vistra corp. - VST

VST

Close Chg Chg %
124.76 9.15 7.33%

Closed Market

133.91

+9.15 (7.33%)

Volume: 7.37M

Last Updated:

Nov 9, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: vistra corp. - VST

VST Key Data

Open

$128.08

Day Range

125.20 - 134.78

52 Week Range

110.91 - 196.80

Market Cap

$37.89B

Shares Outstanding

335.64M

Public Float

332.50M

Beta

1.38

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

19.06

EPS

$7.47

Yield

73.24%

Dividend

$0.23

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Dec 22, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

7.71M

 

VST Performance

1 Week
 
7.31%
 
1 Month
 
-17.07%
 
3 Months
 
-4.74%
 
1 Year
 
-29.88%
 
5 Years
 
581.53%
 

VST Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 25
Full Ratings ➔

About vistra corp. - VST

Vistra Corp. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of electricity and power generation. It operates through the following segments: Retail, Texas, East, West, and Asset Closure. The Retail segment includes sale of electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The Texas and East segments are involved in electricity generation, wholesale energy sales and purchases, commodity risk management activities, fuel production and fuel logistics management. The West segment represents the company's electricity generation operations in CAISO. The Asset Closure segment refers to the decommissioning and reclamation of retired plants and mines. The company was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

VST At a Glance

Vistra Corp.
6555 Sierra Drive
Irving, Texas 75039
Phone 1-214-812-4600 Revenue 17.92B
Industry Electric Utilities Net Income 944.00M
Sector Utilities 2025 Sales Growth 17.008%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 6,390
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VST Valuation

P/E Current 20.305
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 74.154
Price to Sales Ratio 3.112
Price to Book Ratio 20.809
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 13.70
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 14.871
Enterprise Value to Sales 4.343
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.262

VST Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 2,804,538.341
Income Per Employee 147,730.829
Receivables Turnover 7.715
Total Asset Turnover 0.437

VST Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.777
Quick Ratio 0.691
Cash Ratio 0.069

VST Profitability

Gross Margin 21.891
Operating Margin 12.745
Pretax Margin 6.266
Net Margin 5.268
Return on Assets 2.30
Return on Equity 17.699
Return on Total Capital 3.703
Return on Invested Capital 4.437

VST Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 400.137
Total Debt to Total Capital 80.005
Total Debt to Total Assets 49.085
Long-Term Debt to Equity 616.253
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 63.361
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Annual Financials for Vistra Corp. - VST

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
17.84B 15.54B 15.32B 17.92B
Sales Growth
+35.00% -12.86% -1.46% +17.01%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
14.02B 10.37B 11.68B 14.00B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
1.99B 1.87B 2.63B 2.95B
Depreciation
1.39B 1.34B 1.67B 2.31B
Amortization of Intangibles
606.00M 523.00M 961.00M 638.00M
COGS Growth
+6.61% -26.04% +12.65% +19.80%
Gross Income
3.81B 5.17B 3.63B 3.92B
Gross Income Growth
+6,256.67% +35.58% -29.76% +8.01%
Gross Profit Margin
+21.38% +33.27% +23.71% +21.89%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
1.18B 1.26B 1.47B 1.64B
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
1.18B 1.26B 1.47B 1.64B
SGA Growth
+12.21% +6.97% +16.45% +11.88%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
1.93B (635.00M) (1.13B) 1.03B
EBIT after Unusual Expense
709.00M 4.55B 3.30B 1.25B
Non Operating Income/Expense
(1.42B) (1.80B) 1.26B 949.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
19.00M 86.00M 65.00M 18.00M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
853.00M 749.00M 1.09B 1.07B
Interest Expense Growth
+42.64% -12.19% +46.06% -1.74%
Gross Interest Expense
882.00M 786.00M 1.17B 1.20B
Interest Capitalized
29.00M 37.00M 77.00M 125.00M
Pretax Income
(1.56B) 2.00B 3.47B 1.12B
Pretax Income Growth
+9.41% +228.21% +73.35% -67.61%
Pretax Margin
-8.75% +12.87% +22.64% +6.27%
Income Tax
(350.00M) 508.00M 655.00M 179.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
9.00M 51.00M 48.00M 43.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(359.00M) 457.00M 607.00M 136.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
(1.21B) 1.49B 2.81B 944.00M
Minority Interest Expense
- 17.00M (1.00M) 153.00M
Net Income
(1.23B) 1.49B 2.66B 944.00M
Net Income Growth
+3.69% +221.68% +78.10% -64.50%
Net Margin Growth
-6.88% +9.61% +17.36% +5.27%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
(1.23B) 1.49B 2.66B 944.00M
Preferred Dividends
150.00M 150.00M 192.00M 192.00M
Net Income Available to Common
(1.38B) 1.34B 2.47B 752.00M
EPS (Basic)
-3.2596 3.632 7.1551 2.2175
EPS (Basic) Growth
-21.38% +211.42% +97.00% -69.01%
Basic Shares Outstanding
422.45M 369.77M 344.79M 339.12M
EPS (Diluted)
-3.2596 3.5795 6.9972 2.1756
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-21.38% +209.81% +95.48% -68.91%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
422.45M 375.19M 352.57M 345.66M
EBITDA
4.63B 5.78B 4.80B 5.23B
EBITDA Growth
+368.83% +24.78% -16.99% +9.09%
EBITDA Margin
+25.97% +37.19% +31.33% +29.21%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation BUY Average Target Price 205.00
Number of Ratings 25 Current Quarters Estimate 2.11
FY Report Date 12 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 8.556
Last Quarter’s Earnings 3.23 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 2.188 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 10.041
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 9 6 18 18
Mean Estimate 2.11 1.85 8.56 10.04
High Estimates 2.83 3.16 10.65 12.30
Low Estimate 1.35 0.76 6.15 6.67
Coefficient of Variance 18.96 50.80 13.50 12.98

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 20 21 18
OVERWEIGHT 2 2 2
HOLD 3 1 1
UNDERWEIGHT 0 1 1
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Buy Buy Buy

Insider Actions for Vistra Corp. - VST

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Oct 9, 2026 Kristopher E. Moldovan EVP and CFO 179,044 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $165 per share 29,542,260.00
Oct 8, 2026 Scott A. Hudson EVP & President Vistra Retail 308,915 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $160.14 per share 49,469,648.10
Dec 17, 2025 James A. Burke President and CEO; Director 320,249 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $14.03 per share 4,493,093.47
Dec 17, 2025 James A. Burke President and CEO; Director 297,998 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $162.05 per share 48,290,575.90
Dec 17, 2025 James A. Burke President and CEO; Director 270,253 Bona fide gift 0.00
Dec 17, 2025 James A. Burke President and CEO; Director 298,002 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $14.03 per share 4,180,968.06
Dec 17, 2025 James A. Burke President and CEO; Director 27,750 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Dec 17, 2025 James A. Burke President and CEO; Director 1 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 20, 2025 Carrie Lee Kirby EVP and Chief Admin. Officer 276,514 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $22.98 per share 6,354,291.72
Nov 20, 2025 Carrie Lee Kirby EVP and Chief Admin. Officer 218,239 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $174.75 per share 38,137,265.25
Nov 20, 2025 Carrie Lee Kirby EVP and Chief Admin. Officer N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 20, 2025 Scott A. Hudson EVP & President Vistra Retail 306,600 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $168.86 per share 51,772,476.00
Nov 20, 2025 Scott A. Hudson EVP & President Vistra Retail N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00

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