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -19.510002 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.3228529 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 9.62 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 31.3 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 3.2536383 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 9.62 - 60.43 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 753,546,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 231,496,280 |
| Forward Eps | 1.28528 |
| Forward P E | 31.83742 |
| Free Cashflow | 175,037,504 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 3,600 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.6068 |
| Gross Profits | 828,700,032 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01031 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.97251 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 246,685,647 |
| Industry | Communication Equipment |
| Industry Disp | Communication Equipment |
| Industry Key | communication-equipment |
| Ir Website | http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=105112&p=irol-irhome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,751,068,800 |
| Last Split Date | 1,438,646,400 |
| Last Split Factor | 1,758:1000 |
| Long Business Summary | Viavi Solutions Inc. provides network test, monitoring, and assurance solutions for telecommunications, cloud, enterprises, first responders, military, aerospace, and critical infrastructures in the Americas, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It operates in two segments, Network and Service Enablement (NSE) and Optical Security and Performance Products (OSP). The NSE segment provides testing, monitoring, assurance, and security solutions that address lab and production environments, network management, service assurance, and AIOps for wireless, wireline, cloud, satellite, public safety, military, and infrastructure networks. This segment also offers instruments, microprobes, and perpetual software licenses that support the development, production, maintenance, and optimization of network systems, as well as product support and professional services comprising repair, calibration, software support, and technical assistance for its products. Its OSP segment leverages its core optical coating technologies and volume manufacturing capability to design, manufacture, and sell technologies for the anti-counterfeiting, 3D sensing, government and aerospace, automotive, and industrial markets. The company has a strategic partnership with QuNu Labs Pvt. Ltd. for the development of quantum security and advanced network intelligence technologies. The company was formerly known as JDS Uniphase Corporation. Viavi Solutions Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona. |
| Long Name | Viavi Solutions Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 10,094,375,936 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_96079 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,656,000 |
| Net Income To Common | -55,100,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,782,604,800 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 10,627,217,672 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 7 |
| Open | 41.63 |
| Operating Cashflow | 71,000,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.121929996 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.34 |
| Phone | 408 404 3600 |
| Pre Market Change | 1.1300011 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | 2.7614887 |
| Pre Market Price | 42.05 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,784,019,309 |
| Previous Close | 43.08 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 43.6643 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 11.306991 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 7.391357 |
| Profit Margins | -0.040349998 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.296 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.375 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -2.16 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -5.01394 |
| Regular Market Day High | 42.97 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 40.66 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 40.66 - 42.97 |
| Regular Market Open | 41.63 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 43.08 |
| Regular Market Price | 40.92 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 3,538,156 |
| Return On Assets | 0.03575 |
| Return On Equity | -0.06995 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.428 |
| Revenue Per Share | 6.056 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 2 |
| Shares Outstanding | 246,685,647 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0417 |
| Shares Short | 10,290,538 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 12,682,120 |
| Short Name | Viavi Solutions Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.057800002 |
| Short Ratio | 1.09 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | AZ |
| Symbol | VIAV |
| Target High Price | 70.0 |
| Target Low Price | 60.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 64.57143 |
| Target Median Price | 65.0 |
| Total Cash | 500,800,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.141 |
| Total Debt | 1,136,499,968 |
| Total Revenue | 1,365,699,968 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.24 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 29.94335 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 10.976648 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.36658052 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 3,538,156 |
| Website | https://www.viavisolutions.com |
| Zip | 85,286 |