Topline Capital Management LLC Takes Position in Viant Technology Inc. $DSP

Topline Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Viant Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:DSP) in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund acquired 249,084 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,150,000.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in DSP. Granite Investment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Viant Technology during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $7,239,000. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in Viant Technology by 6.4% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 380,598 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,036,000 after acquiring an additional 22,857 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership raised its stake in shares of Viant Technology by 6.1% during the second quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 276,689 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,661,000 after acquiring an additional 15,786 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Viant Technology by 12.1% during the second quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 149,811 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,980,000 after purchasing an additional 16,205 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Viant Technology by 77.1% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 136,249 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,691,000 after purchasing an additional 59,323 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 11.38% of the company’s stock.

Viant Technology News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Freedom Capital initiated/upgraded coverage to a “strong‑buy,” adding buy-side momentum from a new coverage firm. Freedom Capital upgrade
• Positive Sentiment: Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $20.00 price target (~62% upside vs current price), a constructive, high target that can support upside expectations. Rosenblatt note
• Positive Sentiment: B. Riley Financial reaffirmed a “buy” and raised its price target to $17.00, signaling confidence in revenue/margin recovery potential. B. Riley note
• Positive Sentiment: DA Davidson kept a “buy” rating with a $15.50 target, another analyst vote of confidence. DA Davidson note
• Neutral Sentiment: Company posted its Q4 2025 earnings presentation and hosted the earnings call; slides and commentary give more context on growth drivers and guidance assumptions. Earnings presentation
• Neutral Sentiment: Full earnings transcripts and highlights are available (useful for parsing management tone on ad demand and client trends). Earnings transcript/highlights
• Negative Sentiment: EPS missed consensus by $0.01 (reported $0.22 vs. est. $0.23), which can trigger short‑term selling even though the miss was small. EPS miss article
• Negative Sentiment: Profitability metrics remain thin: revenue beat ($110.12M vs est. $103.37M) but net margin was only 0.57% and return on equity was negative, highlighting operating/leverage concerns that may limit multiple expansion. Earnings summary/press release

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Viant Technology news, COO Christopher Vanderhook sold 9,102 shares of Viant Technology stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.70, for a total value of $106,493.40. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer directly owned 347,182 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,062,029.40. The trade was a 2.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, major shareholder Capital V. Llc sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.74, for a total transaction of $176,100.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 22,500 shares in the company, valued at $264,150. This represents a 40.00% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 155,123 shares of company stock valued at $1,729,594 over the last ninety days. 29.40% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Viant Technology Stock Down 2.2%

Shares of DSP stock opened at $12.32 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $10.99 and a 200-day moving average of $10.31. The company has a market cap of $769.14 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.50 and a beta of 1.05. Viant Technology Inc. has a 52 week low of $8.11 and a 52 week high of $16.25.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently weighed in on DSP. Loop Capital set a $14.50 price objective on Viant Technology in a report on Tuesday. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $15.50 target price on shares of Viant Technology in a report on Thursday. B. Riley Financial reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $17.00 price target (up from $16.50) on shares of Viant Technology in a research report on Thursday. Wall Street Zen raised Viant Technology from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Viant Technology in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $18.13.

Viant Technology 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.