Vistra Corp [NYSE: VST] stock went on a downward path that fall over -3.15% on Monday, amounting to a one-week price decrease of less than -9.42%.
Over the last 12 months, VST stock rose by 233.93%. The one-year Vistra Corp stock forecast points to a potential upside of 24.84. The average equity rating for VST stock is currently 1.40, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
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The market cap for the stock reached $38.03 billion, with 351.46 million shares outstanding and 340.77 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 7.19M shares, VST stock reached a trading volume of 10713068 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
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 $154.00 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.
JP Morgan have made an estimate for Vistra Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Overweight, with their previous recommendation back on October 17, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Exane BNP Paribas raised their target price to Outperform. The new note on the price target was released on October 14, 2024, representing the official price target for Vistra Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $99, while Jefferies analysts kept a Buy rating on VST stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Vistra Corp is set at 6.30, with the Price to Sales ratio for VST stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 2.52. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 12.82, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 5.01. Price to Free Cash Flow for VST in the course of the last twelve months was 38.18 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.88.
VST Stock Performance Analysis:
Vistra Corp [VST] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -9.42. With this latest performance, VST shares dropped by -16.38% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 39.04% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 233.93% 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 43.91, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 34.67, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 49.26 for Vistra Corp [VST]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 109.26, while it was recorded at 122.20 for the last single week of trading, and 81.95 for the last 200 days.
Insight into Vistra Corp Fundamentals:
Vistra Corp’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.88 and a Current Ratio set at 0.98.
VST Stock EPS
With the latest financial reports released by the company, Vistra Corp posted 1.25/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 1.57/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company fail the estimates by a Surprise Factor of -0.32. 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
There are presently around $90.75%, or 91.33%% of VST stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of VST stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 43.17 million shares, which is approximately 12.3719%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 27.16 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$2.34 billion in VST stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$2.32 billion in VST stock with ownership which is approximately 7.7262%.
