Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) shares, rose in value on Wednesday, February 12, with the stock price down by -0.60% 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 $167.61, falling within a range of $161.07 and $170.98. 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 $199.84, and the low was $42.22. On the whole, VST has fluctuated by 2.76% 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 March. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 0.87, 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 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 PEG ratio is about 0.98, with the price of VST currently trading nearly -2.09% and 5.18% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 50.98, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 4.95% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 6.89%. Furthermore, Vistra Corp (VST)’s beta value is 1.20, and its average true range (ATR) is 11.38.
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 -0.60% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 285.40%%.
Data on historical trading for Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 8.92 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 6.95 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 340.72 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 1.36% of Vistra Corp’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 88.69% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 8.17 million shares as on 2025-01-31, resulting in a short ratio of 0.79. According to the data, the short interest in Vistra Corp (VST) stood at 280.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-01-31; the number of short shares registered in 2024-12-31 reached 9.5 million. The stock has risen by 20.85% 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.
