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NYSE · VST

Vistra Corp.

Utilities · Independent Power Producers

$149.30

Up+$5.08 (+3.52%)

Updated Sep 6, 2026, 12:06 PM

SID Score

5.4/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

56/100

Neutral

Market cap
59.17B
P/E ratio
81.46
Dividend yield
0.75%
52-week range
$132.66 – $182.56
Volume
4.62M
Avg. volume
4.5M

Price performance

VST price history

1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

VST closed at $149.30 after 20 trading sessions, up 4.50% for the selected period.

Last close
$149.30
Period change
+4.50%
Period low
$135.66
Period high
$149.30
Daily close
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VST OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Sep 4, 2026$143.87$149.45$143.16$149.304.62M
Sep 3, 2026$145.00$148.7759$142.81$144.224.33M
Sep 2, 2026$137.82$144.1456$136.95$143.464.77M
Sep 1, 2026$136.50$139.28$134.90$138.084.3M
Aug 31, 2026$136.79$137.94$135.62$137.374.15M
Aug 28, 2026$140.89$141.10$136.61$137.093.07M
Aug 27, 2026$142.00$142.505$138.45$139.812.97M
Aug 26, 2026$139.40$144.03$139.3045$140.033.43M
Aug 25, 2026$138.37$140.26$137.39$139.034.04M
Aug 24, 2026$135.88$137.20$134.50$135.665.19M
Aug 21, 2026$139.99$140.3158$136.18$136.215.1M
Aug 20, 2026$142.70$143.50$138.33$138.943.74M
Aug 19, 2026$140.74$142.77$138.13$142.704.32M
Aug 18, 2026$144.50$145.54$138.77$140.524.31M
Aug 17, 2026$149.37$149.8645$145.21$146.114.04M
Aug 14, 2026$146.90$150.18$146.13$148.133.04M
Aug 13, 2026$146.25$147.77$144.801$146.402.84M
Aug 12, 2026$149.00$149.38$145.30$146.682.68M
Aug 11, 2026$144.54$146.90$143.11$144.923.36M
Aug 10, 2026$141.91$144.86$141.0505$142.874.61M

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Company profile

Vistra Corp. is one of the largest power producers and retail energy providers in the US. Following the 2024 Energy Harbor acquisition, Vistra owns 41 gigawatts of nuclear, coal, natural gas, solar, and energy storage assets. The Lotus Partners asset purchase would add 2.6 GW of natural gas generation. Its 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. It acquired Dynegy in 2018.

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Consensus
Buy
Average target
$238.13
Implied upside
Analysts
13
VST recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Aug 24, 2026MizuhoOutperform
Aug 21, 2026Morgan StanleyOverweight
Aug 19, 2026TD CowenBuy
Jul 28, 2026Morgan StanleyOverweight
Jul 28, 2026UBSBuy
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Yahoo · Sep 5, 2026

Vistra’s CEO Bought $1.17 Million of Stock After the Selloff. Is AI Power Demand Mispriced?

Vistra President and CEO James Burke bought 8,665 shares in three open-market purchases on August 24, August 31, and September 1, spending $1.17 million. The filings show 2,000 shares bought at $135, 2,200 at a weighted-average $135.99, and 4,465 at a weighted-average $135.25. All three purchases were made through JAMEB, LP, a limited partnership jointly […]

Yahoo · Sep 3, 2026

Can Vistra (VST) Still Look Cheap After a Very Large Run?

Vistra stock has produced a very large 5 year return, yet the current valuation checks point to a more mixed picture that does not clearly frame it as either a bargain or an obviously expensive utility stock. Over the past 5 years, Vistra has delivered a very large gain, which puts extra focus on whether the current share price already reflects the long term improvement investors are pricing in. Future cash flow generation and balance sheet resilience can support the current valuation, while...

Yahoo · Sep 3, 2026

Peter Thiel’s Fund Disclosed $59 Million in This Beaten-Down Power Stock

Billionaire technology investor Peter Thiel’s hedge fund, Thiel Macro LLC, disclosed 372,755 shares of Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST) at the end of Q2 2026, worth about $59.1 million. The position is interesting because Vistra sits directly in the argument over whether electricity, rather than GPUs, becomes the scarce asset in the next leg of the AI […]

Yahoo · Sep 3, 2026

Bridgewater Cut Nvidia 18% and More Than Doubled Vistra. Is It Rotating From Chips to Power?

Bridgewater Associates made opposite moves in two of AI’s most important bottlenecks during Q2, disclosed in its August 14 filing. The firm reduced its Nvidia position 18% to 3,866,195 shares while increasing Vistra 116% to 751,695 shares. That looks like a rotation from compute toward electricity, but a Form 13F cannot establish the intent behind […]

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