Vistra Corp. (VST) Stock

About Vistra Corp.

Vistra Corp., along with its various holdings, functions as a unified entity primarily engaged in retail electricity supply and power generation. The company organizes its operations across six distinct segments: Retail, Texas, East, West, Sunset, and Asset Closure. It directly provides electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial clients throughout 20 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Beyond its retail endeavors, Vistra also participates in generating electricity, facilitating wholesale energy transactions, managing commodity-related risks, producing fuel, and overseeing fuel logistics. With approximately 4.3 million customers, Vistra commands an impressive generation capacity of about 38,700 megawatts. This capacity is sustained by a diverse portfolio of facilities, including those powered by natural gas, nuclear energy, coal, solar, and advanced battery energy storage systems. The enterprise, initially known as Vistra Energy Corp., adopted its current name, Vistra Corp., in July 2020. Tracing its origins back to 1882, Vistra Corp. maintains its corporate headquarters in Irving, Texas.

Vistra Corp. is led by CEO James A. Burke, employs 6,850 people, headquartered in Irving, US, publicly traded since 2016.

Vistra Corp. (VST) stock trades at $140.59 with a market capitalization of $47.40B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.91, price-to-book of 19.98, price-to-sales of 3.22. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $132.66 and $219.82, and currently trades 36.0% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.58%.

On profitability, Vistra Corp. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 42.90% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 26.13%, an operating margin of 2.07%, a net profit margin of 13.82%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Vistra Corp. reported annual revenue of $17.0B, net profit of $944.0M, revenue has compounded at 8.9% a year over the last five years, profit at 8.2% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.56 — a leveraged balance sheet worth monitoring, a current ratio of 0.78, total assets of $41.5B, $816.0M in cash and equivalents.

VST has an average daily trading volume of 4,680,000 shares, a beta of 1.41 (more volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.vistracorp.com