Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) shares, rose in value on Friday, January 03, with the stock price up by 5.86% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $158.43.
Actively observing the price movement in the recent trading, the stock is buoying the session at $149.66, falling within a range of $151.66 and $160.635. The value of beta (5-year monthly) is 1.111 whereas the PE ratio is 30.01 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $168.67, and the low was $37.77. On the whole, VST has fluctuated by 2.77% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Vistra Corp currently standing at about $53.90 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in February. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 0.87, with its dividend yield at 0.55%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 17.25B, 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 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 PEG ratio is about N/A, with the price of VST currently trading nearly 9.42% and 11.07% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 62.09, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 4.52% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 4.68%. Furthermore, Vistra Corp (VST)’s beta value is 1.22, and its average true range (ATR) is 7.54.
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 5.86% in today’s session so far, and over the past year, it grew by 314.95%%.
Data on historical trading for Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 4.53 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 6.31 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 340.72 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 1.50% of Vistra Corp’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 88.46% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 7.25 million shares as on 2024-12-13, resulting in a short ratio of 1.43. According to the data, the short interest in Vistra Corp (VST) stood at 248.00 of shares outstanding as of 2024-12-13; the number of short shares registered in 2024-11-15 reached 8.73 million. The stock has risen by 14.91% 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.
