Vistra Corp Shares Rise 73.12% From The Lows – But Will They Continue?

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In last trading session, Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) saw 6.17 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 1.19. Company’s recent per share price level of $169.35 trading at $0.07 or 0.04% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $57.62B. That closing price of VST’s stock is at a discount of -18.0% from its 52-week high price of $199.84 and is indicating a premium of 73.12% from its 52-week low price of $45.52.

For Vistra Corp (VST), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 1.61. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 6 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 0 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 0 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 6 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight. The company is expected to be making an EPS of 1.01 in the current quarter.

Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) trade information

Upright in the green during last session for gaining 0.04%, in the last five days VST remained trading in the green while hitting it’s week-highest on Wednesday, 02/19/25 when the stock touched $169.35 price level, adding 2.29% to its value on the day. Vistra Corp’s shares saw a change of 22.83% in year-to-date performance and have moved 1.04% in past 5-day. Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) showed a performance of -0.88% in past 30-days.

Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 134.5 to the stock, which implies a fall of -25.91% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 125 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 141. It follows that stock’s current price would jump 26.19% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a gain of 26.19% for stock’s current value.

Vistra Corp (VST) estimates and forecasts

This year revenue growth is estimated to rise 15.97% from the last financial year’s standing.

3 industry analysts have given their estimates about the company’s current quarter revenue by setting an average figure of 4.01B for the same. And 2 analysts are in estimates of company making revenue of 4.24B in the next quarter. Company posted 3.08B and 3.05B of sales in current and next quarters respectively a year earlier.

In 2025, company’s earnings growth rate is likely to be around 55.37% while estimates for its earnings growth in next 5 years are of 31.52%.

Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST)’s Major holders

VANGUARD GROUP INC is the top institutional holder at VST for having 43.17 million shares of worth $3.71 billion. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 12.3719 of the company’s outstanding shares.

The second largest institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., which was holding about 27.16 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 7.7832 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $2.34 billion.

On the other hand, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund are the top two Mutual Funds which own company’s shares. As of Sep 30, 2024 , the former fund manager was holding 10.93 shares of worth $1.85 billion or 3.21% of the total outstanding shares. The later fund manager was in possession of 9.0 shares on Sep 30, 2024 , making its stake of worth around $1.52 billion in the company or a holder of 2.64% of company’s stock.