Stocks of Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) traded higher last session on Wall Street, up 8.49% to $162.36.
VST stock price is now 13.76% away from the 50-day moving average and 59.31% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $59.93B.
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, HELM SCOTT B, Director sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock on Dec 10 ’24. The stock was sold for $2,795,380 at an average price of $139.77. Upon completion of the transaction, the Director now directly owns 343,350 shares in the company, valued at $55.75 million. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On Dec 10 ’24, Director HELM SCOTT B bought 40,000 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $5,602,610 was incurred on buying the stock at an average price of $140.07. A total of 1.50% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.
During the past 12 months, Vistra Corp has had a low of $37.77 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 $142.718 and a two-hundred day moving average price translates $101.9134 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.
