Vistra Corp (VST) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $149.66, with 5.98 million shares of worth about $894.95 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 63.17% during that period and on Thursday the price saw a gain of about 8.55%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 340.72M shares, out of which, 335.11M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 4.39% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -2.89%. Year-to-date (YTD), VST shares are showing a performance of 8.55% which increased to 293.12% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $37.77 but also hit the highest price of $168.67 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Vistra Corp shares is 6.36 million. The stock is currently trading 3.26% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 5.42% for SMA50 and it goes to 47.56% higher than SMA200.
Vistra Corp (NYSE: VST) currently have 340.72M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 88.46% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $50.92B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.23. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 28.35, while it has posted earnings per share of $5.28 in the same period. It has Quick Ratio of 0.99 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 3.49. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for VST, volatility over the week remained 4.52% while standing at 4.68% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 32.27% while it is estimated to increase by 44.05% in next year.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by JP Morgan on October 17, 2024 offering an Overweight rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $178 to it. Coverage by Exane BNP Paribas stated Vistra Corp (VST) stock as an Outperform in their note to investors on October 14, 2024, suggesting a price target of $231 for the stock. On September 13, 2024, Jefferies Initiated their recommendations, while on April 18, 2024, Janney Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $82. Stock get a Buy rating from BofA Securities on September 30, 2021.
