Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V ADR (NYSE:VIST) saw a downside of -0.51% to close Friday at $27.41 after subtracting -$0.14 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 538,720 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $28.64 in the past week and touched a new high 3 times within the past 5 days. An average of 563,555 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 670,736.
VIST’s 1-month performance is 4.46% or $2.19 on its low of $24.38 reached on 09/08/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $8.37 and high of $28.37, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 09/22/23. YTD, VIST has achieved 75.03% or $11.75 and has reached a new high 38 times. However, the current price is down -3.40% from the 52-week high price.
Valuation Metrics
VIST stock has a beta of 2.08. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 2.16 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 2.55, with the price to cash flow ratio at 17.70.
Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V ADR’s quick ratio for the period ended June 29 was 1.05, with the current ratio over the same period at 1.07. As well, the company’s long term debt to equity for the quarter ending June 29 was 0.64, while the total debt to equity was 0.71. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 54.48%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is 64.69% while for the period ending June 29, Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V ADR’s operating margin was 43.17%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $529.15 million against revenue of $1.14 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending June 29 this year, Net income and sales went down compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Analysts expected VIST to announce $0.87 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $0.52, representing a -40.20% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than $145.62 million. VIST stock balance sheet for the quarter ending June 29 shows that total liabilities totaled 1.33 billion, with total debt at $719.5 million.
Let’s look briefly at Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V ADR (VIST) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 22 September was 59.11% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 34.73%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $27.40, reflecting a +0.85% or $0.23 change from its current price. VIST is currently trading +5.95% above its 20-day SMA, +37.53% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by +0.07% and SMA200 by+104.55%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 72.02% and 72.63% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 1.11. The RSI (14) points at 57.83%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 71.13% with the period’s ATR at 1.11. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at 0.25 and 0.91 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V ADR (NYSE: VIST), Jefferies launched coverage with a Buy rating. Analysts offering their rating for VIST stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Buy. Currently, 0 brokerage advisors rate VIST as a “sell,”, while 0 advise that investors “Hold.” 0 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 0 rates the stock as overweight while 5 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is VIST’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $31.00 and a high of $40.00, with their median price target at $36.10. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V ADR (VIST) stock is $35.80.
