The Week Ahead: Are Investors Really Too Optimistic About Vistra Corp (NYSE: VST)

Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) currently has a daily average trading volume of 7.60M but it saw 4536101 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 43.33B USD, the company’s current market price of $126.11 came rising about 0.86 while comparing to the previous closing price of $125.04. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $143.87 and as low as $31.43. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $123.13 while lowest mark touched by it was $128.6999.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the JP Morgan which initiated the stock as “Overweight” in its note to investors issued on October 17, 2024, recommending a price target of $178 for it. Jefferies also issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $99.

Over the week, VST’s stock price is moving -7.06% down while it is 12.20% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 227.39% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 295.45%.

Currently, Vistra Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 351.46M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 2.41% and return on equity (ROE) at 11.83%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 98.94 while having a 18.96 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.12. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 13.97 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.87. Its return on asset (ROA) is 1.86% on average.