Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) has a beta value of 1.17 and has seen 6.98 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $53.54B, closed the last trade at $161.92 per share which meant it lost -$4.69 on the day or -2.81% during that session. The VST stock price is -3.51% off its 52-week high price of $167.60 and 78.85% above the 52-week low of $34.25. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 5.52 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 7.35 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Vistra Corp (VST) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.38. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 0 out of 6 have rated it as a Hold, with 6 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 1.41.

Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) trade information

Sporting -2.81% in the red in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the VST stock price touched $161.92 or saw a rise of 4.0%. Year-to-date, Vistra Corp shares have moved 320.35%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 13.91%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) have changed 28.94%. Short interest in the company has seen 9.64 million shares shorted with days to cover at 1.25.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $132, which means that the shares’ value could drop -22.67% from current levels. The projected low price target is $116.0 while the price target rests at a high of $141.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is 12.92% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 28.36% from current levels.

Vistra Corp (VST) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Vistra Corp shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 58.59% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 38.16%, compared to 4.80% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 18.13%.

1 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 3.94B for the current quarter.

VST Dividends

Vistra Corp is expected to release its next earnings report in December this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.86 at a share yield of 0.53%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 2.51%.

Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST)’s Major holders

Insiders own 0.64% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 89.82% with a share float percentage of 90.40%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Vistra Corp having a total of 1211.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 43.17 million shares worth more than $3.71 billion. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 12.3719% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 27.16 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $2.34 billion and represent 7.7832% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund . As of Jun 30, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 3.23% shares in the company for having 11.0 shares of worth $1.78 billion while later fund manager owns 8.38 shares of worth $1.36 billion as of Jun 30, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 2.46% of company’s outstanding stock.