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Vistra Corp.
1W: -2.4% 1M: +6.3% 3M: +2.7% YTD: -11.2% 1Y: -27.2% 3Y: +368.5% 5Y: +727.3%
$146.66
+4.93 (+3.48%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±9.9%
$112 $126 $140 $154 $168
NYSE · Utilities · Independent Power Producers · Tech Score Sell · Power 55 · $49.2B mcap · 313M float · 1.66% daily turnover · Short 47% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 63% of companies Debt: 28.8% of company value Bonds: $1.54B held by 908 funds, 118 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $6.02 (down 96%), Vistra Corp. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $19.89B against a stock market value of $49.22B.
Distance to default 3.96 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $11.04B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 50.6%; Altman Z'' 0.80. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Balance Sheet Trends

Total Assets
$41.5B +10.0% ▲
5Y CAGR: +10.5%
Total Liabilities
$36.4B +13.2% ▲
5Y CAGR: +16.7%
Shareholders Equity
$5.1B -8.3% ▼
5Y CAGR: -9.4%
Cash & Investments
$816M -31.3% ▼
5Y CAGR: +15.0%
Total Debt
$20.4B +17.5% ▲
5Y CAGR: +15.6%
Net Debt
$19.6B +21.0% ▲

Assets vs Liabilities & Equity

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Balance Sheet
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Assets —
Cash$1.3B$455M$3.5B$1.2B$816M
Short-Term Investments$0$0$0$0$0
Cash & ST Investments$1.3B$455M$3.5B$1.2B$816M
Net Receivables$2.0B$2.1B$1.7B$2.0B$2.3B
Inventory$610M$570M$740M$970M$1.0B
Other Current Assets$3.8B$8.0B$5.7B$4.0B$5.0B
Total Current Assets$7.9B$11.1B$11.6B$8.1B$9.2B
Property, Plant & Equip.$13.1B$12.6B$12.4B$18.2B$19.9B
Goodwill & Intangibles$4.7B$4.5B$4.4B$5.0B$5.2B
Long-Term Investments$2.0B$1.7B$2.0B$4.5B$5.5B
Other Non-Current Assets$624M$1.1B$1.2B$1.9B$1.4B
Total Non-Current Assets$21.8B$21.7B$21.3B$29.7B$32.4B
Total Assets$29.7B$32.8B$33.0B$37.8B$41.5B
— Liabilities —
Accounts Payable$1.5B$1.6B$1.1B$1.5B$1.6B
Short-Term Debt$254M$1.1B$2.3B$1.6B$4.2B
Deferred Revenue$0$0$0$0$0
Other Current Liabilities$3.7B$7.3B$6.0B$4.9B$5.9B
Total Current Liabilities$5.8B$10.3B$9.8B$8.4B$11.8B
Long-Term Debt$10.5B$11.9B$12.1B$15.4B$15.8B
Other Non-Current Liab.$4.8B$5.3B$5.4B$7.3B$7.4B
Total Non-Current Liabilities$15.5B$17.5B$17.8B$23.8B$24.6B
Total Liabilities$21.4B$27.9B$27.6B$32.2B$36.4B
— Equity —
Common Stock$5M$5M$5M$5M$5M
Retained Earnings-$2.0B-$3.6B-$2.6B-$454M-$12M
Accumulated OCI-$16M$7M$6M$20M$17M
Total Stockholders Equity$8.3B$4.9B$5.3B$5.6B$5.1B
Total Liabilities & Equity$29.7B$32.8B$33.0B$37.8B$41.5B
— Key Metrics —
Total Debt$11.0B$13.3B$14.7B$17.4B$20.4B
Net Debt$9.7B$12.9B$11.2B$16.2B$19.6B
Total Investments$2.0B$1.7B$2.0B$4.5B$5.5B

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