Vistance Networks, Inc. (VISN): fair value, margin of safety and Wheel Score

Is VISN undervalued?

At 6.44 (close of 5 Nov 2026), VISN trades 87% below the GLS average fair value of 51.45. That average comes from 7 models run on the latest filings, and 6 of them land above the current price. Margins of safety over 30% are the exception rather than the rule across the ~7,400 stocks we value each night, so the number earns Vistance Networks, Inc. the full Value points in the Wheel Score - and a closer look at what the market is pricing in.

The 7 models disagree widely: Lynch gives 4.64 while DDM gives 220.71. A spread that wide means the average is sensitive to which methods you trust; the model table below shows where each one lands, and the Quote page lets you switch any of them off.

Ranked against every other company we cover, VISN is clearly cheaper than it is fast-growing, so the nightly engine files it under Value (value score 92, growth score 43, out of 100). It also carries the Income tag (Income = a dividend yield of 4% or more).

Nine valuation models for VISN

Each model turns the latest filed numbers into a value per share; the GLS fair value is the simple average of the ones that produce a positive number. The last two rows are shown for reference and never enter the average. The Quote page lets you switch any model off and add your own margin of safety.

Quality and financial health

Financial health is average - VISN passes 5 of the nine Piotroski tests, which falls one point short of the "Piotroski 6 or more" Wheel Trade Filter. The Financials tab on the Quote page shows which tests fail. The GLS Moat score is low at 2.3 out of 10: returns on capital, margins or the balance sheet have not shown a lasting edge yet - often a young company, a thin-margin business or one that has only recently turned profitable.

Returns on capital are high - ROIC 18.6%, ROE 515.2%, ROA 15.1% - with debt at 26.69 times equity and a free-cash-flow yield of 5.9%. Debt of 26.69 times equity is on the high side for the sector and is worth checking against the cash flow before treating the stock as a long-term hold.

The dividend yield is high at 232.92% (payout ratio 887%) - a payout above 100% of earnings, which is not covered by profits. A yield this size is often the market's way of pricing a risk to the payout, so the health score and cash flow matter more than usual. Revenue comes mainly from Ruckus 100%, C C S 0% (quarter Q2 FY2026).

Institutional ownership scores 5/10, insider activity 1/10 and Congressional trading 5/10 on the GLS smart-money scales.

Wheel Score 39: Weak

VISN scores 39 out of 100 on the Wheel Score, in the Weak band (under 50): it fails filter 4, financially healthy - Piotroski 5/9 (under 6); and filter 5, can repay its debt - 22.5 years to repay its debt (over 3); and filter 6, no serious red flags - Red Flags score 55 (under 60), and the parts are thin too - value strong, premium strong, moat weak, health fair, red flags weak, option trading fair, stability weak. The score is not a judgement on the company; it says the price, quality and premium do not line up for selling puts on it today.

Implied volatility is 65% on the near-the-money contracts 20-60 days out - above the 60% top of the sweet spot. It still passes the 25-80% filter, but the Wheel Score rewards it less because volatility this high usually comes with a reason. Chain open interest is 12,951 contracts across all expiries - enough for the wheel at normal size.

Volume runs at 6.5M shares a day on a market cap of $1.5B, with a beta of 2.05 - a high beta, so the stock tends to move more than the market and a strike can be gapped through; the Stability part of the Wheel Score rates that weak.

The Wheel Score ranks ~7,400 US stocks for selling cash-secured puts and covered calls: a stock must pass all 9 Wheel Trade Filters to score 70, and the score then ranks the ones that pass; the Sunday Scan is the top 10. It is updated nightly and is not a recommendation. How the Wheel Score works · the walkthrough lesson shows how it fits into a trade, start to finish.

Upcoming events

Vistance Networks, Inc. reports earnings on 5 Nov 2026 (before the open) - inside the 14-day window the Sunday Scan avoids, because a put sold now would carry the report's gap risk. The shares go ex-dividend on 9 Nov 2026 (1.50 per share), so a covered call sold before then carries a small early-assignment risk around that date.

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