Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) has a beta value of 1.19 and has seen 0.82 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $57.34B, closed the recent trade at $168.54 per share which meant it lost -$0.74 on the day or -0.44% during that session. The VST stock price is -18.57% off its 52-week high price of $199.84 and 72.99% above the 52-week low of $45.52.
The consensus among analysts is that Vistra Corp (VST) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.61. 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 1.01.
Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) trade information
Sporting -0.44% in the red today, 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 $168.54 or saw a rise of 2.45%. Year-to-date, Vistra Corp shares have moved 22.25%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 0.55%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) have changed -1.36%.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $134.5, which means that the shares’ value could drop -25.31% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $125.0 while the price target rests at a high of $141.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is 16.34% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 25.83% from the levels at last check today.
Vistra Corp (VST) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have gained 112.40% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 15.97%.
3 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 4.01B for the current quarter. 2 have an estimated revenue figure of 4.24B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 3.08B and 3.05B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 30.26% for the current quarter and 15.97% for the next.
Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 55.37% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 31.52%.
VST Dividends
Vistra Corp is expected to release its next earnings report in March this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.87 at a share yield of 0.52%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months.
Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST)’s Major holders
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 Sep 30, 2024, the former fund manager holds about 3.21% shares in the company for having 10.93 shares of worth $1.84 billion while later fund manager owns 9.0 shares of worth $1.52 billion as of Sep 30, 2024, which makes it owner of about 2.64% of company’s outstanding stock.
