Vistra Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vistra in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating 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 decline in short interest in 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 presently 1.9 days. Currently, 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 Friday, February 26th 2021.
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Vistra will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 26th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The company reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.87 by $0.64. The company earned $3.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.21 billion. Vistra had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.57% and a net margin of 4.98%. Vistra's revenue was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.61 EPS.
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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 stock has increased by 34.0% and is now trading at $23.83.
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Vistra announced 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 15th.
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Vistra pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.31%. 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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6 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Vistra's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $34.00. On average, they anticipate Vistra's stock price to reach $27.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.7% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to Vistra include American Electric Power (AEP), Eversource Energy (ES), CLP (CLPHY), DTE Energy (DTE), EDP - Energias de Portugal (EDPFY), Edison International (EIX), PPL (PPL), SSE (SSEZY), FirstEnergy (FE), Fortis (FTS), Entergy (ETR), Avangrid (AGR), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNABY) 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.84%), Boston Partners (4.37%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.49%), Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC (1.05%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.05%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (0.86%). 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Principal Financial Group Inc., BlackRock Inc., Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, Morgan Stanley, Ossiam, Schroder Investment Management Group, and Renaissance Technologies LLC. 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 $23.83.

Vistra has a market capitalization of $11.66 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]