Vistra Corp. [NYSE: VST] loss -0.39% or -0.13 points to close at $32.91 with a heavy trading volume of 53306401 shares. The company report on September 12, 2023 at 7:38 PM that Vistra Prices Private Offerings of $650 Million of Senior Secured Notes and $1.1 Billion of Senior Unsecured Notes.
Vistra Corp. (NYSE: VST) (the “Company” or “Vistra”) announced today the pricing of $650 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2033 at a price to the public of 99.850% of their face value (the “Secured Notes”) in a private offering (the “Secured Offering”) and $1.1 billion aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2031 at a price to the public of 100% of their face value (the “Unsecured Notes” and, together with the Secured Notes, the “Notes”) in a concurrent private offering (the “Unsecured Offering” and, together with the Secured Offering, the “Offerings”) to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to certain non-U.S. persons in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Secured Notes will be senior, secured obligations of Vistra Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Issuer”), and the Unsecured Notes will be senior, unsecured obligations of the Issuer. The Secured Notes will bear interest at the rate of 6.950% per annum and the Unsecured Notes will bear interest at the rate of 7.750% per annum. The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by certain of the Issuer’s current and future subsidiaries that also guarantee the Issuer’s Credit Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Issuer, as borrower, Vistra Intermediate Company LLC, the guarantors party thereto, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch (as successor to Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch), as administrative and collateral agent, various lenders and letter of credit issuers party thereto, and the other parties named therein. The Secured Notes will be secured by a first-priority security interest in the same collateral that is pledged for the benefit of the lenders under the Issuer’s Credit Agreement and certain other agreements, which consists of a substantial portion of the property, assets and rights owned by the Issuer and the subsidiary guarantors as well as the stock of the Issuer. The collateral securing the Secured Notes will be released if the Issuer’s senior, unsecured long-term debt securities obtain an investment grade rating from two out of the three rating agencies, subject to reversion if such rating agencies withdraw the investment grade rating of the Issuer’s senior, unsecured long-term debt securities or downgrade such rating below investment grade.
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The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Offerings (i) to fund the cash component of the acquisition of Energy Harbor Corp. (“Energy Harbor”) pursuant to that certain transaction agreement, dated as of March 6, 2023, by and among the Issuer, Black Pen Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer (“Merger Sub”), and Energy Harbor, pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, Merger Sub will be merged with and into Energy Harbor, with Energy Harbor surviving as an indirect subsidiary of Vistra (the “Merger”), (ii) for general corporate purposes, including to refinance outstanding indebtedness, and (iii) to pay fees and expenses related to the Offerings. If the Merger is not consummated, the Company intends to use the proceeds from the Offerings (i) for general corporate purposes, including to refinance outstanding indebtedness, and (ii) to pay fees and expenses related to the Offerings.
It opened the trading session at $33.14, the shares rose to $33.23 and dropped to $32.79, the range by which the price of stock traded the whole day. The daily chart for VST points out that the company has recorded 29.87% gains over the past six months. However, it is still -58.53% lower than its most recent low trading price.
If we look at the average trading volume of 3.88M shares, VST reached to a volume of 53306401 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Vistra Corp. [VST]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for VST shares is $34.89 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on VST stock is a recommendation set at 1.70. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
BofA Securities have made an estimate for Vistra Corp. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on September 30, 2021.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Vistra Corp. is set at 0.66, with the Price to Sales ratio for VST stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.73. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 3.65, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.74. Price to Free Cash Flow for VST in the course of the last twelve months was 8.86 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.10.
Trading performance analysis for VST stock
Vistra Corp. [VST] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -3.38. With this latest performance, VST shares gained by 9.44% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 29.87% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 29.77% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for VST stock in for the last two-week period is set at 66.51, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 62.69, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 67.67 for Vistra Corp. [VST]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 29.59, while it was recorded at 33.30 for the last single week of trading, and 25.31 for the last 200 days.
Vistra Corp. [VST]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Vistra Corp. [VST] shares currently have an operating margin of +14.79 and a Gross Margin at +21.38. Vistra Corp.’s Net Margin is presently recorded at -6.88.
Return on Total Capital for VST is now 14.04, given the latest momentum, and Return on Invested Capital for the company is -6.79. Return on Equity for this stock declined to -18.60, with Return on Assets sitting at -3.82. When it comes to the capital structure of this company, Vistra Corp. [VST] has a Total Debt to Total Equity ratio set at 272.24. Additionally, VST Total Debt to Total Capital is recorded at 73.14, with Total Debt to Total Assets ending up at 39.46. Long-Term Debt to Equity for the company is recorded at 420.92, with the Long-Term Debt to Total Capital now at 66.94.
Reflecting on the efficiency of the workforce at the company, Vistra Corp. [VST] managed to generate an average of -$249,898 per employee. Receivables Turnover for the company is 8.83 with a Total Asset Turnover recorded at a value of 0.56.Vistra Corp.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.10 and a Current Ratio set at 1.20.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Vistra Corp. [VST]
The top three institutional holders of VST stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.31 billion shares, which is approximately 8.2089%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $170.67 trillion in VST stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $150.98 trillion in VST stock with ownership which is approximately 5.7381%.
