NYSE:VSTVistra Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Vistra Energy's stock was trading at $17.79 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VST stock has increased by 7.6% and is now trading at $19.15. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vistra Energy in the last year. There are currently 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Vistra Energy.

Vistra Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Vistra Energy.

Vistra Energy Corp (NYSE:VST) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $2.86 billion for the quarter. Vistra Energy had a net margin of 6.45% and a return on equity of 10.84%. View Vistra Energy's earnings history.

Vistra Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.135 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $0.54 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 15th. View Vistra Energy's dividend history.

11 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Vistra Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $37.00. On average, they expect Vistra Energy's share price to reach $31.27 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 63.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Vistra Energy.

Press coverage about VST stock has been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Vistra Energy earned a news sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Vistra Energy.

Vistra Energy saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 12,260,000 shares, an increase of 6.6% from the June 15th total of 11,500,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,410,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 2.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View Vistra Energy's Current Options Chain.

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Vistra Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VST."

Vistra Energy's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.24%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.09%), Exane Derivatives (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%) and Wiley BROS. Aintree Capital LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Vistra Energy stock include Apollo Management Holdings Gp,, Arcilia Acosta, Brookfield Asset Management In, Bruce Zimmerman, Carrie Lee Kirby, Curtis A Morgan, David A Campbell, Elizabeth Christine Dobry, Hilary E Ackermann, J William Holden III, James A Burke, Sara Graziano, Scott B Helm, Stephanie Zapata Moore and Stephen J Muscato. View institutional ownership trends for Vistra Energy.

VST stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Reinhart Partners Inc., Exane Derivatives, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, and Wiley BROS. Aintree Capital LLC. Company insiders that have sold Vistra Energy company stock in the last year include Brookfield Asset Management In, Curtis A Morgan, and James A Burke. View insider buying and selling activity for Vistra Energy.

VST stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Arden Trust Co, and IBM Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have bought Vistra Energy stock in the last two years include Arcilia Acosta, Bruce Zimmerman, David A Campbell, James A Burke, and Scott B Helm. View insider buying and selling activity for Vistra Energy.

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 $19.15.

Vistra Energy has a market capitalization of $9.36 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 Energy employs 5,475 workers across the globe.

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

Vistra Energy'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]