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 ($61.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 233.9m as of 2026-04-25, 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 ≈ $33.16. Options: 20 managers hold calls ($147.2m notional), 18 hold puts ($70.3m).
Trends to Q1 2026
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 |
| Q1 2026 | 467 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Q1 2026 | 268 | 193 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | $7.5m | $1.0m | 0.14 |
| Q3 2025 | $32.0m | $824.4k | 0.03 |
| Q4 2025 | $76.0m | $6.8m | 0.09 |
| Q1 2026 | $147.2m | $70.3m | 0.48 |
Biggest buyers
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +8.7m |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +4.0m |
| Whale Rock Capital Management LLC | New | +3.5m |
| FMR LLC | Added | +3.3m |
| Analog Century Management LP | New | +2.8m |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | New | +2.7m |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | Added | +2.5m |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | New | +2.1m |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +2.0m |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Added | +1.5m |
Biggest sellers
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Reduced | -5.9m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -5.6m |
| Capital World Investors | Reduced | -4.1m |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Reduced | -3.0m |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP | Reduced | -2.3m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Reduced | -2.1m |
| Parsifal Capital Management, LP | Reduced | -2.1m |
| SUMMIT PARTNERS PUBLIC ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC | Sold out | -1.6m |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC | Sold out | -1.5m |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -1.3m |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $33.6m1.0m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $24.9m748.3k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $14.0m420.3k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | New | $13.3m399.5k shares |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Added | $13.1m393.5k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Reduced | $12.6m380.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $10.3m308.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $7.2m217.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $3.9m117.2k shares |
| SILVERBACK ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | New | $3.3m100.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $17.4m521.9k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | New | $12.7m400.0k shares |
| Oribel Capital Management, LP | New | $8.3m249.8k shares |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Added | $4.6m139.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $3.9m117.8k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Added | $3.2m95.8k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $3.2m95.4k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $3.1m94.3k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | New | $2.8m85.5k shares |
| SUMMIT PARTNERS PUBLIC ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC | New | $2.7m82.0k 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 Q1 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 7 | $14.2m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | Siebert Kevin Christopher SVP Gen. Counsel & Secretary | Sold | $252.6k7.3k shares |
| 2026-03-02 | McNab Paul EVP, Chief Mktg & Stgy Officer | Sold | $116.8k3.6k shares |
| 2026-02-26 | COLVIN DONALD A Director | Sold | $730.8k25.0k shares |
| 2026-02-18 | BELLUZZO RICHARD Director | Sold | $423.6k15.8k shares |
| 2026-02-17 | BELLUZZO RICHARD Director | Sold | $345.4k13.1k shares |
| 2026-02-13 | SCRIVANICH LUKE M SVP General Manager OSP | Sold | $369.6k13.9k shares |
| 2026-02-10 | KHAYKIN OLEG President & CEO, director | Sold | $1.2m42.8k shares |
| 2026-02-10 | KHAYKIN OLEG President & CEO, director | Sold | $550.2k20.0k shares |
| 2026-02-09 | KHAYKIN OLEG President & CEO, director | Sold | $1.9m73.2k shares |
| 2026-02-06 | KHAYKIN OLEG President & CEO, director | Sold | $1.9m70.6k shares |
| 2026-02-05 | KHAYKIN OLEG President & CEO, director | Sold | $1.7m70.0k shares |
| 2026-02-05 | Staley Gary W SVP Global Sales NSE | Sold | $580.0k24.2k shares |
| 2026-02-04 | KHAYKIN OLEG President & CEO, director | Sold | $2.0m74.3k shares |
| 2026-02-04 | Staley Gary W SVP Global Sales NSE | Sold | $583.1k22.3k shares |
| 2026-02-03 | Staley Gary W SVP Global Sales NSE | Sold | $537.6k20.7k shares |
| 2026-02-02 | Staley Gary W SVP Global Sales NSE | Sold | $588.5k22.8k shares |
| 2026-02-02 | Siebert Kevin Christopher SVP Gen. Counsel & Secretary | Sold | $349.2k13.6k shares |
| 2026-02-02 | McNab Paul EVP, Chief Mktg & Stgy Officer | Sold | $119.7k4.6k 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, Q1 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 35.2m $1.2bn | Added +2.0m |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 17.7m $590.3m | First filing |
| Capital World Investors 0.05% of their portfolio | 11.6m $385.1m | Reduced -4.1m |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 10.4m $344.5m | First filing |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 10.2m $339.0m | Added +8.7m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 9.3m $308.1m | Added +687.2k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.20% of their portfolio | 8.8m $294.0m | Reduced -3.0m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 7.8m $260.9m | Added +4.0m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.3m $209.2m | Added +933.8k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 5.4m $181.2m | Reduced -5.6m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 4.3m $143.5m | Reduced -559.8k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.9m $129.2m | Added +3.3m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.7m $123.2m | Reduced -348.3k |
| Whale Rock Capital Management LLC 1.49% of their portfolio | 3.5m $115.6m | New |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.4m $111.7m | Reduced -398.4k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.0m $98.2m | Added +15.7k |
| Analog Century Management LP 4.39% of their portfolio | 2.8m $91.9m | New |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.30% of their portfolio | 2.7m $88.5m | New |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.6m $86.1m | Added +550.6k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.10% of their portfolio | 2.5m $82.3m | Added +2.5m |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.5m $82.2m | Added +118.3k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.06% of their portfolio | 2.5m $78.0m | Reduced -2.3m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.3m $75.4m | Added +69.1k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 2.2m $74.2m | Added +93.0k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 2.1m $75.3m | New |
| BOWEN HANES & CO INC 1.62% of their portfolio | 2.0m $66.6m | Added +130.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $60.9m | Reduced -336.9k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.52% of their portfolio | 1.8m $59.0m | Reduced -781.9k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.7m $58.2m | Added +1.1m |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7m $31.0m | Added +1.5m |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $53.6m | First filing |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.6m $51.8m | Added +844.0k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $47.5m | Added +838.7k |
| Leeward Investments, LLC - MA 2.34% of their portfolio | 1.4m $47.4m | Reduced -180.8k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.3m $44.5m | Reduced -895.5k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $43.9m | Added +1.2m |
| Parsifal Capital Management, LP 5.53% of their portfolio | 1.3m $42.8m | Reduced -2.1m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $40.8m | Added +602.4k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.2m $39.2m | Reduced -92.8k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $37.7m | Added +64.2k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 963.1k $32.1m | Added +298.9k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 890.5k $29.6m | Reduced -1.3m |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.03% of their portfolio | 850.4k $28.3m | Reduced -1.0m |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.09% of their portfolio | 827.8k $27.5m | Added +55.2k |
| Tributary Capital Management, LLC 2.65% of their portfolio | 821.0k $27.3m | Reduced -206.1k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 820.1k $27.3m | Added +33.0k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.04% of their portfolio | 802.6k $26.7m | Reduced -796.1k |
| Aperture Investors, LLC 3.30% of their portfolio | 784.5k $26.1m | New |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 775.2k $25.8m | Reduced -5.9m |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 740.4k $24.6m | Reduced -137.4k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 684.5k $22.8m | New |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 0.10% of their portfolio | 681.3k $22.7m | Reduced -155.2k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 668.1k $22.2m | Reduced -17.5k |
| Robeco Schweiz AG 0.46% of their portfolio | 660.0k $22.0m | Added +65.0k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 655.5k $21.8m | Reduced -116.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 629.3k $20.9m | Added +25.7k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 614.6k $20.5m | Added +263.2k |
| AXIOM INVESTORS LLC /DE 0.22% of their portfolio | 598.7k $19.9m | New |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.58% of their portfolio | 593.2k $19.7m | Added +85.1k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 574.5k $19.1m | Reduced -31.3k |
| G2 Investment Partners Management LLC 4.70% of their portfolio | 574.0k $19.1m | Reduced -251.0k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 565.2k $18.8m | Reduced -246.9k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 559.8k $18.6m | Reduced -164.0k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 541.4k $18.0m | Added +51.3k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 525.2k $17.5m | Reduced -35.6k |
| Ma Investment Partnership, LP 8.00% of their portfolio | 500.0k $16.6m | Added +300.0k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 451.4k $15.0m | Reduced -3.6k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 445.1k $14.8m | Reduced -9.2k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 441.6k $14.7m | Added +2.6k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.02% of their portfolio | 427.6k $14.2m | Reduced -1.1m |
| WESTERLY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 4.36% of their portfolio | 425.0k $14.1m | Reduced -725.0k |
| ARDSLEY ADVISORY PARTNERS LP 2.03% of their portfolio | 400.0k $13.3m | Reduced -40.0k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 379.6k $12.6m | Reduced -63.7k |
| CASTLEARK MANAGEMENT LLC 0.42% of their portfolio | 378.6k $12.6m | Added +29.2k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 377.9k $12.6m | Reduced -37.2k |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.45% of their portfolio | 367.4k $12.2m | New |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 367.0k $12.2m | Added +161.6k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 362.3k $12.1m | Added +170.1k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 357.1k $11.9m | Reduced -63.2k |
| Virtus Wealth Solutions LLC 2.24% of their portfolio | 353.2k $11.8m | Added +245.7k |
| Ophir Asset Management Pty Ltd 1.34% of their portfolio | 346.9k $11.5m | Reduced -282.6k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.02% of their portfolio | 301.9k $10.0m | New |
| Penserra Capital Management LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 300.1k $10.0m | Reduced -522.7k |
| Defiance ETFs, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 300.1k $10.0m | Reduced -522.7k |
| CRAMER ROSENTHAL MCGLYNN LLC 0.70% of their portfolio | 286.0k $9.5m | Added +129.3k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 279.2k $9.3m | Added +265.2k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 275.5k $9.2m | Reduced -34.6k |
| Creative Planning 0.01% of their portfolio | 274.1k $9.1m | Added +53.6k |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC 1.04% of their portfolio | 270.1k $9.0m | Reduced -63.3k |
| OAK RIDGE INVESTMENTS LLC 0.59% of their portfolio | 266.7k $8.9m | Reduced -30.4k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 261.2k $8.7m | Added +50.2k |
| Oribel Capital Management, LP 1.26% of their portfolio | 249.8k $8.3m | New |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 243.8k $8.1m | Added +187.5k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 238.7k $7.9m | Added +145.0k |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 235.3k $7.8m | New |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 232.9k $7.8m | Reduced -293 |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 230.7k $7.7m | New |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.02% of their portfolio | 229.7k $7.6m | Added +25.4k |
| HERALD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Ltd 1.04% of their portfolio | 225.0k $7.5m | Reduced -50.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 222.5k $7.4m | Reduced -37.8k |