Vistra Corp (NYSE: VST) is 95.56% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $22.67 and a high of $75.89 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The VST stock was last observed hovering at around $70.54 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 4.79%.
Currently trading at $75.33, the stock is 14.08% and 38.60% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.1 million and changing 6.79% at the moment leaves the stock 97.78% off its SMA200. VST registered 221.79% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 139.98%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $2.70 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $8.74.
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The stock witnessed a 23.69% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 96.17%, and is 8.16% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.77% over the week and 4.61% over the month.
Vistra Corp (VST) has around 4870 employees, a market worth around $26.21B and $15.54B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 21.59 and Fwd P/E is 15.85. Profit margin for the company is 8.64%. Distance from 52-week low is 232.29% and -0.74% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.59%).
Vistra Corp quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at $0.47 with sales reaching $2.59B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 16.83% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -2.10% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 37.20% in year-over-year returns.
Vistra Corp (VST) Top Institutional Holders
771 institutions hold shares in Vistra Corp (VST), with institutional investors hold 93.59% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 351.46M, and float is at 344.25M with Short Float at 3.46%. Institutions hold 93.01% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is Vanguard Group Inc with over 45.13 million shares valued at $1.18 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.28% of the VST Shares outstanding. As of Jun 29, 2023, the second largest holder is FMR, LLC with 26.94 million shares valued at $707.18 million to account for 7.33% of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are Blackrock Inc. which holds 19.59 million shares representing 5.33% and valued at over $514.12 million, while Oaktree Capital Management Lp holds 4.62% of the shares totaling 17.0 million with a market value of $446.25 million.
Vistra Corp (VST) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Kirby Carrie Lee,the company’sEVP and Chief Admin. Officer. SEC filings show that Kirby Carrie Lee sold 72,748 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 14 ’24 at a price of $62.63 per share for a total of $4.56 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.18 million shares.
Vistra Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 12 ’24 that HUDSON SCOTT A (EVP & President Vistra Retail) sold a total of 86,517 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 12 ’24 and was made at $59.11 per share for $5.11 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.25 million shares of the VST stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 05 ’24, Moore Stephanie Zapata (EVP and General Counsel) disposed off 98,020 shares at an average price of $58.50 for $5.73 million. The insider now directly holds 161,888 shares of Vistra Corp (VST).
