Overview
Vistra Energy Corporation is a leading, Fortune 275 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, providing essential resources for customers, commerce, and communities. Vistra combines an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail with safe, reliable, diverse, and efficient power generation. The company brings its products and services to market in 20 states and the District of Columbia, including six of the seven competitive wholesale markets in the U.S. and markets in Canada and Japan, as well. Serving nearly 4.3 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers with electricity and natural gas, Vistra is one of the largest competitive residential electricity providers in the country and offers over 50 renewable energy plans. The company is also the largest competitive power generator in the U.S. with a capacity of approximately 39,000 megawatts powered by a diverse portfolio, including natural gas, nuclear, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. In addition, the company is a large purchaser of wind power. The company is currently constructing a 400-MW/1,600-MWh battery energy storage system in Moss Landing, California, the largest of its kind in the world.
Basic Stats
The share price of Vistra Corp. as of September 5, 2025 is $187.97 / share. This is a decrease of -3.54% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of Vistra Corp. as of September 5, 2025 is $64,318.47 MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of Vistra Corp. from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 64,318.47 MM |
| EV | 84,139.47 MM |
| Shares Out. | 339.00 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | 7.04 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.48 % |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2025-09-19 |
| Borrow Rate | 0.36 |
| Short Shares Avail. | 4.70 MM |
| Short Interest | 7.81 MM |
| Short Float | 2.47 % |
| Days to Cover | 2.54 days |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.22 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | 147.88 % |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.70 |
| Beta | 2.09 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | 2.06 |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) | 3.25 |
| PE Ratio | 26.93 |
| Price/Book | 13.29 |
| Price/TBV | -23.12 |
| Book/Market | 0.08 |
| EBIT/EV | 0.03 |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | 0.02 |
| ROA | 0.06 |
| ROE | 0.33 |
| ROIC | 0.10 |
| CROIC | -0.05 |
| OCROIC | 0.18 |
| Implied Volatility | 47.80 % |
| Put/Call OI Ratio | 1.14 |
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for Vistra Corp. is $211.97. The forecasts range from a low of $121.20 to a high of $254.10. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for Vistra Corp.. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-11 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-21 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-08-23 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-29 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-05-23 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-08-19 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-07-22 | Guggenheim | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2021-07-09 | B of A Securities | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2021-07-07 | Wolfe Research | Peer Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2021-06-03 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2021-04-27 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-04-20 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-03-19 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-03-17 | Wolfe Research | Outperform | Peer Perform | Downgrade |
| 2021-03-17 | Guggenheim | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2021-03-15 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2021-03-08 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-03-01 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Reiterate | |
| 2021-02-18 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-12-15 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-11-17 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-11-04 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-10-20 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-17 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-06-17 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-06-09 | Seaport Global | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2020-05-20 | Seaport Global | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2020-05-06 | UBS | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-04-30 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-04-15 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-02-25 | Vertical Research | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2020-02-20 | BMO Capital | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2019-11-07 | Bank of America | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2019-09-17 | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-09-09 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-08-29 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-08-14 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2019-05-06 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2019-04-11 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2019-03-25 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Initiate | |
| 2018-11-05 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-10-25 | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2018-10-22 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-05-08 | Bank of America | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-05-07 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2018-05-01 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-04-17 | Bank of America | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-03-06 | UBS | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2018-02-23 | UBS | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2017-12-20 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2017-10-20 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2017-10-10 | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2017-09-28 | Citigroup | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2017-09-20 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2017-06-08 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Initiate | |
| 2023-02-22 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2023-03-07 | BMO Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-03-21 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2023-05-03 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2023-05-22 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2023-06-23 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-05-09 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-11-09 | BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-08-23 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2023-07-21 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2023-08-10 | BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-11-21 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-03-18 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-10-02 | BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-09-21 | B of A Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-09-21 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-05-10 | BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-04-18 | Janney Montgomery Scott | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2024-05-28 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-03-26 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-03-25 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-03-04 | BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-04-04 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-02-21 | BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-10-29 | BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-04-11 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-10-08 | Guggenheim | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-10-22 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-10-03 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-11-22 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-09-20 | BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-08-23 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-10-17 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Initiate | |
| 2024-09-13 | Jefferies | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2024-10-04 | BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2025-01-03 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-09-23 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-01-22 | BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-04-04 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2024-09-24 | Jefferies | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-08-12 | BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-03-28 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-01-21 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Reiterate | |
| 2025-03-04 | B of A Securities | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2025-06-17 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-06-18 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-08-13 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-05-22 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-05-23 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-07-25 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-08-08 | Jefferies | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-05-08 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
