With 7.82 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 7.06 million shares. The 52-week range on VST shows that it touched its highest point at $199.84 and its lowest point at $66.50 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $180.32. With its current market cap of 55.87 billion, VST has annualized dividend of $0.88 while the current yield stands at 0.54%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.24.
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 -6.45%, but this was up by 21.29% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 43.98% while six-month performance rose 2.34%. The stock gained 90.88% in the past year, while it has gained 19.42% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VST yields 6.38 with Next year EPS estimates of 8.44. For the next quarter, that number is 1.62. This implies an EPS growth rate of -10.85% for this year and 35.60% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.74% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 30.39%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 340.05 million VST shares are outstanding with a float of 336.23 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 $6.45416 being high and $5.14329 being low. For VST, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.84465. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $4.63 and the low estimate is $2.07. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.81.
