Vistra Corp (NYSE: VST): Blank Check For Growth?

Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) shares, rose in value, with the stock price down by -0.06% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $126.87.

Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $126.94. The PE ratio was 17.95 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $199.84, and the low was $56.92. On the whole, VST has fluctuated by -24.72% over the past month.

With the market capitalization of Vistra Corp currently standing at about $43.00 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in April. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 0.87, with its dividend yield at 0.69%.

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 Hold on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a Hold.

The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 1.93, with the price of VST currently trading nearly -17.26% and -19.52% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 34.68, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 11.16% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 7.13%. Furthermore, Vistra Corp (VST)’s beta value is 1.20, and its average true range (ATR) is 11.93.

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 -0.06% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 132.79%%. In comparison, NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE) has moved lower at -0.52%% on the day and was up 26.92% over the past 12 months. On the other hand, the price of Southern Co. (SO) has fallen -1.38%% on the day. The stock, however, is off 29.27% from where it was a year ago. Additionally, there is a loss of -1.76%% for American Electric Power Co. Inc. (AEP) in last trading while the stock has seen an overall depriciation of 23.20%% over the past year.

Data on historical trading for Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 8.12 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 339.75 million shares outstanding.

Nearly 0.92% of Vistra Corp’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 85.24% of the company’s shares. The stock has fallen by -7.98% 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.

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