VST · Vistra Corp
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $51.02B |
| P/E | 22.99 |
| Float | 334.1M |
| Beta | 1.38 |
| Volatility | 34.4% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Utilities |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | High |
| Clavix score | 66.4 |
| Price | 150.00 |
| Change | −1.33% |
| Prev Close | 152.02 |
| Open | 152.55 |
| Day Low | 151.15 |
| Day High | 155.16 |
| Avg Vol | 9 |
| Avg $ Vol | $1.38B |
| 52W High | 217.10 |
| 52W Low | 132.66 |
| 52W Pos | 20.5% |
| From High | −30.91% |
| From Low | +13.07% |
| Max DD 1Y | −35.97% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Deep |
| SMA 20 | +1.33% |
| SMA 50 | +3.53% |
| SMA 200 | −2.97% |
| RSI (14) | 52.4 |
| Vol 30D | 52.6% |
| Vol 90D | 47.2% |
| 1Y Range | 133–217 |
| Daily bars | 536 |
| Perf Week | −5.86% |
| Perf Month | +5.89% |
| Perf Quarter | −3.78% |
| Perf Half Y | −7.00% |
| Perf Year | −27.90% |
| Perf YTD | −9.22% |
| Prev Day | −1.33% |
| Clavix | B- |
| Debt / Eq | 3.34 |
| Curr Ratio | 0.78 |
| Int Cover | 3.9× |
| FCF Margin | 7.5% |
| Rev Growth | +3.0% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Very High |
| Sector rank | 27 / 33 |
What VST does
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.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayVST grades B-, 66.4 of 100. Steadiest on News Sentiment (60), most exposed on Price Stability (51, mixed). 0 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Utilities median. Ranks 27 of 33 in Utilities by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| VST | Utilities median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 1.38 | 0.51 |
| Volatilityannualized | 34.4% | 12.7% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −36.0% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 2.01% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 77 (31%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| VST | Utilities median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 1.38 | 0.51 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | High | Low 73% of 33 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Utilities names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| VST | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | −5.9% |
| 1 month | +5.9% |
| Year to date | −9.2% |
| 1 year | −27.9% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| VST | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 21 Sep |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 69 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 24 · 2 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 24 ↑ 2 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 33 Utilities names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| VST | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +3.0% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Utilities median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openThe article discusses boosting U.S. nuclear power output by increasing capacity at existing reactors. Over the past month, Google and Amazon signed agreements backing nearly 1.2 gigawatts of capacity uprates at operating nuclear plants.
VST stock rose 1.6% on Thursday after Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce upgraded the company to a strong-buy rating. Shares traded. No specific catalyst was identified.
Vistra (VST), an electricity generator from natural gas, nuclear, and other power plants, is down about 25% from its 52-week high despite growing earnings, with investors worried about low Texas power prices, a state audit of data center grid connections, and 2027 EBITDA trending toward the low end of guidance. The bull case rests on long-term nuclear and gas deals with Meta and Amazon, plus the tight U.S. power market.
Zacks Research lowered its rating on Vistra (NYSE:VST) from hold to strong sell in a report issued Wednesday. No further detail or reasoning was provided in the article.
Vistra announced on October 15, 2026, that it is redeeming all one million shares of its 8.0% Series A Preferred Stock at $1,000 per share, for a total of $1 billion.
Nearest peers by size
Utilities| Ticker | Company | Grade | Mkt cap | P/E | Beta | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETR | Entergy Corp | A- | $50.22B | 27.63 | 0.45 | Compare |
| XEL | Xcel Energy Inc | A- | $48.84B | 20.51 | 0.37 | Compare |
| SRE | Sempra | A | $54.54B | 23.91 | 0.57 | Compare |
| D | Dominion Energy Inc | A- | $55.90B | 22.06 | 0.61 | Compare |
| EXC | Exelon Corp | A- | $44.90B | 16.13 | 0.26 | Compare |
| ED | Consolidated Edison Inc | A- | $41.37B | 18.66 | 0.25 | Compare |
| AEP | American Electric Power Company Inc | A- | $69.21B | 22.04 | 0.46 | Compare |
| WEC | WEC Energy Group Inc | A- | $35.86B | 20.52 | 0.44 | Compare |
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