Stifel Nicolaus Increases Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) Price Target to $12.00

Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAVGet Free Report) had its target price raised by Stifel Nicolaus from $11.00 to $12.00 in a report issued on Friday, FlyOnTheWall reports. Stifel Nicolaus’ price objective would indicate a potential upside of 15.27% from the company’s previous close.

A number of other research firms have also weighed in on VIAV. Rosenblatt Securities upped their price objective on shares of Viavi Solutions from $13.00 to $14.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. B. Riley dropped their price objective on shares of Viavi Solutions from $13.50 to $11.00 in a research note on Tuesday, April 18th. StockNews.com cut Viavi Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 13th. Susquehanna reduced their price target on Viavi Solutions from $14.00 to $12.00 in a research report on Wednesday, May 3rd. Finally, Northland Securities dropped their price objective on Viavi Solutions from $15.00 to $13.00 in a research report on Tuesday, April 18th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Viavi Solutions currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $12.29.

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Viavi Solutions Trading Down 2.5 %

Shares of NASDAQ VIAV opened at $10.41 on Friday. Viavi Solutions has a twelve month low of $8.52 and a twelve month high of $16.00. The firm has a market cap of $2.32 billion, a PE ratio of 94.64 and a beta of 0.85. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $10.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $10.42. The company has a quick ratio of 2.13, a current ratio of 2.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D increased its holdings in shares of Viavi Solutions by 36.2% during the fourth quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 210,798 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $2,215,000 after acquiring an additional 56,041 shares in the last quarter. Arizona State Retirement System increased its stake in Viavi Solutions by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 63,844 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $671,000 after purchasing an additional 1,931 shares in the last quarter. CenterBook Partners LP raised its holdings in shares of Viavi Solutions by 121.9% in the fourth quarter. CenterBook Partners LP now owns 207,721 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $2,183,000 after buying an additional 114,108 shares during the last quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC lifted its stake in shares of Viavi Solutions by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC now owns 3,434,587 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $36,098,000 after buying an additional 21,013 shares during the period. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Viavi Solutions by 3.1% during the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 99,736 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,048,000 after buying an additional 3,034 shares during the last quarter. 92.22% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Viavi Solutions

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Viavi Solutions Inc provides network test, monitoring, and assurance solutions for communications service providers, enterprises, network equipment manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers, government, and avionics customers in the Americas, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

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