Vistra Corp (VST) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $169.35, with 6.17 million shares of worth about $1.04 billion changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 113.42% during that period and on February 19, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 0.04%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 340.72M shares, out of which, 336.98M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 1.04% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -0.88%. Year-to-date (YTD), VST shares are showing a performance of 22.83% which increased to 273.10% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $45.52 but also hit the highest price of $199.84 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Vistra Corp shares is 7.11 million. The stock is currently trading 0.33% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 6.34% for SMA50 and it goes to 45.19% higher than SMA200.
Vistra Corp (NYSE: VST) currently have 340.72M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 84.98% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $57.62B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.19. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 32.08, while it has posted earnings per share of $5.28 in the same period. Its PEG reads 1.02 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 4.79% while standing at 6.73% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 55.37% while it is estimated to increase by 21.39% 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.
