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VST Short Interest

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.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
51.0%
Short Ratio
of total volume
45.2%
20-Day Avg
44.0%
50-Day Avg
▲ Rising
5-Day Trend
1.0M
Short Volume
2.0M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 936,846 1,827,148 51.3%
NYSE 46,514 87,178 53.4%
BATS 12,239 37,575 32.6%

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