Shares of Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST – Get Free Report) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the eight research firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $125.50.
VST has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating and set a $146.00 price target (up previously from $125.00) on shares of Vistra in a research note on Friday, October 4th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price target on Vistra from $99.00 to $137.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 24th. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on Vistra from $110.00 to $132.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, September 23rd. Royal Bank of Canada increased their target price on shares of Vistra from $105.00 to $141.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 3rd. Finally, Guggenheim upped their price objective on shares of Vistra from $133.00 to $177.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 8th.
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Vistra Stock Performance
VST stock opened at $125.29 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $43.04 billion, a PE ratio of 92.13 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a current ratio of 0.98, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.89. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $94.21 and a 200-day moving average price of $86.93. Vistra has a 1-year low of $31.40 and a 1-year high of $143.87.
Vistra (NYSE:VST – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 8th. The company reported $0.90 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.59 by ($0.69). Vistra had a net margin of 4.61% and a return on equity of 21.05%. The company had revenue of $3.85 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.04 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.03 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Vistra will post 4.7 earnings per share for the current year.
Vistra Increases Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Investors of record on Friday, September 20th were paid a dividend of $0.2195 per share. This is a boost from Vistra’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 20th. Vistra’s dividend payout ratio is presently 64.71%.
Vistra Company Profile
Vistra Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company. The company operates through six segments: Retail, Texas, East, West, Sunset, and Asset Closure. It retails electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across states in the United States and the District of Columbia.
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