Vistra Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vistra in the last twelve months. There are currently 7 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 decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 6,900,000 shares, a decline of 18.9% from the January 14th total of 8,510,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,680,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.5% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Vistra is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 3rd 2021.
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Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST) issued its quarterly 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 trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.57% and a net margin of 4.98%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous 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 (WHO). Since then, VST shares have decreased by 6.1% and is now trading at $16.70.
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Vistra announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Wednesday, March 31st. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 16th. This is an increase from Vistra's previous quarterly dividend of $0.14.
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Vistra pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.13%. Vistra does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Vistra is 26.09%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Vistra will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.00% next year. This indicates that Vistra will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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7 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Vistra's shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $33.00. On average, they anticipate Vistra's stock price to reach $27.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 61.7% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to Vistra include Eversource Energy (ES), CLP (CLPHY), EDP - Energias de Portugal (EDPFY), DTE Energy (DTE), Edison International (EIX), PPL (PPL), SSE (SSEZY), Fortis (FTS), FirstEnergy (FE), Entergy (ETR), Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNABY), Avangrid (AGR), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP) and CenterPoint Energy (CNP).
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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. (5.84%), Boston Partners (4.37%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.49%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.28%), Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC (1.05%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.05%). Company insiders that own Vistra stock include Arcilia Acosta, Brian K Ferraioli, 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Wells Fargo & Company MN, First Trust Advisors LP, Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc..
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VST stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Principal Financial Group Inc., Norges Bank, BlackRock Inc., Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, Morgan Stanley, Ossiam, and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. Company insiders that have bought Vistra stock in the last two years include Arcilia Acosta, Brian K Ferraioli, 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 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 $16.70.

Vistra has a market capitalization of $8.17 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 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]