Vistra Corp [NYSE: VST] price surged by 4.57 percent to reach at $2.23. The company report on February 23, 2024 at 4:05 PM that Vistra Declares Dividend on Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock.
Vistra (NYSE: VST) announced today that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.215 per share of Vistra’s common stock, reflecting an estimated aggregate payment of $75 million this quarter. This represents an approximate 9% increase in the company’s quarterly common stock dividend per share from its first quarter 2023 dividend. The common dividend is payable on March 29, 2024, to common stockholders of record as of March 20, 2024. The ex-dividend date for the common dividend will be March 19, 2024.
The board of directors also declared a semi-annual dividend on the company’s 8.0% Series A Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock. The Series A dividend is $40.00 per preferred share, or $80.00 per share of Series A preferred stock on an annualized basis. The Series A dividend is payable on April 15, 2024, to Series A preferred stockholders of record as of April 1, 2024.
The one-year VST stock forecast points to a potential downside of -5.72. The average equity rating for VST stock is currently 1.40, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
Guru’s Opinion on 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 $48.22 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 1.40. 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 new note on the price target was released on July 22, 2021, representing the official price target for Vistra Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $23, while BofA Securities analysts kept a Buy rating on VST stock. On July 09, 2021, analysts increased their price target for VST shares from 17 to 23.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Vistra Corp is set at 1.31, with the Price to Sales ratio for VST stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.11. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 5.27, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 8.98. Price to Free Cash Flow for VST in the course of the last twelve months was 8.79 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.14.
VST Stock Performance Analysis:
Vistra Corp [VST] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 10.47. With this latest performance, VST shares gained by 25.01% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 69.26% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 128.00% 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 85.23, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 90.17, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 81.64 for Vistra Corp [VST]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 41.26, while it was recorded at 48.43 for the last single week of trading, and 32.99 for the last 200 days.
Insight into Vistra Corp Fundamentals:
Vistra Corp’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.14 and a Current Ratio set at 1.22.
VST Stock EPS
With the latest financial reports released by the company, Vistra Corp posted -0.73/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 4.63/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company fail the estimates by a Surprise Factor of -115.80%. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for VST.
Vistra Corp [VST] Institutonal Ownership Details
The top three institutional holders of VST stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.3 billion shares, which is approximately 8.2815%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.03 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $176.59 billion in VST stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $156.75 billion in VST stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8325%.
