Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) Upgraded at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a report published on Saturday.

Other equities research analysts have also issued reports about the company. Zacks Research lowered Vista Energy from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Monday, October 13th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Vista Energy in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on Vista Energy from $57.00 to $50.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Vista Energy has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $59.60.

Vista Energy Price Performance

NYSE:VIST opened at $47.54 on Friday. Vista Energy has a 12 month low of $31.63 and a 12 month high of $61.67. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $37.20 and a two-hundred day moving average of $43.54. The company has a current ratio of 0.62, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98. The firm has a market cap of $4.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 6.99, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 0.97.

Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 22nd. The company reported $1.48 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.24 by $0.24. Vista Energy had a return on equity of 15.92% and a net margin of 32.66%.The company had revenue of $706.14 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $636.68 million. On average, analysts expect that Vista Energy will post 5.74 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vista Energy

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in VIST. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. lifted its holdings in Vista Energy by 14.6% in the first quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 4,950 shares of the company’s stock valued at $230,000 after acquiring an additional 632 shares during the last quarter. Money Concepts Capital Corp lifted its holdings in Vista Energy by 5.1% in the first quarter. Money Concepts Capital Corp now owns 16,896 shares of the company’s stock valued at $787,000 after acquiring an additional 813 shares during the last quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. lifted its holdings in Vista Energy by 19.7% in the first quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 9,599 shares of the company’s stock valued at $447,000 after acquiring an additional 1,577 shares during the last quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd lifted its holdings in Vista Energy by 9.1% in the first quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 768,862 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,798,000 after acquiring an additional 63,834 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SBI Securities Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in Vista Energy by 4.0% in the first quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 42,924 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,999,000 after acquiring an additional 1,654 shares during the last quarter. 63.81% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Vista Energy

Vista Energy, SAB. de C.V., through its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and production of oil and gas in Latin America. The company's principal assets located in Neuquina basin, Argentina and Vaca Muerta. It owns producing assets in Argentina and Mexico. In addition, the company involved in drilling and workover activities located in Argentina.