Vistra Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vistra in the last year. There are currently 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Vistra stock.
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Vistra saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,120,000 shares, a drop of 15.6% from the June 30th total of 13,170,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,250,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Approximately 2.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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Vistra is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 5th 2021.
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Vistra will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, August 5th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The company reported $0.23 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.87 by $0.64. The company had revenue of $3.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.21 billion. Vistra had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.81% and a negative net margin of 12.41%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.61 EPS.
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Vistra's stock was trading at $17.79 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VST shares have increased by 5.5% and is now trading at $18.77.
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Vistra declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 28th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 16th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Thursday, September 30th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.20%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 15th.
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Vistra pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.16%. Vistra does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Vistra is 40.54%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Vistra will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.39% next year. This indicates that Vistra will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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8 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Vistra's shares. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $31.00. On average, they expect Vistra's stock price to reach $25.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 33.2% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to Vistra include Eversource Energy (ES), CLP (CLPHY), DTE Energy (DTE), PPL (PPL), Fortis (FTS), SSE (SSEZY), EDP - Energias de Portugal (EDPFY), Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), Avangrid (AGR), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNABY) and Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR).
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Vistra trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VST."

Vistra's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Michigan Retirement System (1.23%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.14%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.38%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.30%), Terril Brothers Inc. (0.26%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.20%). Company insiders that own Vistra stock include Arcilia Acosta, Brian K Ferraioli, Brookfield Asset Management In, Curtis A Morgan, David A Campbell, James A Burke, Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, Paul M Barbas and Scott B Helm.
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VST stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Beach Investment Counsel Inc. PA, Alliancebernstein L.P., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Transform Wealth LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Dupont Capital Management Corp, Russell Investments Group Ltd., and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund.
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VST stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Michigan Retirement System, Terril Brothers Inc., Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd., Bfsg LLC, TIAA FSB, Avestar Capital LLC, Camelot Portfolios LLC, and Alpha Cubed Investments LLC. Company insiders that have bought Vistra stock in the last two years include Arcilia Acosta, Brian K Ferraioli, Curtis A Morgan, David A Campbell, James A Burke, Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, Paul M Barbas, and Scott B Helm.
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Shares of VST can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of VST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.77.

Vistra has a market capitalization of $9.05 billion and generates $11.44 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $636 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.48 on an earnings per share basis.

Vistra employs 5,365 workers across the globe.

The official website for Vistra is www.vistraenergy.com.

Vistra is headquartered at 6555 Sierra Drive, Irving TX, 75039.

Vistra's mailing address is 6555 Sierra Drive, Irving TX, 75039. The company can be reached via phone at (214) 812-4600 or via email at [email protected]