VST (VST) Stock

About VST

VST is led by CEO James A. Burke, employs 6,850 people, headquartered in Irving, US, publicly traded since 2016.

VST stock trades at $137.36 with a market capitalization of $46.32B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.91, price-to-book of 19.98, price-to-sales of 3.22. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $132.66 and $219.82, and currently trades 37.5% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.58%.

On profitability, VST generates a return on equity (ROE) of 42.90% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 26.13%, an operating margin of 2.07%, a net profit margin of 13.82%.

In its most recent fiscal year, VST reported annual revenue of $17.0B, net profit of $944.0M, revenue has compounded at 8.9% a year over the last five years, profit at 8.2% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.56 — a leveraged balance sheet worth monitoring, a current ratio of 0.78, total assets of $41.5B, $816.0M in cash and equivalents.

VST has a beta of 1.41 (more volatile than the overall market).