Vistra Corp. VST SPXR3KAI
Company Overview
Vistra Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company in the United States. The company operates through five segments: Retail, Texas, East, West, and Asset Closure. The company retails electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across states in the United States and the District of Columbia. It is also involved in electricity generation, wholesale energy purchases and sales, commodity risk management, fuel procurement, and fuel logistics management activities. In addition, the company engages in decommissioning and reclamation of retired generation facilities, including mines, and battery removal and remediation activities. It serves approximately 5 million customers with a generation capacity of approximately 44,000 megawatts with a portfolio of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company was formerly known as Vistra Energy Corp. and changed its name to Vistra Corp. in July 2020. Vistra Corp. was founded in 1882 and is based in Irving, Texas.
Why Investors Should Care
Generates a return on equity of 42.9%, reflecting efficient use of shareholder capital.
Revenue has grown at a 18.4% CAGR over the past five years.
Operating margin of 26.6% supports profitability.
Recent Developments
- Dec 2025 Revenue of $17.74B (+3.0% YoY); net profit $944.00M.
- Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue +43.4%, earnings -64.5%.
- 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR 18.4%, profit CAGR 0.3%.
Growth & Price Performance
Compounded Sales Growth
| 5 Years: | 18.43% |
| 1 Year: | 43.40% |
Compounded Profit Growth
| 5 Years: | 0.34% |
| 1 Year: | -64.50% |
Stock Price Performance
| 1 Year: | -26.89% |
| 6 Months: | -5.63% |
| 3 Months: | +0.50% |
| 1 Month: | +5.60% |
Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.
Texas/PJM merchant generation and nuclear (Comanche Peak) supplying AI demand.
- Power generation for AI demand Vistra owns a large nuclear and gas generation fleet positioned to supply rising electricity demand from AI data centres.
- Nuclear baseload (Comanche Peak) Its nuclear assets provide carbon-free firm power attractive to data-centre customers.
- Retail + generation integration An integrated model lets Vistra optimise power sales into a tightening market.
- An 'AI power' play — generation fleet leveraged to data-centre electricity demand; ROE ~43%.
- Strong ~43% revenue growth as power markets tighten.
- Nuclear and gas baseload suit 24/7 AI compute needs.
- Power-price volatility and regulatory factors are key risks.
Curated from public filings and analyst commentary; figures are illustrative.
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PROS
- Strong return on equity of 42.9%.
- Compounding revenue at 18.4% over 5 years.
CONS
- Trading 31.2% below its 52-week high.
- In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.
Valuation
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Profitability & Returns
Balance Sheet & Liquidity
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Financial Snapshot
Peer comparison
Peer companies in the same sector (Utilities).
| # | Name | CMP $ | P/E | Mkt Cap | Div Yld % | ROCE % | ROE % | Rev CAGR 5Y % | Profit CAGR 5Y % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VST Vistra Corp. SPXR3KAI | 149.30 | 25.09 | $50.34B | 0.65% | 7.18% | 42.90% | 18.43% | 0.34% |
| 2 | NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. SPXR3K | 83.43 | 18.75 | $174.00B | 2.95% | 4.36% | 11.68% | 4.12% | 8.76% |
| 3 | CEG Constellation Energy Corporation NDXSPXR3KAI | 298.96 | 29.20 | $106.76B | 0.65% | 6.26% | 15.06% | 5.18% | 31.53% |
| 4 | SO The Southern Company SPXR3K | 88.11 | 21.23 | $101.36B | 3.27% | 5.25% | 11.48% | 3.71% | 5.23% |
| 5 | DUK Duke Energy Corporation SPXR3K | 120.22 | 18.11 | $93.74B | 3.50% | 4.94% | 9.86% | 5.53% | 6.88% |
| 6 | AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. NDXSPXR3K | 124.50 | 21.58 | $67.78B | 3.03% | 5.32% | 10.13% | 2.93% | 7.23% |
| 7 | D Dominion Energy, Inc. SPXR3K | 65.84 | 22.78 | $57.91B | 4.00% | 4.19% | 8.28% | 0.61% | 0.93% |
| 8 | SRE Sempra SPXR3K | 84.04 | 24.36 | $54.95B | 3.12% | 3.46% | 6.68% | 3.05% | 3.18% |
| 9 | ETR Entergy Corporation SPXR3K | 107.27 | 27.43 | $50.06B | 2.40% | 5.00% | 10.25% | 1.44% | 2.17% |
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios
Quarterly Results
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2016 | Mar 2017 | Jun 2017 | Sep 2017 | Mar 2018 | Jun 2018 | Sep 2018 | Dec 2018 | Mar 2019 | Jun 2019 | Sep 2019 | Dec 2019 | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Sep 2021 | Mar 2022 | Jun 2022 | Sep 2022 | Mar 2023 | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | - | 1.21B | 2.68B | 3.64B | - | 2.55B | 2.23B | 4.03B | - | 2.47B | 2.46B | 3.24B | 8.20B | 2.66B | 3.70B | 3.46B | 3.33B | 4.84B | 3.11B | 3.03B | 4.79B | 3.16B | 3.60B | 4.34B | - | 3.93B | 4.25B | 4.97B | 4.58B | 5.64B |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.14B | 2.71B | 3.02B | 3.03B | 3.23B |
| Gross Profit | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 793.00M | 1.54B | 1.95B | 1.55B | 2.41B |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 913.00M | 960.00M | 904.00M | 923.00M | 911.00M |
| Operating Income | -161.00M | 155.00M | 53.00M | 452.00M | -394.00M | 231.00M | 650.00M | 4.00M | 490.00M | 729.00M | 440.00M | 334.00M | 391.00M | 377.00M | 676.00M | -2.58B | 62.00M | 119.00M | -288.00M | -1.68B | 894.00M | 1.13B | 591.00M | 834.00M | 86.00M | 808.00M | 2.59B | - | -120.00M | 583.00M | 1.04B | 629.00M | 1.50B |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 571.00M | 1.41B | 1.79B | 1.28B | 2.17B |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 243.00M | 248.00M | 242.00M | 249.00M | 243.00M |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -444.00M | 403.00M | 856.00M | 308.00M | 1.21B |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -176.00M | 76.00M | 204.00M | 75.00M | 183.00M |
| Net Income | - | - | -26.00M | 273.00M | -306.00M | 108.00M | 330.00M | -186.00M | 225.00M | 356.00M | 113.00M | 234.00M | 56.00M | 166.00M | 443.00M | -2.04B | 36.00M | 7.00M | -285.00M | -1.36B | 668.00M | 699.00M | 476.00M | 502.00M | -35.00M | 365.00M | 1.89B | - | -268.00M | 327.00M | 652.00M | 233.00M | 1.03B |
| Diluted EPS | - | 0.18 | -0.06 | 0.64 | -0.71 | 0.20 | 0.61 | -0.35 | 0.44 | 0.70 | 0.23 | 0.49 | 0.11 | 0.34 | 0.90 | -4.21 | 0.07 | 0.01 | -0.72 | -3.27 | 1.51 | 1.71 | 1.17 | 1.25 | -0.24 | 0.90 | 5.25 | - | -0.93 | 0.83 | 1.78 | - | 2.90 |
Profit & Loss (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 5.43B | 9.80B | 11.55B | 10.85B | - | 13.73B | 14.78B | 17.22B | 17.74B |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | 12.05B | 9.26B | 9.70B | 11.90B |
| Gross Profit | - | - | - | - | - | 1.68B | 5.52B | 7.53B | 5.83B |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | 2.79B | 2.81B | 3.44B | 3.70B |
| Operating Income | 198.00M | 491.00M | 1.99B | 1.52B | - | -1.10B | 2.71B | 4.08B | 2.13B |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | 1.05B | 4.57B | 6.96B | 5.05B |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | 562.00M | 617.00M | 859.00M | 982.00M |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | -1.56B | 2.00B | 3.47B | 1.12B |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | -350.00M | 508.00M | 655.00M | 179.00M |
| Net Income | -254.00M | -54.00M | 928.00M | 636.00M | - | -1.23B | 1.49B | 2.66B | 944.00M |
| Diluted EPS | -0.59 | -0.11 | 1.86 | 1.30 | - | -3.15 | 3.82 | 7.26 | 2.22 |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | 15.17B | 14.60B | 26.02B | 26.62B | 25.21B | - | 32.79B | 32.97B | 37.77B | 41.55B |
| Current Assets | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.12B | 11.64B | 8.12B | 9.18B |
| Cash & Equivalents | 843.00M | 1.49B | 636.00M | 300.00M | 406.00M | - | 455.00M | 3.48B | 1.19B | 785.00M |
| Inventory | - | - | - | - | - | - | 570.00M | 740.00M | 970.00M | 1.02B |
| Receivables | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.06B | 1.67B | 1.98B | 2.32B |
| Total Liabilities | 8.57B | 8.26B | 18.16B | 18.66B | 16.85B | - | 27.87B | 27.64B | 32.19B | 36.44B |
| Current Liabilities | 1.50B | 1.35B | 3.62B | 4.57B | 3.04B | - | 10.34B | 9.82B | 8.43B | 11.81B |
| Long Term Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.93B | 12.12B | 15.42B | 15.84B |
| Total Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13.34B | 14.68B | 17.05B | 20.07B |
| Total Equity | 6.60B | 6.34B | 7.86B | 7.96B | 8.37B | - | 4.90B | 5.31B | 5.57B | 5.10B |
| Shares Outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - | 537.18M | 543.64M | 548.75M | 553.66M |
Cash Flows (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | 1.39B | 1.47B | 2.74B | 3.34B | - | 485.00M | 5.45B | 4.56B | 4.07B |
| Investing Cash Flow | -727.00M | -101.00M | -1.72B | -1.57B | - | -1.24B | -2.15B | -5.28B | -4.40B |
| Financing Cash Flow | -201.00M | -2.72B | -1.24B | -1.80B | - | -80.00M | -294.00M | -1.60B | -74.00M |
| Capital Expenditure | -114.00M | -530.00M | -713.00M | -1.26B | - | -1.30B | -1.68B | -2.08B | -2.75B |
| Free Cash Flow | 1.27B | 941.00M | 2.02B | 2.08B | - | -816.00M | 3.78B | 2.48B | 1.32B |
| Net Change in Cash | - | - | - | - | - | -834.00M | 3.01B | -2.32B | -400.00M |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 763.00M | 656.00M | 0 | 471.00M | 1.95B | 1.25B | 1.27B | 1.03B |
Ratios (Annual)
Figures in %.
| Metric | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | 12.3% | 37.4% | 43.7% | 32.9% |
| Operating Margin % | 3.6% | 5.0% | 17.3% | 14.0% | - | -8.0% | 18.3% | 23.7% | 12.0% |
| Net Margin % | -4.7% | -0.6% | 8.0% | 5.9% | - | -8.9% | 10.1% | 15.4% | 5.3% |
| ROE % | -4.0% | -0.7% | 11.7% | 7.6% | - | -25.0% | 28.1% | 47.7% | 18.5% |
| ROCE % | 1.5% | 2.2% | 9.0% | 6.9% | - | -4.9% | 11.7% | 13.9% | 7.2% |
Shareholding Pattern
Top Institutional Holders
| # | Holder | % Held | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackrock Inc. | 8.66% | 29.06M | $3.98B |
| 2 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 6.37% | 21.39M | $2.93B |
| 3 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 5.05% | 16.94M | $2.32B |
| 4 | State Street Corporation | 5.02% | 16.85M | $2.31B |
| 5 | FMR, LLC | 4.22% | 14.16M | $1.94B |
| 6 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2.69% | 9.04M | $1.24B |
| 7 | Morgan Stanley | 2.65% | 8.88M | $1.22B |
| 8 | NORGES BANK | 1.73% | 5.81M | $796.66M |
| 9 | UBS Group AG | 1.61% | 5.40M | $740.08M |
| 10 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1.41% | 4.74M | $650.13M |
Analyst View
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VST — Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current share price of Vistra Corp. (VST)?
As of 2026-09-07 16:24 PDT, Vistra Corp. (VST) trades at $149.30 on NYSE. Its 52-week range is $134.52 to $217.02.
What is the market capitalisation of VST?
Vistra Corp. (VST) has a market capitalisation of $50.34B on NYSE.
What is the P/E ratio of VST?
VST trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.09. The industry average P/E is 21.26. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 15.23.
Does VST pay a dividend?
Vistra Corp. (VST) currently offers a dividend yield of 0.65%.
What is the return on equity (ROE) of VST?
VST has a return on equity (ROE) of 42.90%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 7.18%.
Is VST a good stock to buy?
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