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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%)
Pre-Market: $146.97 (+0.31, +0.21%)
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.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$4.1B -10.8% ▼
5Y CAGR: +4.1%
Capital Expenditures
$3.9B -89.7% ▼
5Y CAGR: +25.6%
Free Cash Flow
$129M -94.8% ▼
5Y CAGR: -42.6%
Dividends Paid
$498M -4.2% ▼
Buybacks
$1.0B +18.8% ▲
Net Change in Cash
-$400M +82.7% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income-$1.3B-$1.2B$1.5B$2.8B$944M
Depreciation & Amort.$2.0B$2.0B$2.0B$2.6B$3.0B
Stock-Based Comp.$47M$63M$77M$100M$113M
Change in Working Capital-$1.3B-$2.6B$1.6B-$416M-$1.2B
Other Non-Cash Items$792M$2.4B-$282M-$1.2B$1.1B
Operating Cash Flow-$206M$485M$5.5B$4.6B$4.1B
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$1.0B-$1.3B-$1.7B-$2.1B-$3.9B
Acquisitions (Net)$0$0$0-$3.1B-$746M
Investment Purchases-$505M-$693M-$624M-$2.2B-$5.2B
Investment Sales$483M$670M$601M$2.2B$5.2B
Other Investing-$98M$85M-$446M-$110M$315M
Investing Cash Flow-$1.2B-$1.2B-$2.1B-$5.3B-$4.4B
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$1.4B$1.9B$1.8B$1.5B$2.2B
Stock Repurchased-$471M-$1.9B-$1.2B-$1.3B-$1.0B
Dividends Paid-$290M-$453M-$463M-$478M-$498M
Other Financing-$334M$425M-$401M-$1.4B-$722M
Financing Cash Flow$2.3B-$80M-$294M-$1.6B-$74M
Net Change in Cash$915M-$834M$3.0B-$2.3B-$400M
Cash End of Period$1.4B$525M$3.5B$1.2B$822M
Free Cash Flow-$1.2B-$816M$3.8B$2.5B$129M

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