During the last session, Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST)’s traded shares were 10.18 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.26. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $191.89, reflecting an intraday gain of 2.69% or $5.03. The 52-week high for the VST share is $194.67, that puts it down -1.45 from that peak though still a striking 79.61% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $39.13. The company’s market capitalization is $65.29B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 7.75 million shares, and the average trade volume was 5.88 million shares over the past three months.
Vistra Corp (VST) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 1.50. VST has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 6 analysts who have looked at this stock. 0 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 6 recommend a Buy rating for it.
Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) trade information
Vistra Corp (VST) registered a 2.69% upside in the last session and has traded in the green over the past 5 sessions. The stock spiked 2.69% in intraday trading to $191.89, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is 13.43%, and it has moved by 39.86% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 380.09%. The short interest in Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) is 9.5 million shares and it means that shorts have 2.03 day(s) to cover.
The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $134.5, which implies a decrease of -42.67% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $125 and $141 respectively. As a result, VST is trading at a premium of 26.52% off the target high and 34.86% off the low.
Vistra Corp (VST) estimates and forecasts
Statistics show that Vistra Corp has outperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. Vistra Corp (VST) shares have gone up 139.65% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate more than the industry average at 24.79% against 4.40.
While earnings are projected to return 32.62% in 2025.
VST Dividends
Vistra Corp is due to release its next quarterly earnings in February. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Vistra Corp is 0.87, with the dividend yield indicating at 0.46 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years. The average dividend yield of the company for the last 5 years is 2.47%.
Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST)’s Major holders
Vistra Corp insiders own 0.62% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 90.44%, with the float percentage being 91.00%. VANGUARD GROUP INC is the largest shareholder of the company, while 1269.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 43.17 million shares (or 12.3719% of all shares), a total value of $3.71 billion in shares.
The next largest institutional holding, with 27.16 million shares, is of BLACKROCK INC.’s that is approximately 7.7832% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $2.34 billion.
