On August 18, Viavi Solutions fell 5.17% in regular trading, trading at $42.415/share, with turnover of $15.2 million. The decline came as the communication equipment sector faced broad selling pressure, compounded by recent insider share disposals.

The sector saw widespread weakness, with Lumentum Holdings down 5.11%, Applied Optoelectronics down 8.32%, Ciena down 6.32%, Nokia down 3.39%, and Cisco down 1.25%. On the insider activity front, Director Solomon sold 10,000 shares on August 14 at $42.92 per share, while executive McNab Paul sold 1,595 shares on August 10. Although the company reported fiscal Q4 results on August 5 that significantly exceeded expectations — adjusted EPS of $0.34 versus the $0.30 consensus, and revenue of $443.1 million versus $432.6 million expected, representing 52.5% year-over-year growth — and issued Q1 guidance of $0.40-$0.42 EPS on $450-$460 million revenue well above the $0.28 and $432.2 million consensus, prior gains are facing profit-taking pressure amid sector headwinds and insider selling signals.

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