Stock · VST · Utilities
United States · Large Cap · listed since 2016 · Revenue 12 mo. $19.2B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Vistra Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company in the United States.
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.
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Summary
40.7 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €115.8M (2025), it supports €1.3B. The remaining €37.4B of the market value assume it grows more than 30% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
over 30%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 8.3×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 19 quarters: 6.3× to 16.2×, median 10.3×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No indication in the stored figures.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
6 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 18.47% | 9.62% | Rank 93 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 9.56% | 6.41% | Rank 75 |
| EBIT margin | 10.75% | 19.18% | Rank 29 |
| FCF margin | 0.73% | −1.66% | Rank 56 |
| Gross margin | 32.89% | 29.12% | Rank 63 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 2.98% | 4.81% | Rank 47 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank | – | 7.55% | |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 16.09% | 6.85% | Rank 78 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 22.22% | 28.08% | Rank 45 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 2.19% | 4.89% | Rank 16 |
| FCF yield | 0.30% | −0.91% | Rank 55 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 3.53 | 4.63 | Rank 64 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 32.86 | 21.24 | Rank 17 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −42.01% | −1.83% | Rank 3 |
| Share price, 6 months | −15.03% | 0.12% | Rank 13 |
| Share price, 3 months | −6.10% | 6.83% | Rank 11 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −34.66% | −9.51% | Rank 8 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 3.20% | 3.91% | Rank 57 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −1.96% | 0.35% | Rank 93 |
| Dividend streak in years | 6 | 8 | Rank 48 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −1.44% | 0.04% | Rank 30 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 12.30% | 28.29% | Rank 4 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 3.73 | 5.05 | Rank 68 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 3.99 | 1.51 | Rank 6 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 49.79% | 22.48% | Rank 5 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5.2 | 7.9% | −$509.0M | 428M | 3.8 |
| 2017 | 5.4 | 3.7% | $855.0M | 428M | 2.9 |
| 2018 | 9.1 | 5.4% | $975.0M | 505M | 10.8 |
| 2019 | 11.8 | 16.9% | $2.1B | 500M | 11.0 |
| 2020 | 11.4 | 13.3% | $2.1B | 491M | 9.5 |
| 2021 | 12.1 | −12.5% | −$1.2B | 482M | 9.7 |
| 2022 | 13.7 | −8.0% | −$816.0M | 422M | 12.9 |
| 2023 | 14.8 | 18.3% | $3.8B | 375M | 11.2 |
| 2024 | 17.2 | 23.7% | $2.5B | 353M | 16.2 |
| 2025 | 17.7 | 10.8% | $129.0M | 346M | 19.6 |
4 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Vistra Corp. mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Vistra Corp. is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
4 of 7 rules met
7 of 11 points
Detail data
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Selected fundamental metrics for Vistra Corp.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 45.7 | 19.8 |
| P/B ratio | 8.4 | 1.9 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 18.5% | 9.6% |
| Equity ratio | 12.3% | 28.3% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 3.99 | 1.51 |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | 3.3% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| VST | Vistra Corp.this page | |
| NRG | NRG Energy Inc. | High6.4 |
| TLN | Talen Energy Corporation | locked |
| CEG | Constellation Energy Corp | High6.4 |
| ADANIPOWER.NS | Adani Power Limited | locked |
| 003816.SZ | CGN Power | locked |
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