Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) has a beta value of 1.23 and has seen 7.95 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $41.58B, closed the last trade at $122.24 per share which meant it gained $4.8 on the day or 4.09% during that session. The VST stock price is -63.48% off its 52-week high price of $199.84 and 47.43% above the 52-week low of $64.26. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 7.18 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 9.20 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Vistra Corp (VST) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.44. 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.
Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) trade information
Sporting 4.09% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the VST stock price touched $122.24 or saw a rise of 6.33%. Year-to-date, Vistra Corp shares have moved -11.34%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -7.26%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) have changed -1.38%. Short interest in the company has seen 6.97 million shares shorted with days to cover at 0.68.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $130.5, which means that the shares’ value could jump 6.33% from current levels. The projected low price target is $120.0 while the price target rests at a high of $141.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -15.35% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 1.83% from current levels.
Vistra Corp (VST) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have gained 3.84% over the past 6 months.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 30.39% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 5.91% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 15.58%.
VST Dividends
Vistra Corp is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Feb-26 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.88 at a share yield of 0.72%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 2.37%.
Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST)’s Major holders
Insiders own 0.73% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 86.47% with a share float percentage of 87.10%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Vistra Corp having a total of 1440.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. 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 7.8262% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund . As of Dec 31, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 3.13% shares in the company for having 10.66 shares of worth $1.3 billion while later fund manager owns 9.21 shares of worth $1.13 billion as of Dec 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 2.71% of company’s outstanding stock.
