10 Best Performing Nuclear Energy Stocks According to Analysts

4. Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST)

Number of Hedge Fund Holdings: 102

5-Yr./Post Listing Share Price Performance: 790%

Analyst Upside: 46%

Nuclear power generation firm Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST) saw BMO Capital adjust its share price target earlier this month. On March 2nd, BMO raised the share price target to $241 from $240 and kept an Outperform rating on the shares. The coverage followed Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST)’s fiscal fourth quarter earnings report. The power generation firm’s nuclear projects and free cash flow were some of the factors that BMO discussed in the coverage. It outlined that Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST)’s 1.8-gigawatt nuclear facility was experiencing increased customer interest and added that the firm possessed a strong ability to generate free cash flow.

After Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST)’s latest financials, Wells Fargo had also discussed the firm. It had trimmed the share price target to $234 from $236 and kept an Overweight rating. The bank pointed out that the power generation company’s earnings beat and guidance had met expectations. Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST) is making key inroads into providing data centers with nuclear power as the firm has signed power purchase agreements with tech giants Amazon and Meta.

Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST) is a power generation company with a 44,000 megawatt generation portfolio comprised of nuclear, coal, solar, gas, and other sources.