VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC VIAV
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 925550105 · ISIN US9255501051
U.S. technology company
- SectorTechnology
- IndustrySemiconductors & Related Devices
- HeadquartersChandler, AZ
- Founded2015
- Websiteviavisolutions.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($19.4m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 231.4m as of 2026-01-24, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $17.83. Options: 11 managers hold calls ($76.0m notional), 11 hold puts ($6.8m).
Trends to Q4 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 315 |
| Q4 2022 | 303 |
| Q1 2023 | 305 |
| Q2 2023 | 287 |
| Q3 2023 | 287 |
| Q4 2023 | 302 |
| Q1 2024 | 321 |
| Q2 2024 | 315 |
| Q3 2024 | 309 |
| Q4 2024 | 314 |
| Q1 2025 | 342 |
| Q2 2025 | 312 |
| Q3 2025 | 352 |
| Q4 2025 | 397 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | 155 | 133 |
| Q2 2024 | 131 | 167 |
| Q3 2024 | 145 | 146 |
| Q4 2024 | 139 | 135 |
| Q1 2025 | 166 | 139 |
| Q2 2025 | 141 | 163 |
| Q3 2025 | 180 | 134 |
| Q4 2025 | 215 | 160 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | $5.5m | $2.5m | 0.45 |
| Q2 2025 | $7.5m | $1.0m | 0.14 |
| Q3 2025 | $32.0m | $824.4k | 0.03 |
| Q4 2025 | $76.0m | $6.8m | 0.09 |
Biggest buyers
| Parsifal Capital Management, LP | New | +3.4m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +2.2m |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +2.0m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +2.0m |
| BOWEN HANES & CO INC | New | +1.9m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +1.3m |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P | New | +1.3m |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Added | +1.1m |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC | Added | +1.0m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +973.6k |
Biggest sellers
| Woodline Partners LP | Reduced | -4.4m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -3.4m |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Reduced | -3.2m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -2.0m |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP | Reduced | -1.3m |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -1.3m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -909.1k |
| WESTERLY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -850.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -843.3k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -718.4k |
Biggest calls
| PEAK6 LLC | New | $23.8m1.3m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $14.2m799.1k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $12.1m680.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $7.8m435.9k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $7.1m397.2k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $3.2m181.6k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $3.0m168.2k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $2.0m114.1k shares |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | $1.2m65.2k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $1.1m60.5k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $2.9m160.9k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | $1.1m59.5k shares |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | $864.3k48.5k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | New | $425.9k23.9k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $417.0k23.4k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $399.2k22.4k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | New | $294.0k16.5k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $215.6k12.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $190.7k10.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $41.0k2.3k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +0.6 pts · filed 2026-10-05 | 10.1% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution -2.2 pts · filed 2026-07-31 | 5.6% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Capital World Investors (3.8%, 2026-08-12), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC), T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. (3.8%, 2026-02-17), WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP (4.9%, 2026-02-10)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $319.8k | $11.1k |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $110.0k | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 5 | $907.9k | $752.8k |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $486.3k | $486.3k |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 6 | $1.1m | $613.0k |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | $912.4k | $150.5k |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $770.2k | $770.2k |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 10 | $12.7m | $611.8k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-10 | Corrales Eugenia Director | Sold plan | $63.5k3.4k shares |
| 2025-12-10 | Burns Richard John Director | Sold plan | $63.5k3.4k shares |
| 2025-12-08 | Siebert Kevin Christopher SVP Gen. Counsel & Secretary | Sold plan | $442.3k24.2k shares |
| 2025-12-05 | KHAYKIN OLEG President & CEO, director · Held by reporting person's spouse | Sold | $704.2k40.2k shares |
| 2025-12-04 | KHAYKIN OLEG President & CEO, director | Sold | $676.5k38.4k shares |
| 2025-12-03 | KHAYKIN OLEG President & CEO, director | Sold | $598.6k35.0k shares |
| 2025-12-02 | Daskal Ilan EVP, CFO | Sold | $3.0m170.0k shares |
| 2025-12-02 | KHAYKIN OLEG President & CEO, director | Sold | $1.2m68.8k shares |
| 2025-12-01 | KHAYKIN OLEG President & CEO, director | Sold | $1.5m85.8k shares |
| 2025-11-26 | McNab Paul EVP, Chief Mktg & Stgy Officer | Sold | $30.1k1.7k shares |
| 2025-11-10 | BARNES KEITH Director | Sold | $2.2m121.5k shares |
| 2025-11-04 | COLVIN DONALD A Director | Sold | $683.6k40.0k shares |
| 2025-11-03 | BARNES KEITH Director | Sold | $931.6k53.9k shares |
| 2025-11-03 | McNab Paul EVP, Chief Mktg & Stgy Officer | Sold | $219.7k12.6k shares |
| 2025-11-03 | Siebert Kevin Christopher SVP Gen. Counsel & Secretary | Sold | $192.7k11.1k shares |
| 2025-11-03 | SCRIVANICH LUKE M SVP General Manager OSP | Sold | $170.4k9.8k shares |
| 2025-10-01 | BELLUZZO RICHARD Director | Sold plan | $105.9k8.4k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 33.2m $592.4m | Added +670.7k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 29.3m $522.2m | Reduced -909.1k |
| Capital World Investors 0.04% of their portfolio | 15.6m $278.4m | Added +665.0k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.08% of their portfolio | 11.8m $211.0m | Added +609.2k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 11.0m $196.0m | Reduced -3.4m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.6m $152.7m | Reduced -321.1k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.07% of their portfolio | 6.7m $118.9m | Added +33.5k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.4m $95.4m | Added +20.8k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 4.9m $86.8m | Reduced -2.0m |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.06% of their portfolio | 4.8m $85.7m | Reduced -1.3m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.1m $72.2m | Added +1.3m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.8m $67.9m | Added +2.0m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.8m $66.9m | Added +2.2m |
| Parsifal Capital Management, LP 6.08% of their portfolio | 3.4m $60.3m | New |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.9m $52.3m | Reduced -128.3k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 2.6m $45.5m | Reduced -269.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.4m $41.9m | Reduced -102.7k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.2m $39.8m | Added +1.0m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.2m $39.1m | Added +869.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.2m $39.0m | Added +2.0m |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.2m $38.8m | Reduced -1.3m |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.2m $38.6m | Reduced -207.8k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.1m $38.1m | Added +973.6k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0m $36.3m | Reduced -843.3k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.9m $33.7m | Added +434.5k |
| BOWEN HANES & CO INC 0.84% of their portfolio | 1.9m $33.3m | New |
| Leeward Investments, LLC - MA 1.45% of their portfolio | 1.6m $28.6m | Reduced -27.4k |
| SUMMIT PARTNERS PUBLIC ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.80% of their portfolio | 1.6m $28.5m | Reduced -423.6k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.6m $28.5m | Added +13.9k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.6m $27.8m | Added +583.3k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.36% of their portfolio | 1.5m $26.9m | Reduced -138.4k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $26.8m | Reduced -444.1k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.3m $22.6m | New |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $21.1m | Added +1.1m |
| WESTERLY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 6.16% of their portfolio | 1.1m $20.5m | Reduced -850.0k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.1m $20.1m | Added +123.3k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $19.0m | Reduced -12.1k |
| Tributary Capital Management, LLC 1.80% of their portfolio | 1.0m $18.3m | Reduced -76.7k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 877.8k $15.6m | Added +80.7k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 872.2k $15.5m | Reduced -3.2m |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 0.07% of their portfolio | 836.5k $14.9m | New |
| G2 Investment Partners Management LLC 3.50% of their portfolio | 825.0k $14.7m | Added +378.3k |
| Penserra Capital Management LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 822.8k $14.7m | Reduced -17.2k |
| Defiance ETFs, LLC 0.49% of their portfolio | 822.8k $14.8m | First filing |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 812.1k $14.5m | Reduced -569.7k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 787.1k $14.0m | Added +230.4k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.05% of their portfolio | 772.5k $13.8m | Reduced -98.2k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 772.1k $13.8m | Reduced -43.1k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 723.8k $12.9m | Reduced -48.0k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.04% of their portfolio | 712.5k $12.7m | New |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 685.6k $12.2m | Reduced -51.4k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 681.3k $12.1m | Reduced -120.5k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 664.2k $11.8m | Added +322.6k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 653.7k $11.6m | Added +629.6k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 635.7k $11.3m | Added +519.4k |
| Ophir Asset Management Pty Ltd 1.26% of their portfolio | 629.5k $11.2m | Reduced -315.4k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 605.8k $10.8m | Added +30.2k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 603.6k $10.8m | Reduced -53.6k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 598.6k $10.7m | Added +124.0k |
| Robeco Schweiz AG 0.24% of their portfolio | 595.0k $10.6m | Added +145.0k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 588.3k $10.5m | Reduced -343.5k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 573.8k $10.2m | Not comparable |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 568.2k $10.1m | Reduced -4.4m |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 560.9k $10.0m | Reduced -27.6k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 550.5k $9.8m | Reduced -145.9k |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.33% of their portfolio | 508.1k $9.1m | New |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 490.1k $8.7m | Reduced -3.8k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 455.1k $8.1m | Added +8.5k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 454.3k $8.1m | Reduced -718.4k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 443.3k $7.9m | Reduced -26.1k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 440.7k $7.8m | Added +402.1k |
| ARDSLEY ADVISORY PARTNERS LP 1.00% of their portfolio | 440.0k $7.8m | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 439.0k $7.8m | Added +6.2k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 420.3k $7.5m | Added +81.2k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 415.0k $7.4m | Reduced -503.4k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.04% of their portfolio | 401.1k $7.1m | New |
| THOMPSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.83% of their portfolio | 372.6k $6.6m | Reduced -77.6k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 351.4k $6.3m | Added +23.4k |
| CASTLEARK MANAGEMENT LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 349.4k $6.2m | New |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC 0.66% of their portfolio | 333.4k $5.9m | New |
| DEAN INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES, LLC 0.83% of their portfolio | 325.5k $5.8m | Added +82.3k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 310.1k $5.5m | Added +27.2k |
| OAK RIDGE INVESTMENTS LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 297.1k $5.3m | Reduced -6.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 296.6k $5.3m | Added +114.3k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.04% of their portfolio | 282.6k $5.0m | Reduced -32.3k |
| HERALD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Ltd 0.64% of their portfolio | 275.0k $4.9m | New |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 260.3k $4.6m | Reduced -8.1k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 255.2k $4.5m | Reduced -11.2k |
| TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY 0.03% of their portfolio | 234.1k $4.2m | Reduced -15.4k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 233.2k $4.2m | Added +221.2k |
| Dean Capital Management 1.68% of their portfolio | 221.4k $3.9m | Added +20.7k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 220.6k $3.9m | Added +36.2k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 218.3k $3.9m | Reduced -74.6k |
| Phocas Financial Corp. 0.49% of their portfolio | 211.7k $3.8m | New |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 211.0k $3.8m | Added +5.1k |
| NFJ INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 207.4k $3.7m | Reduced -19.3k |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 206.5k $3.7m | Added +21.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 205.3k $3.7m | Added +7.5k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 204.3k $3.6m | Added +136.6k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 203.5k $3.6m | New |