On August 28, Viasat declined 5.58% in regular trading, trading at $68.71/share, with turnover of $33.11 million. The decline was amplified by broad-based weakness across the communication equipment sector and widening institutional disagreement on the stock's valuation.

The communication equipment sector saw collective selling pressure, with Ondas Holdings down 7.78%, Applied Optoelectronics down 6.26%, Lumentum down 5.47%, Nokia down 2.17%, and Cisco down 0.9%, compounding downside for individual names including Viasat.

Sell-side analysts remain sharply divided on Viasat's fair value. Morgan Stanley recently raised its price target to $95 from $51, assigning approximately $42 per share to monetizable spectrum assets. Meanwhile, the company's fiscal Q1 revenue of $1.16 billion missed the $1.2 billion consensus estimate by 3.56%. The market has yet to reach consensus on how to weigh the earnings shortfall against the company's military contract wins under the PTS-G program and its spectrum monetization potential.

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