VST Stock — Vistra Corp.

Vistra Corp. (VST)

Updated October 16, 2026.

VST is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.61%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.60%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 70/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 1242.9% over the past 10 years, 928.4 points ahead of SPY at 314.5%.

Vistra Corp. is an integrated retail electricity and power generation company operating across the United States, serving approximately 5 million customers through electricity and natural gas retail operations while generating power from a diversified portfolio including natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery storage facilities. The company pays a modest quarterly distribution and operates a low-cost business structure with no expense ratio as an operating company. The stock appeals to investors seeking exposure to the essential utilities and power generation sectors with regular income potential.

VST performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 1242.9% over the past 10 years, 928.4 points ahead of SPY at 314.5%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -27.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 35.8%.

VST key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

70 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.43%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

10/05/2016

Distribution rate

0.61%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.60%

5-year average yield

0.98

Last close

$152.02 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$51,023,262,344

Average volume

5206300.0

Dividend

$0.23

Ex-dividend date

09/21/2026

Payment date

09/30/2026

Beta

1.384

Payout ratio

11.1%

P/E ratio

25.64

Forward P/E

13.3333

EPS

$5.93

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.61%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.60%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

VST risks and drawbacks

VST's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 35.8%.

Who may consider VST — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (VST pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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