NYSE:VSTVistra Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Vistra Energy'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 stock has increased by 8.4% and is now trading at $19.28. 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) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.14. The firm earned $2.86 billion during 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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 16th will be given a dividend of $0.135 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $0.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 15th. View Vistra Energy's dividend history.

11 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Vistra Energy's stock. 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 62.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Vistra Energy.

Headlines about VST stock have been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Vistra Energy earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Vistra Energy.

Vistra Energy saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 trading volume, of 4,410,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 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%) 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 Reinhart Partners Inc., 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.

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 $19.28.

Vistra Energy has a market capitalization of $9.42 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]