On August 19, Viavi Solutions fell 5.32% in regular trading, trading at $39.69/share, with turnover of $30.76 million. The decline was driven by continued weakness across the communication equipment sector combined with intensified insider selling pressure.

On the sector front, communication equipment stocks extended their multi-day slide, with Arista Networks down 3.72%, Lumentum Holdings down 2.89%, Applied Optoelectronics down 2.53%, and Nokia down 1.16%. More critically, the company disclosed on August 18 that Director Black Laura A. sold 71,000 shares on August 17 at an average price of $46.12, totaling $3.27 million. This follows Director Solomon's sale of 10,000 shares on August 14 at $42.92 and executive McNab Paul's sale of 1,595 shares on August 10, creating a concentrated insider selling pattern.

Despite the company's fiscal Q4 results on August 5 significantly beating expectations — adjusted EPS of $0.34 vs. $0.30 expected, revenue of $443.1 million vs. $432.6 million expected — and Q1 guidance of $0.40-$0.42 EPS far exceeding the $0.28 consensus, the stock continues to retrace post-earnings gains under the weight of sector-wide selling and insider disposals.

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