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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: $147.11 (+0.45, +0.31%)
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.

Dividend Overview

0.62%
Dividend Yield
$0.91
Annual Dividend
22.5%
Payout Ratio
36.3%
FCF Payout
0
Yr Increase Streak
0.22%
Buyback Yield
1.15%
Total Return
0.73%
Chowder Number

Annual Dividend History

Quarterly Payment History

Shareholder Returns: Dividends vs Buybacks

Full Payment History (32 payments)
Ex-DateAmountAdj. AmountYieldFrequency
2026-09-21 $0.2300 $0.2300 64.92% Quarterly
2026-06-22 $0.2290 $0.2290 54.41% Quarterly
2026-03-20 $0.2280 $0.2280 62.05% Quarterly
2025-12-22 $0.2270 $0.2270 55.80% Quarterly
2025-09-19 $0.2260 $0.2260 42.41% Quarterly
2025-06-18 $0.2250 $0.2250 49.11% Quarterly
2025-03-20 $0.2235 $0.2235 66.87% Quarterly
2024-12-20 $0.2215 $0.2215 62.42% Quarterly
2024-09-20 $0.2195 $0.2195 80.18% Quarterly
2024-06-18 $0.2175 $0.2175 97.23% Quarterly
2024-03-19 $0.2150 $0.2150 131.60% Quarterly
2023-12-19 $0.2130 $0.2130 217.52% Quarterly
2023-09-19 $0.2060 $0.2060 241.48% Quarterly
2023-06-20 $0.2040 $0.2040 311.77% Quarterly
2023-03-21 $0.1975 $0.1975 299.88% Quarterly
2022-12-19 $0.1930 $0.1930 303.44% Quarterly
2022-09-20 $0.1840 $0.1840 273.38% Quarterly
2022-06-21 $0.1770 $0.1770 284.15% Quarterly
2022-03-21 $0.1700 $0.1700 281.18% Quarterly
2021-12-15 $0.1500 $0.1500 289.86% Quarterly
2021-09-15 $0.1500 $0.1500 317.25% Quarterly
2021-06-15 $0.1500 $0.1500 309.61% Quarterly
2021-03-16 $0.1500 $0.1500 306.29% Quarterly
2020-12-15 $0.1350 $0.1350 292.52% Quarterly
2020-09-15 $0.1350 $0.1350 287.73% Quarterly
2020-06-15 $0.1350 $0.1350 261.70% Quarterly
2020-03-16 $0.1350 $0.1350 372.53% Quarterly
2019-12-13 $0.1250 $0.1250 210.88% Quarterly
2019-09-13 $0.1250 $0.1250 142.86% Quarterly
2019-06-13 $0.1250 $0.1250 104.78% Quarterly
2019-03-14 $0.1250 $0.1250 48.92% Quarterly
2016-12-15 $2.3200 $2.3200 1634.95% Quarterly
Stock Split History (3 splits)
DateRatioType
2013-08-09 1:50 stock-split
2004-11-01 1:10 stock-split
2003-02-27 3:1 stock-split

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