Stocks of Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) traded higher last session on Wall Street, down -5.00% to $154.52.
VST stock price is now 17.73% away from the 50-day moving average and 70.10% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $49.94B.
With the price target of $178, JP Morgan recently initiated with Overweight rating for Vistra Corp (NYSE: VST). On October 14, 2024, Exane BNP Paribas recently initiated its ‘Outperform’ rating on the stock quoting a target price of $231, while ‘Jefferies’ rates the stock as ‘Buy’
In other news, HUDSON SCOTT A, EVP & President Vistra Retail sold 115,000 shares of the company’s stock on Nov 25 ’24. The stock was sold for $18,878,250 at an average price of $164.16. Upon completion of the transaction, the EVP & President Vistra Retail now directly owns 254,932 shares in the company, valued at $39.39 million. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On Nov 22 ’24, EVP, Pres Wholesale Ops & Dev MUSCATO STEPHEN J sold 207,100 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $33,413,260 was realized by selling the stock at an average price of $161.34. This leaves the insider owning 318,287 shares of the company worth $49.18 million. A total of 0.82% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.
During the past 12 months, Vistra Corp has had a low of $34.70 and a high of $168.67. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.49, a current ratio of 1.11, and a quick ratio of 0.99. The fifty day moving average price for VST is $129.9852 and a two-hundred day moving average price translates $90.29005 for the stock.
The latest earnings results from Vistra Corp (NYSE: VST) was released for 2024-09-30. The net profit margin was 12.02% and return on equity was 37.16% for VST. The company reported revenue of $6.29 billion for the quarter, compared to $4.09 billion a year earlier. Comparatively to last year’s same quarter, the company’s quarterly revenue rose 53.89 percent.
