Vistra Corp (NYSE: VST) is -7.93% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $55.28 and a high of $199.84 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The VST stock was last observed hovering at around $123.95 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.99%.
Currently trading at $126.94, the stock is -18.32% and -19.53% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 15.2 million and changing 2.41% at the moment leaves the stock 6.67% off its SMA200. VST registered 132.75% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 49.92%.
The stock witnessed a -24.45% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -17.85%, and is -7.96% down 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 11.10% over the week and 7.33% over the month.
Vistra Corp (VST) has around 6850 employees, a market worth around $43.03B and $19.38B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 17.96 and Fwd P/E is 16.02. Profit margin for the company is 12.73%. Distance from 52-week low is 129.63% and -36.48% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (11.58%).
with sales reaching $5.8B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -7.09% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 14.48% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 90.02% in year-over-year returns.
Vistra Corp (VST) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 339.75M, and float is at 335.85M with Short Float at 2.04%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 43.17 million shares valued at $3.71 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.3719% of the VST Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 27.16 million shares valued at $$2.34 billion to account for 7.7832 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 26.96 million shares representing 7.7262% and valued at over $2.32 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.3895 of the shares totaling 15.32 million with a market value of $1.32 billion.
Vistra Corp (VST) Insider Activity
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Vistra Corp (VST) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times. The most recent transaction is an insider sale by HELM SCOTT B,the company’sDirector. SEC filings show that HELM SCOTT B sold 20,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 10 ’24 at a price of $139.77 per share for a total of $2.8 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.34 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 25 ’24, HUDSON SCOTT A (EVP & President Vistra Retail) disposed off 115,000 shares at an average price of $164.16 for $18.88 million. The insider now directly holds 254,932 shares of Vistra Corp (VST).
Vistra Corp (VST): Who are the competitors?
The company’s main competitors (and peers) include NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE) that is trading 27.59% up over the past 12 months. Southern Co. (SO) that is 31.07% higher over the same period.
