XNYS · Utilities - Independent Power Producers
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$140.67-2.01%
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TickerWhale Score
41/100
Weak
Score components
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Vistra scores 41 out of 100 overall, which we rate weak. Quality & growth is its strongest area and Risk its weakest.
What helps
- Quality & growth
What to watch
- Technical
- Valuation
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%79Strong
- Revenue growth 3.8%
- EPS growth -5.1%
Valuation
25%34Weak
- P/E 23.5
- EV/Sales 3.5
Vistra Corp. is one of the largest power producers and retail energy providers in the US. It owns 44 gigawatts of generation capacity, including natural gas (27 GW), nuclear (6.5 GW), coal (8.7 GW), and solar and battery storage (1.3 GW). The Cogentrix acquisition will add 5.5 GW of gas generation. Vistra's retail electricity business serves 5 million customers in 20 states, including almost a third of all Texas electricity consumers. Vistra emerged from the Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy as a stand-alone entity in 2016.
#256 by market cap in our coverage · ~6,390 employees · Listed 2016-09-28 · www.vistracorp.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#24 / 49sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 41 vs sector average 41.7 (-0.7)
Revenue growth (sector)Top 77%
Gross margin (sector)Top 84%
Return on equity (sector)Top 6%
P/E (sector)Pricier than 77%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
16/100Weak vs universe
Ranks 16th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 27/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
1 buy · 3 sell · 4 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates VST's technical setup weak — 16th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
0 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day-10.1%
- vs 50-day-4.6%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)45 · neutral
- Stochasticsell
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength12· weak trend
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.009)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 0 buy vs 9 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 1 buy · 2 sell · 4 neutral.
Result — 1 buy vs 3 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)23.5
- P/S (TTM)2.5
- P/B8.7
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales3.5
- PEG—
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin53.2%
- Net margin10.5%
- ROE36.6%
- Debt/Equity3.79
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)3.8%
- EPS growth (YoY)-5.1%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs sector peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $47.7B
Fundamentals history
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VSTCurrentVistra | 41 | 27 | 23.5 | — | 8.7 | 3.5 | $140.67 | -2.01% | +3.8% | ||
| AESAES | 67 | 62 | 5.5 | — | 2.1 | 3.2 | $14.83 | -0.13% | +8.5% | ||
| SWXSouthwest Gas Holdings | 67 | 46 | 12.0 | — | 1.5 | 5.5 | $85.85 | -0.76% | -15.3% | ||
| SRSpire | 64 | 45 | 8.8 | — | 1.3 | 4.7 | $79.23 | -1.38% | +10.7% | ||
| EDConsolidated Edison | 62 | 50 | 17.6 | — | 1.5 | 3.7 | $105.43 | -1.54% | +9.5% | ||
| EIXEdison International | 60 | 18 | 5.7 | — | 1.1 | 3.3 | $55.31 | -0.34% | +10.7% |
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