Vistra Corp (NYSE: VST): To Buy Or Not To Buy, That Is The Question

Vistra Corp (VST) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $152.07, with 4.07 million shares of worth about $618.53 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 6.98% during that period and on May 21, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -3.16%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 340.05M shares, out of which, 336.17M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of -1.71% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 35.02%. Year-to-date (YTD), VST shares are showing a performance of 10.30% which increased to 61.64% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $66.50 but also hit the highest price of $199.84 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Vistra Corp shares is 8.19 million. The stock is currently trading 6.79% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 18.80% for SMA50 and it goes to 17.11% higher than SMA200.

Vistra Corp (NYSE: VST) currently have 340.05M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 80.93% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $51.60B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.21. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 23.85, while it has posted earnings per share of $6.38 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.85 and has Quick Ratio of 0.77 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 3.67. 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 2.85% while standing at 4.22% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -8.28% while it is estimated to increase by 28.82% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 8.37% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 30.39% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

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 Goldman on April 04, 2025 offering a Neutral rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $134 to it. Coverage by Daiwa Securities stated Vistra Corp (VST) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on March 05, 2025, suggesting a price target of $120 for the stock. On March 04, 2025, BofA Securities Upgrade their recommendations, while on January 27, 2025, BofA Securities Resumed their ratings for the stock with a price target of $206. Stock get an Outperform rating from Evercore ISI on January 21, 2025.

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