Insider Selling: Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) SVP Sells 20,742 Shares of Stock

Viavi Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAV) SVP Gary Staley sold 20,742 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $25.92, for a total value of $537,632.64. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 182,810 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,738,435.20. The trade was a 10.19% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink.

Viavi Solutions Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VIAV traded up $0.30 on Tuesday, hitting $25.89. The company had a trading volume of 4,788,081 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,008,099. The business has a 50 day moving average of $18.71 and a 200 day moving average of $14.86. Viavi Solutions Inc. has a 52-week low of $8.10 and a 52-week high of $26.47. The company has a market cap of $5.99 billion, a PE ratio of -143.84 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a current ratio of 2.61, a quick ratio of 2.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.46.

Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 28th. The communications equipment provider reported $0.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $369.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $365.25 million. Viavi Solutions had a negative net margin of 3.38% and a positive return on equity of 13.03%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 36.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.13 EPS. Viavi Solutions has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.220-4.000 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Viavi Solutions Inc. will post 0.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently weighed in on VIAV. Susquehanna increased their target price on Viavi Solutions from $18.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Viavi Solutions from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, January 18th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on Viavi Solutions from $20.00 to $24.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on Viavi Solutions from $12.00 to $17.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on shares of Viavi Solutions from $24.00 to $28.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Viavi Solutions has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $22.13.

Institutional Trading of Viavi Solutions

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of VIAV. Royal Bank of Canada increased its position in shares of Viavi Solutions by 11.5% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 183,320 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $2,051,000 after acquiring an additional 18,910 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Viavi Solutions by 110.5% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 33,663 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $377,000 after purchasing an additional 17,673 shares during the period. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its stake in Viavi Solutions by 4.6% in the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 131,061 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $1,467,000 after purchasing an additional 5,775 shares during the period. Millennium Management LLC grew its position in Viavi Solutions by 205.4% during the 1st quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 476,767 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $5,335,000 after purchasing an additional 320,662 shares in the last quarter. Finally, United Services Automobile Association acquired a new stake in Viavi Solutions during the 1st quarter valued at $165,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.54% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Viavi Solutions

Here are the key news stories impacting Viavi Solutions this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Zacks highlights VIAV as a top long‑term momentum stock, citing strong style scores and technical strength — a bullish signal for momentum and growth-focused investors. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks also notes VIAV hit a fresh 52‑week high, underscoring recent upside and investor appetite — this technical breakout can attract additional buying. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: An analyst raised Q3 EPS estimates for Viavi, which supports the bullish narrative on improving fundamentals and could help earnings expectations. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Yahoo Finance included VIAV in a screen of stocks trading below estimated intrinsic value — useful as a valuation datapoint but not an immediate catalyst. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: SVP Gary W. Staley sold 22,784 shares at an average $25.83 (≈$588.5k); his holding declined ~10.07%. Insider selling can signal profit‑taking and may weigh on sentiment. SEC Filing
• Negative Sentiment: SVP Kevin Christopher Siebert sold 13,577 shares at ~$25.72 (~$349.2k), reducing his stake by ~27.6%; another sizeable insider sale. SEC Filing
• Negative Sentiment: EVP Paul Mcnab sold 4,638 shares at ~$25.80 (~$119.7k), trimming his position by ~17.6%; adds to the cluster of insider sales. SEC Filing

About Viavi Solutions

Viavi Solutions Inc is a provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions for communications service providers, cable operators, enterprises and government agencies. The company offers an extensive portfolio of fiber optic and copper cable test and measurement instruments, wireless network testing equipment and network performance monitoring software. Its products are designed to support the deployment, maintenance and optimization of high-speed broadband, 5G wireless, data center and enterprise networks.

Viavi’s product offerings are organized into two primary segments: Network & Service Enablement and Optical Security & Performance.