Vistra Corp (VST): Uncovering A True Diamond In The Rough

Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) currently has a daily average trading volume of 8.19M but it saw 4523087 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 52.50B USD, the company’s current market price of $154.72 came rising about 1.74 while comparing to the previous closing price of $152.07. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $199.84 and as low as $66.50.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Goldman which initiated the stock as “Neutral” in its note to investors issued on April 04, 2025, recommending a price target of $134 for it. BofA Securities issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $164 and $152.

Over the week, VST’s stock price is moving 1.75% up while it is 28.93% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 12.22% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 69.07%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in June, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 1.51 while estimate for next year EPS is 6.28. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $6.77B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $20.83B and seeing the company making $21.53B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $4.91B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Vistra Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 340.05M with 0.73% of that held by the insiders while 82.34% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 10.87% and return on equity (ROE) at 46.29%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 24.27 while having a 18.71 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.21. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 22.40 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.41. Its return on asset (ROA) is 6.35% on average.