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Company snapshot — Vistra Corp.

VST in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Vistra runs retail electricity and gas supply alongside power generation across several US regions, organised into Retail, Texas, East, West and Asset Closure units. Its plants burn natural gas and coal, run nuclear reactors, and operate solar and battery storage, selling into wholesale markets as well as to households and businesses. The company also decommissions retired plants and mines it no longer needs. It is based in Irving, Texas.
Where it sits in the stack
Vistra carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Utilities sector as an independent power producer, the sleeve of the wider AI build-out watch that supplies the electricity data centres draw on. It is a constraint on the build-out because new AI capacity needs reliable power before chips can run, and hyperscalers are turning to existing generators like Vistra for that supply.
Who it is priced against
The diary's format piece on power grouped Vistra with other generation names courted by hyperscaler demand — Constellation Energy, NuScale, Oklo and Calpine — and the market also names NRG Energy in the same group of power producers.
Why Closelook tracks it
Vistra sits in the S&P 500 and has been quoted once in the diary, in a piece on electricity as a limiter for AI build-out; it does not carry a Closelook score.
What the diary watches
Whether hyperscaler demand for steady power keeps pulling utilities like Vistra into the AI story, and whether its generation mix can expand fast enough to meet that demand.

Vistra Corp. (VST) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for VST, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by BNP Paribas, 2026-08-19

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for VST from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target BNP Paribas — target 255 from 282 Target cut to $255 from $282 (+80.4% to spot) 2026-08-19

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Utilities - Independent Power Producers · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities - Independent Power Producers

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against VST on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.63%, quarterly · last 0.22 USD on 2026-06-22

Dividends and capital return

What VST pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.91 USD per share · a 0.63% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +1.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.89 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.22 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-22
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.42 USD (partial) · 2024: 0.88 USD · 2025: 0.90 USD · 2026: 0.45 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-09-19

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Vistra Corp. (VST)?

Vistra Corp. trades as VST on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is VST in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Vistra Corp. is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does VST trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -2.9% vs the 50-day and -8.3% vs the 200-day average, 34.5% below the 52-week high and +8.2% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Vistra Corp. do?

Vistra runs retail electricity and gas supply alongside power generation across several US regions, organised into Retail, Texas, East, West and Asset Closure units. Its plants burn natural gas and coal, run nuclear reactors, and operate solar and battery storage, selling into wholesale markets as well as to households and businesses. The company also decommissions retired plants and mines it no longer needs. The diary's format piece on power grouped Vistra with other generation names courted by hyperscaler demand — Constellation Energy, NuScale, Oklo and Calpine — and the market also names NRG Energy in the same group of power producers.

Where does Vistra Corp. sit in the AI build-out?

Vistra carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Utilities sector as an independent power producer, the sleeve of the wider AI build-out watch that supplies the electricity data centres draw on. It is a constraint on the build-out because new AI capacity needs reliable power before chips can run, and hyperscalers are turning to existing generators like Vistra for that supply. Vistra sits in the S&P 500 and has been quoted once in the diary, in a piece on electricity as a limiter for AI build-out; it does not carry a Closelook score.

Does Vistra Corp. pay a dividend?

Vistra Corp. has paid 0.91 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.63% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.22 USD on 2026-06-22. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Vistra Corp. recently?

The most recent analyst action on Vistra Corp. on the Closelook wire is a price target by BNP Paribas on 2026-08-19 (target 255 from 282). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

Where has Closelook written about Vistra Corp.?

Vistra Corp. appears in 1 Closelook piece, most recently 101: The Power Constraint: Electricity as the Next Limiter for AI. What Closelook said most recently: Investment Implications Power generation: Nuclear (Constellation Energy, NuScale, Oklo), natural gas (Calpine, Vistra), and utility-scale solar/battery storage all benefit from hyperscaler demand for reliable baseload power. (101). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for VST, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 1 piece · newest: 101, “The Power Constraint: Electricity as the Next Limiter for AI”

Mentioned on Closelook

Where VST appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

101 and glossary

Related in the Closelook universe

then Utilities - Independent Power Producers, then Utilities. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.