Vistra Corp [NYSE: VST] surged by $6.83 during the normal trading session on Wednesday and reaching a high of $200.25 during the day while it closed the day at $197.01.
Vistra Corp stock has also gained 6.43% of its value over the past 7 days. However, VST stock has inclined by 91.85% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 21.34% and gained 120.47% year-on date.
The market cap for VST stock reached $66.85 billion, with 340.05 million shares outstanding and 336.42 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 5.82M shares, VST reached a trading volume of 6925695 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to 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 $190.91 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 1.47. 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.
Raymond James have made an estimate for Vistra Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Strong Buy, with their previous recommendation back on June 13, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Goldman raised their target price to Neutral. The new note on the price target was released on April 04, 2025, representing the official price target for Vistra Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $120, while Daiwa Securities analysts kept a Neutral rating on VST stock. On March 04, 2025, analysts decreased their price target for VST shares from 164 to 152.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 28.52, 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 62.65 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.77.
VST stock trade performance evaluation
Vistra Corp [VST] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 6.43. With this latest performance, VST shares gained by 13.47% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 21.34% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 42.90% in the past year of trading.
Vistra Corp [VST]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Vistra Corp [VST] shares currently have an operating margin of 34.85% and a Gross Margin at 41.84%. Vistra Corp’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 10.27%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 6.35%, with Return on Assets sitting at 6.35%.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Vistra Corp [VST] stock
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. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Vistra Corp go to 10.50%.
Vistra Corp [VST]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $81.98%, or 82.55% 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 12.4403%. 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 7.7689%.
