Vistra Corp (VST) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $166.61, with 5.25 million shares of worth about $874.55 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 113.71% during that period and on February 12, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -0.60%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 340.72M shares, out of which, 335.61M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -2.91% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 2.76%. Year-to-date (YTD), VST shares are showing a performance of 20.85% which increased to 285.40% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $42.22 but also hit the highest price of $199.84 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Vistra Corp shares is 6.95 million. The stock is currently trading -2.09% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 5.18% for SMA50 and it goes to 45.13% higher than SMA200.
Vistra Corp (NYSE: VST) currently have 340.72M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 88.69% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $56.69B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.20. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 31.56, while it has posted earnings per share of $5.28 in the same period. Its PEG reads 0.98 and 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 4.95% while standing at 6.89% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 52.76% while it is estimated to increase by 25.05% 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 BofA Securities on January 27, 2025 offering a Neutral rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $206 to it. Coverage by Evercore ISI stated Vistra Corp (VST) stock as an Outperform in their note to investors on January 21, 2025, suggesting a price target of $202 for the stock. On October 17, 2024, JP Morgan Initiated their recommendations, while on October 14, 2024, Exane BNP Paribas Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $231. Stock get a Buy rating from Jefferies on September 13, 2024.
