NYSE:VSTOVista Outdoor Stock Price, Forecast & News

Vista Outdoor's stock was trading at $4.80 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VSTO shares have increased by 102.3% and is now trading at $9.71. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vista Outdoor in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Vista Outdoor.

Vista Outdoor is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 13th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Vista Outdoor.

Vista Outdoor Inc (NYSE:VSTO) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The company reported $0.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.07 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $426.31 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $454.89 million. Vista Outdoor had a positive return on equity of 2.52% and a negative net margin of 8.83%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 17.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.01 EPS. View Vista Outdoor's earnings history.

Vista Outdoor updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 7th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of ($0.05) to $0.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.08. The company issued revenue guidance of $370 million to $400 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $470.90 million.

4 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Vista Outdoor's stock. Their forecasts range from $6.50 to $12.00. On average, they expect Vista Outdoor's share price to reach $9.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Vista Outdoor.

Media coverage about VSTO stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog 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. Vista Outdoor earned a news impact score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutVista Outdoor.

Vista Outdoor saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,100,000 shares, a decrease of 12.9% from the April 30th total of 2,410,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,010,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Approximately 3.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Vista Outdoor's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Vista Outdoor include Axon Enterprise (AAXN), Sturm Ruger & Company Inc (RGR), National Presto Industries (NPK), American Outdoor Brands (AOBC) and Dewey Electronics (DEWY). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Vista Outdoor investors own include CA (CA), BlackRock (BLK), Endologix (ELGX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), AutoZone (AZO), Precision Drilling (PD), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Accenture (ACN) and Designer Brands (DBI).

Vista Outdoor trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VSTO."

Vista Outdoor's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.09%), State Street Corp (3.10%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.41%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.24%), Invesco Ltd. (0.98%) and Acadian Asset Management LLC (0.91%). Company insiders that own Vista Outdoor stock include Christopher T Metz and Miguel A Lopez. View institutional ownership trends for Vista Outdoor.

VSTO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Deutsche Bank AG, Morgan Stanley, Two Sigma Investments LP, BlackRock Inc., Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd, Spark Investment Management LLC, and Bogle Investment Management L P DE. View insider buying and selling activity for Vista Outdoor.

VSTO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Acadian Asset Management LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., JPMorgan Chase & Co., State Street Corp, AQR Capital Management LLC, ClariVest Asset Management LLC, and Mackenzie Financial Corp. Company insiders that have bought Vista Outdoor stock in the last two years include Christopher T Metz, and Miguel A Lopez. View insider buying and selling activity for Vista Outdoor.

Shares of VSTO 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 VSTO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.71.

Vista Outdoor has a market capitalization of $562.01 million and generates $1.76 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-155,080,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.24 on an earnings per share basis. Vista Outdoor employs 5,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for Vista Outdoor is www.vistaoutdoor.com.

Vista Outdoor's mailing address is 1 VISTA WAY, ANOKA MN, 55303. The company can be reached via phone at 763-433-1000 or via email at [email protected]