Analyzing Ratios: Vistra Corp (VST)’s Financial Story Unveiled

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The price of Vistra Corp (NYSE: VST) closed at $127.96 in the last session, down -2.52% from day before closing price of $131.27. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.52 from its previous closing price. On the day, 8.88 million shares were traded. VST stock price reached its highest trading level at $131.25 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $127.73.

Ratios:

We take a closer look at VST’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 26.69 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 44.14. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.88 and its Current Ratio is at 0.98. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 3.03 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.55.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Jefferies on September 13, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $99.

On April 18, 2024, Janney started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $82.

BofA Securities reiterated its Buy rating for the stock on September 30, 2021, and also maintained the target price at $23.

Insider Transactions:

An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 13 ’24 when Moore Stephanie Zapata sold 34,714 shares for $80.37 per share. The transaction valued at 2,789,964 led to the insider holds 127,174 shares of the business.

Moore Stephanie Zapata bought 34,714 shares of VST for $2,790,081 on Aug 13 ’24. On Jun 10 ’24, another insider, Crutchfield Lisa, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 335 shares for $89.46 each. As a result, the insider paid 29,969 and bolstered with 32,186 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, VST now has a Market Capitalization of 43962064896 and an Enterprise Value of 64586305536. As of this moment, Vistra’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 100.39, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 19.65. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.92 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 14.18. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.592 whereas that against EBITDA is 15.971.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, VST has reached a high of $143.87, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $31.40. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 40.67%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 73.75%.

Shares Statistics:

According to the various share statistics, VST traded on average about 7.29M shares per day over the past 3-months and 11046190 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 351.46M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 340.77M. Insiders hold about 0.81% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 90.93% stake in the company. Shares short for VST as of 1726185600 were 13614337 with a Short Ratio of 1.87, compared to 1723680000 on 10705443. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 13614337 and a Short% of Float of 4.61.

Dividends & Splits

The forward annual dividend rate for VST is 0.86, which was 0.852 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.006490439The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.52.

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