VST - Vistra Energy Corp Stock Price, Fair Value and News

68.21USD-1.53 (-2.19%)Market Closed

Market Summary

USD68.21-1.53

Market Closed

-2.19%

VST Alerts

3 major insider sales recently.

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VST Valuation

Market Cap

23.7B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

15.89

Price/Sales (Trailing)

1.61

EV/EBITDA

7.63

Price/Free Cashflow

6.28

VST Price/Sales (Trailing)

VST Profitability

EBT Margin

13.53%

Return on Equity

28.13%

Return on Assets

4.53%

Free Cashflow Yield

15.92%

VST Fundamentals

VST Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

14.8B

Rev. Growth (Yr)

-20.43%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

-24.66%

VST Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

1.5B

Earnings Growth (Yr)

25.05%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

-136.65%

Breaking Down VST Revenue

Last 7 days

-8.3%

Last 30 days

10.8%

Last 90 days

73.5%

Trailing 12 Months

178.5%

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VST Financial Health

Current Ratio

1.18

Debt/Equity

2.28

Debt/Cashflow

0.45

VST Investor Care

Buy Backs (1Y)

8.80%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

3.58

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2023	15.0B	16.6B	15.6B	14.8B
2022	12.0B	11.0B	13.2B	13.7B
2021	11.8B	11.8B	11.3B	12.1B
2020	11.7B	11.4B	11.8B	11.4B
2019	11.3B	11.6B	11.5B	11.8B
2018	4.8B	6.1B	7.5B	9.1B
2017	0	0	5.7B	5.4B
2016	0	0	0	0

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Russell 2000 Index: $10,334
Very Expensive Stocks: $8,224

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Vistra Energy Corp

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Mar 14, 2024	kirby carrie lee	sold	-9,111,700	62.6251	-145,496	evp and chief admin. officer
Mar 14, 2024	kirby carrie lee	acquired	3,358,770	23.0849	145,496	evp and chief admin. officer
Mar 12, 2024	hudson scott a	acquired	1,414,740	16.3522	86,517	evp & president vistra retail
Mar 12, 2024	hudson scott a	sold	-5,114,410	59.1145	-86,517	evp & president vistra retail
Mar 05, 2024	dore stacey h	acquired	-	-	18,117	evp & chief strategy officer
Mar 05, 2024	moore stephanie zapata	sold	-5,733,960	58.4979	-98,020	evp and general counsel
Mar 05, 2024	muscato stephen j	acquired	-	-	22,109	evp, pres wholesale ops & dev
Mar 05, 2024	burke james a	acquired	-	-	42,989	president and ceo
Mar 05, 2024	hudson scott a	acquired	-	-	14,739	evp & president vistra retail
Mar 05, 2024	montemayor margaret	acquired	-	-	4,334	svp, chief accounting officer

Which funds bought or sold VST recently?

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
Apr 12, 2024	DNB Asset Management AS	added	15.67	2,711,360	5,195,470	0.03%
Apr 12, 2024	AdvisorNet Financial, Inc	reduced	-84.97	-4,853	1,811	-%
Apr 12, 2024	HARBOR INVESTMENT ADVISORY, LLC	unchanged	-	31,130	69,650	0.01%
Apr 12, 2024	Global Assets Advisory, LLC	new	-	195,000	195,000	0.01%
Apr 12, 2024	Riverview Trust Co	new	-	38,865	38,865	0.03%
Apr 12, 2024	MILLER HOWARD INVESTMENTS INC /NY	reduced	-47.85	-144,915	2,395,060	0.08%
Apr 12, 2024	FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/	unchanged	-	10,428	23,332	0.01%
Apr 12, 2024	FCF Advisors LLC	added	31.35	1,021,180	1,763,890	0.44%
Apr 11, 2024	Opal Wealth Advisors, LLC	new	-	10,936	10,936	-%
Apr 11, 2024	&PARTNERS	sold off	-100	-278,307	-	-%

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Unveiling Vistra Energy Corp's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 13, 2024	vanguard group inc	11.89%	42,522,598	SC 13G/A
Feb 13, 2024	brookfield corp /on/	0%	1,740	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2024	fmr llc	-	0	SC 13G/A
Jan 24, 2024	blackrock inc.	9.5%	33,949,639	SC 13G/A
Feb 14, 2023	brookfield corp /on/	2.9%	11,365,536	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2023	fmr llc	-	0	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2023	vanguard group inc	11.34%	45,113,622	SC 13G/A
Feb 03, 2023	blackrock inc.	6.2%	24,552,650	SC 13G
Mar 09, 2022	vanguard group inc	10.70%	48,024,960	SC 13G/A
Mar 07, 2022	qatar investment authority	5.10%	22,890,145	SC 13G

Recent SEC filings of Vistra Energy Corp

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
Apr 09, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Apr 09, 2024	8-K/A	Current Report
Apr 03, 2024	ARS	ARS
Apr 03, 2024	DEF 14A	DEF 14A
Apr 01, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Mar 18, 2024	3	Insider Trading
Mar 18, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 14, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent
Mar 14, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 12, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent

Peers (Alternatives to Vistra Energy Corp)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
AEP	42.0B	19.0B	-1.46%	-12.53%	18.98	2.21	-3.35%	-4.03%
AWK	22.6B	4.2B	-1.02%	-22.55%	23.92	5.33	11.66%	15.12%
AEE	19.1B	7.5B	0.01%	-19.98%	16.48	2.54	-5.74%	7.23%
ATO	17.0B	3.9B	-1.34%	-0.02%	18.42	4.32	-15.47%	16.09%
NRG	15.2B	28.8B	14.08%	107.13%	-75.1	0.53	-8.62%	-116.54%
AGR	13.9B	8.3B	0.90%	-9.86%	17.69	1.67	4.87%	-10.78%
AES	11.5B	12.7B	7.73%	-33.99%	57.57	0.91	0.40%	141.39%
CPK	2.2B	670.6M	-2.52%	-22.49%	25.6	3.33	-1.48%	-2.88%
MID-CAP
PNW	8.2B	4.7B	1.59%	-8.12%	15.77	1.74	8.59%	3.59%
ALE	3.3B	1.9B	-0.96%	-8.87%	13.46	1.77	19.68%	30.53%
AVA	2.6B	1.7B	-0.29%	-21.74%	15.45	1.52	2.36%	10.31%
SMALL-CAP
CWCO	385.1M	180.2M	-12.75%	40.54%	12.95	2.14	91.50%	388.02%
CDZI	150.9M	2.0M	-8.16%	-54.18%	-4.8	75.07	33.96%	-26.84%
VIA	34.7M	436.8M	-0.92%	-34.78%	2.32	0.08	-5.23%	97.61%
CREG	10.0M	-	-	-15.44%	-13.44	12.3	-88.45%	83.25%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Revenue	-24.7%	3,079	4,086	3,189	4,425	3,869	5,146	1,588	3,125	3,314	2,991	2,565	3,207	2,524	3,552	2,509	2,858	2,860	3,194	2,832	2,923	2,562
S&GA Expenses	-0.7%	355	357	309	288	297	323	280	288	269	269	252	251	280	268	236	252	267	246	210	182	217
EBITDA Margin	13.6%	0.29*	0.25*	0.25*	0.12*	0.03*	0.11*	0.07*	0.21*	0.03*	-0.04*	0.01*	0.03*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Interest Expenses	102.8%	290	143	100	207	182	71.00	109	7.00	96.00	124	135	29.00	89.00	101	141	300	77.00	224	274	222	281
Income Taxes	-77.5%	38.00	169	123	178	-88.00	236	-407	-91.00	111	31.00	-115	-485	-17.50	199	68.00	17.00	20.00	45.00	148	77.00	-76.00
Earnings Before Taxes	-121.8%	-146	671	599	876	-335	914	-1,764	-375	842	41.00	-80.00	-2,525	-44.50	641	232	62.00	254	159	502	301	-262
EBT Margin	16.4%	0.14*	0.12*	0.12*	-0.02*	-0.11*	-0.03*	-0.11*	0.04*	-0.14*	-0.23*	-0.17*	-0.14*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	-136.7%	-184	502	476	699	-245	668	-1,365	-285	726	7.00	36.00	-2,043	-29.00	443	166	56.00	234	113	356	225	-186
Net Income Margin	9.9%	0.10*	0.09*	0.10*	-0.02*	-0.09*	-0.02*	-0.08*	0.04*	-0.11*	-0.18*	-0.13*	-0.12*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	-61.8%	467	1,224	1,135	951	1.00	519	-1,554	218	44.00	320	242	-1,845	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Assets	3.2%	32,966	31,945	30,472	31,117	32,787	35,175	37,468	32,833	29,683	29,932	27,015	25,886	25,208	25,499	26,307	26,669	26,616	26,443	26,520	25,568	26,024
Current Assets	8.8%	11,637	10,699	8,911	9,512	11,116	13,145	15,153	10,913	7,883	7,846	4,749	3,688	3,429	3,757	4,037	4,559	4,114	4,128	4,539	3,324	3,435
Cash Equivalents	9.9%	3,485	3,170	643	518	455	568	1,907	1,057	1,359	387	483	601	444	550	433	795	475	753	1,006	588	693
Inventory	8.0%	740	685	676	629	570	590	601	546	610	471	486	467	515	508	541	514	469	430	476	433	412
Net PPE	0.7%	12,432	12,346	12,537	12,611	12,554	12,550	12,784	12,887	13,056	13,100	13,327	13,392	13,499	13,564	13,881	13,818	13,914	14,075	14,260	14,448	14,612
Goodwill	0%	2,583	2,583	2,583	2,583	2,583	2,583	2,583	2,583	2,583	2,583	2,583	2,583	2,583	2,583	2,568	2,608	2,553	2,287	243	2,082	2,068
Liabilities	4.6%	27,644	26,424	25,098	25,901	27,869	29,574	32,065	25,531	21,391	23,901	20,947	19,793	16,847	17,068	18,263	18,743	18,656	18,651	18,616	17,762	18,157
Current Liabilities	12.3%	9,823	8,748	7,626	8,162	10,337	11,911	14,499	9,865	5,843	7,922	5,223	5,406	3,036	3,383	4,631	4,604	4,574	3,915	3,657	3,238	3,625
Short Term Borrowings	-	-	-	-	-	650	-	1,300	-	-	-	-	1,300	-	-	550	700	350	600	430	350	-
Long Term Debt	3.0%	12,116	11,758	11,530	11,930	11,933	11,947	11,949	10,473	10,477	10,493	10,484	9,312	9,235	9,253	9,261	9,969	10,102	10,728	11,193	10,803	10,874
Shareholder's Equity	-3.6%	5,307	5,506	5,374	5,216	4,902	5,601	5,403	7,302	8,292	6,031	6,068	6,093	8,361	8,431	8,044	7,926	7,960	7,792	7,904	7,806	7,867
Retained Earnings	-13.3%	-2,613	-2,306	-2,696	-3,058	-3,643	-3,284	-3,842	-2,363	-1,964	-2,619	-2,552	-2,516	-399	-303	-678	-780	-764	-936	-989	-1,285	-1,449
Additional Paid-In Capital	0.2%	10,095	10,075	9,993	9,952	9,928	9,923	9,890	9,844	9,824	9,829	9,816	9,805	9,786	9,771	9,754	9,737	9,721	9,708	8,909	9,105	10,107
Shares Outstanding	-2.9%	351	362	370	379	390	405	421	439	482	483	482	481	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minority Interest	0%	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	16.00	19.00	11.00	2.00	1.00	-5.00	-8.00	-7.00	-10.00	-13.00	-12.00	-10.00	1.00	-	-	2.00	4.00
Float	-	-	-	9,655	-	-	-	9,583	-	-	-	8,921	-	-	-	9,084	-	-	-	8,654	-	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Cashflow From Operations	-43.5%	881	1,560	1,577	1,435	393	815	-1,314	591	287	564	596	-1,653	987	1,041	757	552	913	941	494	388	608
Share Based Compensation	-30.0%	14.00	20.00	21.00	22.00	15.00	14.00	20.00	14.00	11.00	11.00	9.00	16.00	19.00	16.00	16.00	14.00	12.00	11.00	12.00	12.00	14.00
Cashflow From Investing	-83.9%	-763	-415	-454	-513	-353	-277	-129	-480	-310	-268	-446	-129	-645	-274	-369	-284	-738	-580	-250	-149	-234
Cashflow From Financing	-85.8%	196	1,382	-998	-874	-83.00	-1,877	2,293	-413	995	-392	-268	1,939	-448	-650	-750	52.00	-453	-614	174	-344	-551
Dividend Payments	13.3%	85.00	75.00	76.00	77.00	75.00	75.00	75.00	77.00	71.00	72.00	73.00	74.00	68.00	66.00	66.00	66.00	62.00	61.00	59.00	61.00	-
Buy Backs	20.7%	379	314	251	301	359	396	484	710	296	-	-	175	-	-	-	-	24.00	175	209	248	349

VST Income Statement

2023-12-31

Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Statement [Abstract]
Total revenues	$ 14,779	$ 13,728	$ 12,077
Fuel, purchased power costs and delivery fees	(7,557)	(10,401)	(9,169)
Operating costs	(1,702)	(1,645)	(1,559)
Depreciation and amortization	(1,502)	(1,596)	(1,753)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(1,308)	(1,189)	(1,040)
Impairment of long-lived and other assets	(49)	(74)	(71)
Operating income (loss)	2,661	(1,177)	(1,515)
Other income	257	117	140
Other deductions	(14)	(4)	(16)
Interest expense and related charges	(740)	(368)	(384)
Impacts of Tax Receivable Agreement	(164)	(128)	53
Net income (loss) before income taxes	2,000	(1,560)	(1,722)
Income tax (expense) benefit:	(508)	350	458
Net income (loss)	1,492	(1,210)	(1,264)
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	1	(17)	(10)
Net income (loss) attributable to Vistra	1,493	(1,227)	(1,274)
Cumulative dividends attributable to preferred stock	(150)	(150)	(21)
Net income (loss) attributable to Vistra common stock	$ 1,343	$ (1,377)	$ (1,295)
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding:
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding - basic (in shares)	369,771,359	422,447,074	482,214,544
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding - diluted (in shares)	375,193,110	422,447,074	482,214,544
Net income (loss) per weighted average share of common stock outstanding:
Net income (loss) per weighted average share of common stock outstanding - basic (in dollars per share)	$ 3.63	$ (3.26)	$ (2.69)
Net income (loss) per weighted average share of common stock outstanding - diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 3.58	$ (3.26)	$ (2.69)

VST Balance Sheet

2023-12-31

Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 3,485	$ 455
Restricted cash included in current assets	40	37
Trade accounts receivable — net	1,674	2,059
Income taxes receivable	6	27
Inventories	740	570
Commodity and other derivative contractual assets	3,645	4,538
Margin deposits related to commodity contracts	1,244	3,137
Margin deposits posted under affiliate financing agreement	439	0
Prepaid expense and other current assets	364	293
Total current assets	11,637	11,116
Restricted cash included in noncurrent assets	14	33
Investments	2,035	1,729
Property, plant and equipment — net	12,432	12,554
Operating lease right-of-use assets	50	51
Goodwill	2,583	2,583
Identifiable intangible assets — net	1,864	1,958
Commodity and other derivative contractual assets	577	702
Accumulated deferred income taxes	1,223	1,710
Other noncurrent assets	551	351
Total assets	32,966	32,787
Current liabilities:
Short-term borrowings	0	650
Accounts receivable financing	0	425
Long-term debt due currently	2,286	38
Trade accounts payable	1,147	1,556
Commodity and other derivative contractual liabilities	5,258	6,610
Margin deposits related to commodity contracts	45	39
Accrued taxes other than income	203	199
Accrued interest	206	160
Asset retirement obligations	124	128
Operating lease liabilities	7	8
Other current liabilities	547	524
Total current liabilities	9,823	10,337
Margin deposit financing with affiliate	439	0
Total long-term debt less amounts due currently	12,116	11,933
Operating lease liabilities	48	45
Commodity and other derivative contractual liabilities	1,688	1,726
Accumulated deferred income taxes	1	1
Tax Receivable Agreement obligations	164	514
Noncurrent liability at December 31, 2023	2,414	2,309
Other noncurrent liabilities and deferred debits	951	1,004
Total liabilities	27,644	27,869
Commitments and Contingencies
Total equity:
Preferred stock, number of shares authorized — 100,000,000; Series A (liquidation preference — $1,000; shares outstanding: December 31, 2023 and 2022 — 1,000,000; Series B (liquidation preference — $1,000; shares outstanding: December 31, 2023 and 2022 — 1,000,000; Series C (liquidation preference — $1,000; shares outstanding: December 31, 2023 — 476,081; December 31, 2022 — zero)	2,476	2,000
Common stock (par value — $0.01; number of shares authorized — 1,800,000,000) (shares outstanding: December 31, 2023 — 351,457,016; December 31, 2022 — 389,754,870)	5	5
Treasury stock, at cost (shares: December 31, 2023 — 192,178,156; December 31, 2022 — 147,424,202)	(4,662)	(3,395)
Additional paid-in-capital	10,095	9,928
Retained deficit	(2,613)	(3,643)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	6	7
Stockholders' equity	5,307	4,902
Noncontrolling interest in subsidiary	15	16
Total equity	5,322	4,918
Total liabilities and equity	$ 32,966	$ 32,787

About Vistra Energy Corp

Vistra Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company. The company operates through six segments: Retail, Texas, East, West, Sunset, and Asset Closure. It retails electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across 20 states in the United States and the District of Columbia. In addition, the company is involved in the electricity generation, wholesale energy purchases and sales, commodity risk management, fuel production, and fuel logistics management activities. It serves approximately 3.5 million customers with a generation capacity of approximately 37,000 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.

CEO	Mr. James A. Burke
WEBSITE	vistracorp.com
INDUSTRY	Utilities Regulated Electric
EMPLOYEES	4910

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VST is the stock ticker symbol of Vistra Energy Corp. Every public company that trades on a stock exchange gets a ticker symbol.

What is the market capital of Vistra Energy Corp (VST)?

As of Mon Apr 15 2024, market cap of Vistra Energy Corp is 23.73 Billion. The market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the stock price with the number of shares outstanding.

What is the fair value of VST stock?

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What is the fair value of VST stock?

You can check VST's fair value in chart for subscribers. The fair value of Vistra Energy Corp is provided for various growth and macro-economic scenarios from very pessimiatic to very optimistic assumptions. These fair values are estimates from Grufity's Fair Value model based on company's past performance. However, past performance of Vistra Energy Corp is no guarantee of future performance. These fairvalue estimates should only be used as one of the inputs in your stock analysis. We provide model's historical fair value estimates for VST so that you know how good or bad the model has been in the past so you can discard it if needed. There are others that provide fair values of stocks such as wallmine, finbox, gurufocus and finviz. Most provide point in time estimates. We provide a history of our models fair value estimates so that you can get a sense of it's usefulness. Otherwise this data point is of little use.

Is Vistra Energy Corp a good stock to buy?

The fair value guage provides a quick view whether VST is over valued or under valued. Whether Vistra Energy Corp is cheap or expensive depends on the assumptions which impact Vistra Energy Corp's fair value. We provide several scenarios of inflation and growth to encompass these range of assumptions for VST.

What is Vistra Energy Corp's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Mon Apr 15 2024, VST's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is 15.89 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 1.61. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. VST PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.