Fundamental analysis · SEC EDGAR · TTM through 31/03/2026
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Fundamental quality
77
out of 100
Vistra Corp. earns a fundamental-quality score of 77 out of 100, profiling it as a company with solid fundamentals. Its score rests mainly on its growth (revenue +10.6%/yr). Its weakest area is its financial strength (net debt 3.39× EBITDA). Whether it's cheap or expensive depends on the current price, which you can compute in the tool.
Vistra is America's largest competitive power generator: a fleet of gas, nuclear and battery plants, with Texas as its stronghold, selling energy at market prices. The stock discovered its luck with AI: whoever owns firm megawatts today owns gold.
EPS growth: 33.8% · Revenue growth: 10.6%
Net margin: 11.5% · ROE: 40% · ROIC: 11.8%
Net debt/EBITDA: 3.39x · FCF: 9.3%
Source: SEC EDGAR · TTM through 31/03/2026
The score includes +1 for dividend strength: 4 consecutive years of increases. Keeping that streak demands growing cash generation and balance-sheet discipline.
The score combines growth, profitability and financial strength. Here its growth weighs in its favor, while its financial strength drags it down the most.
Percentile against the other 24 Utilities companies in our coverage: how far it beats them on each metric (100 = best in sector).
Computed from the daily dataset scores. A high percentile places the company among the best in its sector on that metric; it is not a buy recommendation.
Key concepts
What do these metrics mean? Fundamental analysis · What is the P/E · What is EPS · What is ROE · Net & gross margin · Free cash flow
| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow | Net debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11,443 | 636 | 2,078 | 8,829 |
| 2021 | 12,077 | -1,274 | -1,239 | 9,152 |
| 2022 | 13,728 | -1,227 | -816 | 12,128 |
| 2023 | 14,779 | 1,493 | 3,777 | 10,917 |
| 2024 | 17,224 | 2,659 | 2,485 | 15,110 |
| 2025 | 17,738 | 944 | 1,318 | 18,058 |
Between 2020 and 2025, revenue went from $11,443M to $17,738M (+55%) and net income went from $636M to $944M (+48%).
Annual figures in millions of U.S. dollars ($M) per SEC filings. Net debt is total debt minus cash.
Latest results
Figures for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, versus the quarter ended March 31, 2025 (SEC filings):
Automatic comparison between the two most recent periods filed with the SEC. One quarter doesn't make a trend: read it alongside the historical evolution above.
$0.9
per share, yearly
32.4% of earnings
Payout
at least 4 straight years raising it
Growth
That is what we can verify in the SEC filings, whose structured data only starts in 2008 and which many companies begin tagging later. The real streak may be considerably longer.
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In terms of business quality, Vistra Corp. scores 77 out of 100 in our analysis, placing it as a company of high fundamental quality. That said, this isn't a recommendation: whether it's a good investment also depends on its current price and your goals.
Is Vistra Corp. a profitable company?
Yes. Vistra Corp. shows a net margin of 11.5% and an ROE of 40%, a sign of a profitable business.
Does Vistra Corp. have a lot of debt?
Yes, its leverage is high: net debt is 3.39 times its EBITDA, and it has been rising.
Is Vistra Corp. growing?
Its revenue has grown 10.6% annualized in recent years and its earnings per share 33.8%, and without interruption since 2020.
Does Vistra Corp. generate cash?
Yes. It converts about 9.3% of its revenue into free cash flow.
The thresholds are general and the system doesn't judge qualitative factors. See the full methodology and use this analysis as a first filter, never as a final decision.
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Data: see Vistra Corp.'s filings on EDGAR
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