Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) shares, rose in value on Thursday, November 21, with the stock price up by 7.75% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $166.61.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $154.63, falling within a range of $156.86 and $167.6. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.111 whereas the PE ratio was 31.56 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $157.72, and the low was $34.25. On the whole, VST has fluctuated by 32.11% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Vistra Corp currently standing at about $56.69 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in December. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 0.86, with its dividend yield at 0.52%.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that VST’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the price of VST currently trading nearly 22.42% and 32.51% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 76.16, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 6.08% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 5.41%. Furthermore, Vistra Corp (VST)’s beta value is 1.15, and its average true range (ATR) is 7.94.
A comparison of Vistra Corp (VST) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. VST showed an intraday change of 7.75% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 383.07%%.
Data on historical trading for Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 6.51 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 7.29 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 351.46 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 0.82% of Vistra Corp’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 89.34% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 9.64 million shares as on 2024-10-31, resulting in a short ratio of 1.25. According to the data, the short interest in Vistra Corp (VST) stood at 326.00 of shares outstanding as of 2024-10-31; the number of short shares registered in 2024-09-30 reached 13.73 million. The stock has risen by 332.53% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the VST stock heading into the next quarter.
