Vistra Corp [NYSE: VST] traded at a high on Thursday, posting a 5.61 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $154.86.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 6342700 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Vistra Corp stands at 5.50% while the volatility over the past one month is 5.25%.
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The market cap for VST stock reached $52.69 billion, with 351.46 million shares outstanding and 337.44 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 7.26M shares, VST reached a trading volume of 6342700 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say 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 $163.75 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 7.64, with the Price to Sales ratio for VST stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 3.42. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 17.80, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 2.75. Price to Free Cash Flow for VST in the course of the last twelve months was 72.77 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.99.
How has VST stock performed recently?
Vistra Corp [VST] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 8.93. With this latest performance, VST shares gained by 18.78% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 64.33% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 344.23% 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 70.79, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 75.19, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 68.36 for Vistra Corp [VST]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 122.52, while it was recorded at 144.84 for the last single week of trading, and 87.37 for the last 200 days.
Vistra Corp [VST]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Vistra Corp’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.99 and a Current Ratio set at 1.11.
Insider trade positions for Vistra Corp [VST]
There are presently around $89.76%, or 90.33%% 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%.
