VST — Vistra Corp.
Utilities · ETF XLU · as of 2026-09-18
Vistra Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company in the United States. It operates through five segments: Retail, Texas, East, West, and Asset Closure. The company retails electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across states in the United States and the District of Columbia. It also involved in the electricity generation, wholesale energy purchases and sales, commodity risk management...
Price & today
| Stock today | -2.01% |
| Sector ETF today | -1.42% |
| Residual (stock-specific) | -0.60% |
Sector correlation
| 20-day correlation with XLU | 0.62 |
| 60-day correlation with XLU | 0.30 |
| Status | normal |
Decoupling fires when 60d corr − 20d corr > 0.20: stock used to track its sector but the relationship has weakened recently.
Technicals
| 10 EMA | $143.15 |
| 20 EMA | $143.61 |
| 50 EMA | $146.41 |
| EMA stack | BEARISH |
| RSI(14) | 45.0 |
| 52-week high distance | -36.01% |
| 52-week low distance | +5.19% |
Signals
| Market F&G | 46.9 |
| Bull% | 12.2% |
| OVTLYR status | SELL (0d) |
| Sector rank | #36 |
| Next earnings | 2026-11-04 (TNS, 46d) |
MarketSmith metrics - our compute
What do these abbreviations mean?
- RS Rating
- - IBD-style relative strength vs SPY (weighted 3/6/9/12-mo). 70+ = leaders pool, 80+ = strong.
- ADR%
- - average daily range over 20 days. 4%+ = the fast movers the playbook prefers (selection order, not a gate).
- RMV (tight)
- - Relative Measured Volatility, 15 bars, scaled 0-100. <15 = tight coiled base (green), <35 moderate, high = loose/expanding - not a base right now.
- Ext (ATR>20EMA)
- - how many ATRs price sits above its 20-EMA. ≤1 = in value (green), >2 = extended/chasing (red) - prefer a pullback.
- Rel Vol
- - latest volume vs the 50-day average. 100% = normal; 140%+ = breakout confirmation.
- U/D 50d / 25d
- - up-day vs down-day volume over the window. 1.1+ = net accumulation (institutions buying); under 0.9 on the 25d = net selling.
- Accum/Dist 25d
- - heavy-volume up days vs heavy-volume down days in the last 25 sessions (close moved 0.2%+ on above-average volume). The institutional-participation footprint; 5+ distribution days = O'Neil caution line.
- LoD dist
- - close distance above the day low in % of ATR (100 = one full ATR off the low). High = strong close.
- Off/Above 52w
- - trend-template legs: within 25% of the 52-week high, at least 25% above the 52-week low.
- Trend 8/8
- - all 8 Minervini Trend Template criteria pass. Discovery floor, NOT an entry signal - entries come from the VCP pivot.
- Base len (VCP)
- - weeks since the VCP base started on the latest scan. 10wk+ bases carry the edge; short stacked bases test below random.
Fundamentals & valuation - reference, not entry inputs
Company data - context read, not entry inputs
Quarterly EPS - earnings acceleration
A dash in %Chg is deliberate: the year-ago figure was a loss, so a growth % would be meaningless. A dash in Sales means we have no revenue figure for that quarter - read it as a gap in our data, not as zero revenue.
| Quarter | EPS ($) | %Chg YoY | Sales ($M) | %Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov-24 | 5.25 | +320% | 6,288.0 | - |
| Feb-25 | 1.14 | +235% | 4,037.0 | +31% |
| May-25 | -0.93 | -488% | 4,250.0‡ | +35% |
| Aug-25 | 0.71 | -11% | 4,250.0‡ | +11% |
| Nov-25 | 1.38 | -74% | 4,971.0 | -21% |
| Feb-26 | 0.54 | -53% | 4,584.0 | +14% |
| May-26 | 2.87 | - | 5,640.0 | - |
| Aug-26 | 0.76 | +7% | 4,401.0‡ | - |
eps_actual (the figure MarketSmith/Deepvue show) - whether a given quarter is GAAP or excludes a one-off follows the filing, so it can sit either side of another vendor's number; AAPL's Oct-24 row, the Sep-2024 fiscal quarter, is $0.97 here - GAAP, including the EU tax charge - where TradingView's year implies $1.64 · Sales ($M) = SEC EDGAR quarterly revenue (fiscal Q4 derived as FY minus 9-mo) · quarter = report month · %Chg blank = prior-year base under $0.05 (not meaningful).Recent news - our DB (Finnhub + OVTLYR)
- Sep 16 + Constellation Energy vs. Vistra: 2 Very Different Bets on the Same AI Power Boom. Here's Which One I'd Buy. The Motley Fool
- Sep 14 · Can GE Vernova's Rising Free Cash Flow Strengthen Its Growth Story? Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 08 + Vistra Is Down 30% From Its High. Here's What I'd Do Now. The Motley Fool
- Sep 06 + Nuclear Stock Face-Off: Is Constellation Energy or Vistra the Better Buy Right Now? The Motley Fool
- Aug 31 + Vistra CEO James Burke Buys 2,000 Shares After 29% Stock Decline The Motley Fool
- Aug 28 + Palantir Billionaire Peter Thiel Just Put 33% of His Portfolio Into These 3 Energy Stocks The Motley Fool
- Aug 23 + Vistra Is the Quietest Big Winner of the AI Power Boom. Here's Why. The Motley Fool
- Aug 20 + Nvidia Chip-Filled Data Centers Need More Power Than Any Utility Can Promise. Here's Who Actually Wins. The Motley Fool