Vistra Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vistra in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Vistra stock.
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Vistra saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 14th, there was short interest totaling 13,430,000 shares, an increase of 30.5% from the April 29th total of 10,290,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,920,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 3.0% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Vistra is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 4th 2021.
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Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 5th. The company reported ($4.21) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($2.33) by $1.88. Vistra had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.81% and a negative net margin of 12.41%.
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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 shares have increased by 0.7% and is now trading at $17.92.
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Vistra declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 29th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 16th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Wednesday, June 30th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 15th.
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Vistra pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.43%. 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 34.88% next year. This indicates that Vistra will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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7 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Vistra's shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $31.00. On average, they anticipate Vistra's stock price to reach $23.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.1% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to Vistra include Eversource Energy (ES), DTE Energy (DTE), CLP (CLPHY), SSE (SSEZY), EDP - Energias de Portugal (EDPFY), PPL (PPL), Fortis (FTS), Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), Avangrid (AGR), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Korea Electric Power (KEP) and Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNABY).
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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 Oaktree Capital Management LP (6.21%), BlackRock Inc. (5.90%), LSV Asset Management (2.30%), Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP (2.29%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.63%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.40%). 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 Boston Partners, Franklin Resources Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Prudential Financial Inc., Highland Capital Management LP, Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, and D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc..
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VST stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sound Shore Management Inc CT, River Road Asset Management LLC, Zimmer Partners LP, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, State of Michigan Retirement System, ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd, Morgan Stanley, and Silver Point Capital L.P.. 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 $17.92.

Vistra has a market capitalization of $8.64 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]