Insider Selling: Viant Technology (NASDAQ:DSP) Major Shareholder Sells $180,882.72 in Stock

Viant Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:DSP) major shareholder Capital Llc sold 14,778 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $12.24, for a total value of $180,882.72. Following the sale, the insider owned 7,722 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $94,517.28. The trade was a 65.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Major shareholders that own more than 10% of a company’s shares are required to disclose their transactions with the SEC.

Viant Technology Stock Performance

Shares of DSP stock opened at $12.79 on Friday. Viant Technology Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $8.11 and a fifty-two week high of $26.33. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $11.46 and its two-hundred day moving average is $10.76. The firm has a market capitalization of $798.53 million, a P/E ratio of 116.28 and a beta of 1.03.

Viant Technology (NASDAQ:DSP) last issued its earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.15 by ($0.03). The business had revenue of $85.58 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $85.54 million. Viant Technology had a net margin of 0.57% and a negative return on equity of 5.00%. On average, equities analysts forecast that Viant Technology Inc. will post -0.39 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Viant Technology

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH acquired a new stake in Viant Technology in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $8,443,000. Granite Investment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Viant Technology in the second quarter valued at $7,239,000. Topline Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Viant Technology in the 3rd quarter valued at $2,150,000. Manatuck Hill Partners LLC acquired a new position in Viant Technology during the 2nd quarter worth about $1,323,000. Finally, Millennium Management LLC boosted its holdings in Viant Technology by 70.9% during the 3rd quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 224,833 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,940,000 after acquiring an additional 93,282 shares during the period. 11.38% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on DSP shares. Citigroup reissued a “market outperform” rating on shares of Viant Technology in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. B. Riley reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $16.50 price objective (up previously from $14.50) on shares of Viant Technology in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Viant Technology in a research report on Wednesday. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Viant Technology from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, October 25th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $20.00 price target on shares of Viant Technology in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Viant Technology currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $18.50.

Viant Technology News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Viant Technology this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst and institutional support: Multiple sell‑side firms still rate DSP as a Buy with an average price target near $18.50, and several institutions have increased positions in recent quarters — a source of demand and a positive backdrop for the stock.
• Neutral Sentiment: Company fundamentals / trading context: Recent quarterly results showed revenue roughly in line with expectations but a small EPS miss; the shares trade above the 50‑ and 200‑day moving averages, leaving room for momentum-driven gains but also reflecting a stretched valuation (high P/E). Market Data & Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: CEO insider selling: CEO Timothy Vanderhook sold a sequence of shares Jan. 20–22 totaling 12,500 shares (approx. $153k gross) and materially reduced his direct stake across filings — a development investors often view as a negative signal for near‑term confidence. CEO SEC Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Major shareholder trimming: Capital V LLC (a >10% owner) disposed of 37,500 shares across Jan. 20–22 for aggregate proceeds of roughly $459k, cutting its position substantially (reported 40% then ~65% reductions) — this increases available float and could add selling pressure. Major Shareholder SEC Filing

Viant Technology Company Profile

Viant Technology Inc (Nasdaq: DSP) is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) advertising technology company that delivers data-driven solutions to marketers and agencies. Its core offering, Adelphic, is a programmatic demand-side platform (DSP) that empowers clients to plan, execute and optimize digital ad campaigns across desktop, mobile, connected TV and other emerging channels.

Complementing its DSP, Viant offers PeopleCloud, a people-based data management platform (DMP) that aggregates and normalizes first- and third-party audience data.