Vistra Corp. (VST) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of Vistra Corp. (VST): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
About Vistra Corp.
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.
Sector: Utilities · Industry: Utilities - Independent Power Producers · United States · 6,390 employees · vistracorp.com
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-05
As of 2026-09-05, Vistra Corp. (VST) had a market capitalization of $50.11B, a trailing P/E of 25.2 (forward 14.4), a dividend yield of 0.64% and a beta of 1.41; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $132.66 – $219.82 (-23.3% over the year).
- Market cap
- $50.11B
- Enterprise value
- $72.67B
- Trailing P/E
- 25.2
- Forward P/E
- 14.4
- PEG ratio
- 0.36
- Price / book
- 16.69
- EPS (trailing)
- $5.93
- EPS (forward)
- $10.37
- Dividend yield
- 0.64%
- Payout ratio
- 15.3%
- Ex-dividend date
- 2026-09-21
- 52-week range
- $132.66 – $219.82
- 52-week change
- -23.3%
- Beta
- 1.41
- Average volume
- 4.4M
- Shares outstanding
- 335.6M
- Short % of float
- 3.32%
- Profit margin
- 11.6%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-11
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-11 scan of the US universe, Vistra Corp. (VST) last closed at $147.05 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 53 (neutral territory), price +3.1% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread -4.2%, MACD histogram 1.72.
Sentiment inputs: 82% of recent Finnhub-scored headlines read bullish; StockTwits 70% bullish; Reddit mentions +200% over 24 hours; analyst consensus score 76/100.
Next scheduled company event: in 19 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
Members of Congress disclosed 0 buys and 0 sells of VST; corporate insiders filed 3 buys and 4 sells (3 distinct filers, latest disclosure 2026-09-10). Filings arrive days to weeks after the trade and are not a live signal. Most active filers: Scott A. Hudson (0B/3S), James A. Burke (3B/0S), Kristopher E. Moldovan (0B/1S). Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
VST has been a daily pick 1 time; 1 of 1 graded picks beat SPY over the following five trading days. Most recent: 2026-09-02, rank #1, +3.46% versus SPY (beat). Full scoreboard
What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls Vistra Corp. (VST) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell VST.
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