Vistra Stock Forecast, Price & News

Vistra's stock was trading at $17.79 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VST stock has increased by 8.9% and is now trading at $19.37.
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6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vistra in the last year. There are currently 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Vistra is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 26th 2021.
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Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 4th. The company reported $1.02 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.62. The business earned $3.55 billion during the quarter. Vistra had a return on equity of 8.57% and a net margin of 4.98%.
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Vistra declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 16th will be given a dividend of $0.135 per share on Wednesday, December 30th. This represents a $0.54 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.79%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 15th.
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6 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Vistra's stock. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $36.00. On average, they expect Vistra's share price to reach $29.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 54.0% from the stock's current price.
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Vistra saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 9,180,000 shares, an increase of 19.4% from the September 30th total of 7,690,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,290,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Vistra include Eversource Energy (ES), DTE Energy (DTE), Edison International (EIX), CLP (CLPHY), PPL (PPL), Entergy (ETR), SSE (SSEZY), EDP - Energias de Portugal (EDPFY), Fortis (FTS), Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNABY), Avangrid (AGR), FirstEnergy (FE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Korea Electric Power (KEP) and Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP).
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Vistra trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VST."

Vistra's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.52%), Boston Partners (4.30%), LSV Asset Management (2.12%), State Street Corp (1.95%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (1.29%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.19%). Company insiders that own Vistra stock include Arcilia Acosta, Brookfield Asset Management In, Bruce Zimmerman, Curtis A Morgan, David A Campbell, Elizabeth Christine Dobry, J William Holden III, James A Burke, Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, Scott B Helm, Stephanie Zapata Moore and Stephen J Muscato.
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VST stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Apollo Management Holdings L.P., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Glendon Capital Management LP, AQR Capital Management LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Natixis, and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA.
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VST stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., Boston Partners, Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Guyasuta Investment Advisors Inc., LSV Asset Management, and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. Company insiders that have bought Vistra stock in the last two years include Arcilia Acosta, Bruce Zimmerman, Curtis A Morgan, David A Campbell, James A Burke, Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, 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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of VST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.37.

Vistra has a market capitalization of $9.47 billion and generates $11.81 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $928 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.07 on an earnings per share basis. Vistra employs 5,475 workers across the globe.

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

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]