Vistra Corp. (VST)Utilities | Utilities - Independent Power Producers | Irving, United States | NYSE
163.46 USD
-2.07
(-1.251%) ⇩
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 163.85 +0.39 (0.239%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:49 p.m. EDT
Vistra Corp. (VST) presents a mixed investment opportunity. The recent price history shows some volatility, with a recent dip followed by a rebound, indicating possible short-term momentum. However, the fundamental metrics suggest a high-risk profile with a high debt-to-equity ratio and a low forward P/E, which may not be attractive for long-term investors. The dividend yield is modest, and while the dividend payments have been consistent, the payout ratio suggests potential pressure on dividends in the future. The options market shows mixed signals, with both bullish and bearish positions, indicating uncertainty. Overall, VST is not a strong candidate for long-term investment but could present short-term opportunities for traders looking to capitalize on volatility. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.043158 |
| MSTL | 0.044294 |
| AutoTheta | 0.045587 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.079661 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.65 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.665 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.53 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Utilities |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-03-19 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-03-19 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 399.55 |
| Revenue per Share | 52.305 |
| Market Cap | 55,339,266,048 |
| Trailing P/E | 75.33 |
| Forward P/E | 14.55 |
| Beta | 1.50 |
| Profit Margins | 5.32% |
| Website | https://vistracorp.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 3:49 p.m. EDT: The options data indicates mixed signals. There is a notable presence of both calls and puts, with higher open interest and volume in out-of-the-money (OTM) strikes, suggesting potential for significant price movements. The IV spikes on certain strikes, particularly for puts, indicate increased volatility and possibly bearish sentiment. However, the ATM strikes show some support with moderate IV, suggesting a possible consolidation or short-term stabilization. The overall options activity suggests a cautious outlook with potential for both upward and downward movements, making it a neutral to slightly bearish environment for short-term traders.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.16% | 0.53% | 1.24% | 2.07% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | 0.228 | 0.156143 |
| 2025-12-22 | 0.227 | 0.140688 |
| 2025-09-19 | 0.226 | 0.107262 |
| 2025-06-18 | 0.225 | 0.124697 |
| 2025-03-20 | 0.224 | 0.170694 |
| 2024-12-20 | 0.222 | 0.159715 |
| 2024-09-20 | 0.220 | 0.205660 |
| 2024-06-18 | 0.218 | 0.251623 |
| 2024-03-19 | 0.215 | 0.342186 |
| 2023-12-19 | 0.213 | 0.574291 |
| 2023-09-19 | 0.206 | 0.635572 |
| 2023-06-20 | 0.204 | 0.840760 |
| 2023-03-21 | 0.198 | 0.819775 |
| 2022-12-19 | 0.193 | 0.845934 |
| 2022-09-20 | 0.184 | 0.778736 |
| 2022-06-21 | 0.177 | 0.825442 |
| 2022-03-21 | 0.170 | 0.825200 |
| 2021-12-15 | 0.150 | 0.781532 |
| 2021-09-15 | 0.150 | 0.883698 |
| 2021-06-15 | 0.150 | 0.892576 |
| 2021-03-16 | 0.150 | 0.914319 |
| 2020-12-15 | 0.135 | 0.814302 |
| 2020-09-15 | 0.135 | 0.822189 |
| 2020-06-15 | 0.135 | 0.767682 |
| 2020-03-16 | 0.135 | 1.121730 |
| 2019-12-13 | 0.125 | 0.604976 |
| 2019-09-13 | 0.125 | 0.549292 |
| 2019-06-13 | 0.125 | 0.607202 |
| 2019-03-14 | 0.125 | 0.569981 |
| 2016-12-15 | 2.320 | 19.139835 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.53454745 |
| Address1 | 6,555 Sierra Drive |
| All Time High | 219.82 |
| All Time Low | 11.3 |
| Ask | 163.92 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.4 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 3,441,590 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 4,836,145 |
| Average Volume | 4,836,145 |
| Average Volume10Days | 3,441,590 |
| Beta | 1.498 |
| Bid | 162.9 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | 7.753 |
| City | Irving |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 163.46 |
| Current Ratio | 0.777 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 168.49 |
| Day Low | 162.2601 |
| Debt To Equity | 399.55 |
| Dividend Date | 1,774,915,200 |
| Dividend Rate | 0.91 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.56 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,162,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,162,400 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.523 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.472 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,157,000 |
| Ebitda | 5,228,000,256 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.29473 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 14.765 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 4.352 |
| Enterprise Value | 77,189,545,984 |
| Eps Current Year | 8.5826 |
| Eps Forward | 11.23462 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 2.17 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,773,964,800 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 160.7072 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 2.7528076 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.017129336 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 53.454746 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 219.82 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -56.36 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.25639158 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 103.338 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 60.12201 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.5817996 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 103.338 - 219.82 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,475,674,200,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 1.91 |
| Float Shares | 314,317,669 |
| Forward Eps | 11.23462 |
| Forward P E | 14.549669 |
| Free Cashflow | -459,249,984 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 6,390 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.33238998 |
| Gross Profits | 5,896,000,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00798 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.92804 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 338,549,292 |
| Industry | Utilities - Independent Power Producers |
| Industry Disp | Utilities - Independent Power Producers |
| Industry Key | utilities-independent-power-producers |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,773,964,800 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.228 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | 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. |
| Long Name | Vistra Corp. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 55,339,266,048 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_7959935 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 752,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 55,339,267,270 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 19 |
| Open | 166.26 |
| Operating Cashflow | 4,070,000,128 |
| Operating Margins | 0.1322 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.41349998 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.42 |
| Phone | 214 812 4600 |
| Post Market Change | 0.3899994 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.23859009 |
| Post Market Price | 163.85 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,383 |
| Previous Close | 165.53 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 19.045513 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 21.083452 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 3.1198142 |
| Profit Margins | 0.05322 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.264 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.4 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -2.06999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.25052 |
| Regular Market Day High | 168.49 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 162.2601 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 162.2601 - 168.49 |
| Regular Market Open | 166.26 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 165.53 |
| Regular Market Price | 163.46 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,003 |
| Regular Market Volume | 4,091,459 |
| Return On Assets | 0.03487 |
| Return On Equity | 0.17656 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.136 |
| Revenue Per Share | 52.305 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Utilities |
| Sector Disp | Utilities |
| Sector Key | utilities |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 338,549,292 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0276 |
| Shares Short | 9,333,104 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 9,901,441 |
| Short Name | Vistra Corp. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0319 |
| Short Ratio | 1.99 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TX |
| Symbol | VST |
| Target High Price | 318.0 |
| Target Low Price | 97.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 234.26315 |
| Target Median Price | 234.0 |
| Total Cash | 795,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.359 |
| Total Debt | 20,416,999,424 |
| Total Revenue | 17,738,000,384 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.902 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0054491633 |
| Trailing Eps | 2.17 |
| Trailing P E | 75.32719 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.4048 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 179.57285 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -16.112839 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.089728706 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 4,091,459 |
| Website | https://vistracorp.com |
| Zip | 75,039 |