Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V ADR (NYSE:VIST) finished Friday with a subtraction of -$0.71 to close at $30.39, a downside of -2.28 percent. An average of 963,840 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a gain of $2.98 in the past week, and it reached a new high 55 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 666,995 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 611,058.
VIST stock has increased by 12.85% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $24.38 on 09/08/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 09/29/23, shares of the company touched a low of $9.13 and a high of $31.26 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 41 times so far this year and achieved 94.06% or $14.73 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -2.78% from the 52-week high.
Valuation Metrics
Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V ADR (VIST) has a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 9.17. The stock’s beta is 2.02. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 2.40, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 2.83, and the price-to-cash flow ratio at 19.62.
Financial Health
The quick ratio of Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V ADR for the three months ended June 29 was 1.05, and the current ratio was 1.07, indicating that the company is able to meet its debt obligations. Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 0.64 and a total debt to equity ratio of 0.71 for the quarter ending June 29. Its gross profit as reported stood at $529.15 million compared to revenue of $1.14 billion.
For investors, determining the potential profitability of the investment also depends on the performance of the company’s management. In the past 12 months, Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V ADR’s return on assets was 15.90%.
Earnings Surprise
The analyst consensus anticipated Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V ADR’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $0.87 per share, but it turned out to be $0.52, a -40.20% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to $145.62 million.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V ADR (VIST) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 29 September was 71.89%, suggesting the stock is Overbought, with historical volatility in this time frame at 54.86%.
As of today, VIST’s price is $29.35 +10.87% or $2.98 from its 5-day moving average. VIST is currently trading +13.40% higher than its 20-day SMA and +44.51% higher than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is +16.57% above the SMA50 and +153.25% above the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 90.90% and 86.52%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 1.38. With the 14-day stochastic at 80.76% and the average true range at 1.29, the RSI (14) stands at 68.55%. The stock has reached 2.18 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at 2.72.
Analyst Ratings
Jefferies launched coverage on Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V ADR (NYSE: VIST) in its analyst report released on September 21, 2023. The firm assigned the stock a Buy rating. The consensus rating for Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V ADR (VIST) among analysts is Buy. According to current brokerage recommendations, 0 brokerage firms advise that investors sell VIST, while 0 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 0 analysts, while 5 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is VIST’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $32.50 and $57.00, with a median target of $41.85. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V ADR (VIST) stock is $43.30.
