With 13.5 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 7.24 million shares. The 52-week range on VST shows that it touched its highest point at $199.84 and its lowest point at $48.22 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $188.54. With its current market cap of 46.92 billion, VST has annualized dividend of $0.87 while the current yield stands at 0.63%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.22.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of VST was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -18.53%, but this was down by -27.83% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -10.81% while six-month performance rose 65.57%. The stock gained 189.63% in the past year, while it has gained 0.04% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VST yields 5.28 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.74. For the next quarter, that number is 2.22. This implies an EPS growth rate of 59.69% for this year and 15.40% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 340.72 million VST shares are outstanding with a float of 337.34 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for VST since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $6.27949 being high and $5.00409 being low. For VST, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.68647. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.94 and the low estimate is $1.34. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.64.
