Market Update: Vistra Corp (VST) Sees Positive Movement, Closing at 80.45

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In the latest session, Vistra Corp (NYSE: VST) closed at $80.45 up 3.19% from its previous closing price of $77.96. In other words, the price has increased by $3.19 from its previous closing price. On the day, 6.49 million shares were traded. VST stock price reached its highest trading level at $81.91 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $77.99.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Vistra Corp’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 16.78 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 27.75. 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, Janney on April 18, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $82.

On September 30, 2021, BofA Securities reiterated its Buy ratingand also kept the price unchanged to $23.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 13 ’24 when Moore Stephanie Zapata bought 34,714 shares for $80.37 per share.

Crutchfield Lisa bought 335 shares of VST for $29,969 on Jun 10 ’24. The Director now owns 32,186 shares after completing the transaction at $89.46 per share. On Mar 14 ’24, another insider, Kirby Carrie Lee, who serves as the EVP and Chief Admin. Officer of the company, sold 72,748 shares for $62.63 each. As a result, the insider received 4,555,850 and left with 184,201 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 27639480320 and an Enterprise Value of 47126515712. As of this moment, Vistra’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 63.12, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.38. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.83 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 8.91. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.351 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.653.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, VST has reached a high of $107.24, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $29.47. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.93%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 30.30%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, VST has traded an average of 7.62M shares per day and 8130250 over the past ten days. A total of 351.46M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 340.76M. Insiders hold about 0.81% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 93.86% stake in the company. Shares short for VST as of 1722384000 were 9535731 with a Short Ratio of 1.25, compared to 1719532800 on 9903826. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9535731 and a Short% of Float of 3.2099999999999995.

Dividends & Splits

According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for VST is 0.85, from 0.852 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.010928681The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.53.

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