With 10.71 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 8.48 million shares. The 52-week range on VST shows that it touched its highest point at $199.84 and its lowest point at $57.50 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $184.97. With its current market cap of 38.76 billion, VST has annualized dividend of $0.87 while the current yield stands at 0.76%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.26.
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 -9.91%, but this was down by -31.48% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -28.92% while six-month performance rose 55.17%. The stock gained 85.41% in the past year, while it has lost -17.05% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VST yields 7.07 with Next year EPS estimates of 7.82. For the next quarter, that number is 1.40. This implies an EPS growth rate of -9.06% for this year and 23.12% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 9.17% 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, 339.75 million VST shares are outstanding with a float of 334.77 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 $1.55 and the low estimate is $0.8. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.17.
