Analyzing Vistra (VST) Through the Lens of Savvy Investors

By Scott Lee • Friday, December 27 10:12 • Permanent Link

Vistra logged a -4.9% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $137.02 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -1.0%. VST's trading volume is 570,688 compared to the stock's average volume of 6,511,595.

Vistra trades -14.61% away from its average analyst target price of $160.46 per share. The 15 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $52.0 to $231.0, and on average have given Vistra a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying VST should be aware of the facts below:

Vistra's current price is 306.0% above its Graham number of $33.75, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Vistra has moved 274.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 26.6%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 5.3, Vistra has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.9 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
VST has a forward P/E ratio of 19.9 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $6.9 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 15.75 compared to its sector average of 2.2
Vistra Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company.
Based in Irving, the company has 4,870 full time employees and a market cap of $46.62 Billion. Vistra currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.6%.

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