During the recent session, Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST)’s traded shares were 1.51 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.20. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $164.45, reflecting an intraday loss of -1.30% or -$2.16. The 52-week high for the VST share is $199.84, that puts it down -21.52 from that peak though still a striking 74.25% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $42.34. The company’s market capitalization is $55.95B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 8.01 million shares, and the average trade volume was 6.95 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 1.61. 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. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be 0.19.
Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) trade information
Vistra Corp (VST) registered a -1.30% downside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -1.30% in intraday trading to $164.45, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -3.20%, and it has moved by -3.55% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 284.14%. The short interest in Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) is 8.17 million shares and it means that shorts have 0.79 day(s) to cover.
The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $134.5, which implies a decrease of -22.27% 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 14.26% off the target high and 23.99% off the low.
Vistra Corp (VST) estimates and forecasts
In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 15.78% compared to the previous financial year.
As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 3.9B as predicted by 3 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 2 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 4.24B by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 3.08B and 3.05B respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to grow by 26.86% and then jump by 38.86% in the coming quarter.
VST Dividends
Vistra Corp is due to release its next quarterly earnings in March. 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 0.53 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years. The average dividend yield of the company for the last 5 years is 2.44%.
Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST)’s Major holders
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.
Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Vistra Corp (VST) shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund. Data provided on Sep 30, 2024 indicates that Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund owns about 10.93 shares. This amounts to just over 3.21 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $1.79 billion market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 9.0, or about 2.64% of the stock, which is worth about $1.47 billion.
