In the last trading session, 15.2 million shares of the Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) were traded, and its beta was 1.21. Most recently the company’s share price was $126.94, and it changed around $2.99 or 2.41% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $43.03B. VST currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $199.84, offering almost -57.43% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $55.28, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 56.45% since then.
Vistra Corp stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.50. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 1 out of 16 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 5 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 1 recommended VST as a Hold, whereas 9 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Vistra Corp is expected to report earnings per share of 1.75 for the current quarter.
Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) trade information
Instantly VST has showed a green trend with a performance of 2.41% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 152.94 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 17.0%. The company’s shares are currently down -7.93% year-to-date, but still down -7.96% over the last five days. On the other hand, Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) is -24.45% down in the 30-day period.
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $134.5, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 5.62% from its current value. Analyst projections state that VST is forecast to be at a low of $125 and a high of $141.
Vistra Corp (VST) estimates and forecasts
The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 14.48%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 1 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 5.8B in revenue for the current quarter. 1 analysts expect Vistra Corp to make 4.18B in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 3.05B and 3.85B respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 90.02%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 8.77%.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 30.39%. Vistra Corp earnings are expected to increase by -7.09% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 12.94% per year for the next five years.
VST Dividends
Vistra Corp’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in April. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 0.69 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.87. It is important to note, however, that the 0.69% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision.
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