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 2 hold ratings and 5 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 decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,800,000 shares, a decrease of 22.6% from the March 15th total of 8,790,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,280,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.1 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Vistra is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 18th 2021.
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Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 5th. The company reported ($4.21) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($2.33) by $1.88. Vistra had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.57% and a net margin of 4.98%.
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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. Since then, VST shares have decreased by 10.1% and is now trading at $16.00.
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Vistra announced 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.75%. 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 3.67%. Vistra does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Vistra is 28.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Vistra will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.00% next year. This indicates that Vistra will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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7 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Vistra's stock. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $31.00. On average, they anticipate Vistra's share price to reach $24.43 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 52.7% from the stock's current price.
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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. (5.90%), LSV Asset Management (2.30%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.37%), Sound Shore Management Inc CT (1.35%), River Road Asset Management LLC (1.29%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.16%). Company insiders that own Vistra stock include Arcilia Acosta, Brian K Ferraioli, Brookfield Asset Management In, Bruce Zimmerman, 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, Prudential Financial Inc., Strs Ohio, Beach Investment Counsel Inc. PA, Los Angeles Capital Management LLC, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Ensign Peak Advisors Inc, and Natixis Advisors L.P..
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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, State of Michigan Retirement System, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Great Lakes Advisors LLC, LSV Asset Management, Terril Brothers Inc., and Victory Capital Management Inc.. 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, 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 $16.00.

Vistra has a market capitalization of $7.71 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]