Vistra Corp (NYSE: VST) is 28.93% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $66.50 and a high of $199.84 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 $177.20 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.55%.
Currently trading at $177.75, the stock is 6.68% and 23.20% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.16 million and changing 0.31% at the moment leaves the stock 29.02% off its SMA200. VST registered 101.07% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 22.52%.
The stock witnessed a 13.49% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 42.82%, and is 7.96% 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 1.93% over the week and 2.45% over the month.
Vistra Corp (VST) has around 6850 employees, a market worth around $60.32B and $21.75B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 27.88 and Fwd P/E is 20.80. Profit margin for the company is 10.27%. Distance from 52-week low is 167.29% and -11.05% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (10.87%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -10.85% this year.
Vistra Corp (VST) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 340.05M, and float is at 336.30M with Short Float at 2.14%.
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 12.4403% 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 7.8262 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 26.96 million shares representing 7.7689% and valued at over $2.32 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.4138 of the shares totaling 15.32 million with a market value of $1.32 billion.
Vistra Corp (VST) Insider Activity
Vistra Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jun 06 ’25 that SULT JOHN R (Director) sold a total of 25,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jun 06 ’25 and was made at $171.67 per share for $4.29 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 75946.0 shares of the VST stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jun 05 ’25, HELM SCOTT B (Director) disposed off 50,000 shares at an average price of $172.75 for $8.64 million. The insider now directly holds 255,192 shares of Vistra Corp (VST).
