In a report released today, James Thalacker from BMO Capital reiterated a Buy rating on Vistra Energy (VST – Research Report), with a price target of $43.00. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $34.67.
According to TipRanks, Thalacker is a 3-star analyst with an average return of 2.1% and a 47.03% success rate. Thalacker covers the Utilities sector, focusing on stocks such as CMS Energy, DTE Energy, and Dominion Energy.
The word on The Street in general, suggests a Strong Buy analyst consensus rating for Vistra Energy with a $38.43 average price target, implying a 10.85% upside from current levels. In a report released yesterday, Bank of America Securities also reiterated a Buy rating on the stock with a $44.00 price target.
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The company has a one-year high of $36.50 and a one-year low of $20.71. Currently, Vistra Energy has an average volume of 5.27M.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 56 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of VST in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in August 2023, Kirby Carrie Lee, the EVP and Chief Admin. Officer of VST sold 149,421.00 shares for a total of $4,525,962.09.
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Vistra Energy (VST) Company Description:
Vistra Energy Corp. operates as an energy company, which engages in the provision of electricity and power generation. Its portfolio of businesses includes TXU Energy and Luminant. It operates through the following segments: Retail, ERCOT, PJM, NY/NE, MISO, Asset Closure, and Corporate and Other. The Retail segment sells electricity and related services to residential, commercial and industrial customers. The ERCOT, PJM, NY/NE, and MISO segments relate to electricity generation, wholesale energy sales and purchases, commodity risk management activities, and fuel production and logistics management. The Asset Closure segment involves in the decommissioning and reclamation of retired plants and mines. The Corporate and Other represents the remaining non-segment operations. The company was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.
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