Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) shares, rose in value on Thursday, December 12, with the stock price down by -0.63% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $145.08.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $146.00, falling within a range of $144.6 and $148.98. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.111 whereas the PE ratio was 27.48 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $168.67, and the low was $36.81. On the whole, VST has fluctuated by 2.05% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Vistra Corp currently standing at about $49.36 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in January. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 0.86, with its dividend yield at 0.60%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 17.26B, with a low estimate of 3.94B and a high estimate of 3.94B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 3.94B.
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 50% 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 -5.42% and 4.35% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 48.28, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 5.30% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 5.44%. Furthermore, Vistra Corp (VST)’s beta value is 1.20, and its average true range (ATR) is 8.21.
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 -0.63% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 288.64%%.
Data on historical trading for Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 4.83 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 7.48 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 340.72 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 1.52% of Vistra Corp’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 88.40% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 8.3 million shares as on 2024-11-29, resulting in a short ratio of 1.33. According to the data, the short interest in Vistra Corp (VST) stood at 284.00 of shares outstanding as of 2024-11-29; the number of short shares registered in 2024-10-31 reached 9.64 million. The stock has risen by 276.64% 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.
