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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AEP American Electric Power	$111.02 -0.7%	$108.85	$89.91 ▼ $115.36	$59.37B	0.4	3.32 million shs	2.90 million shs
ET Energy Transfer	$17.73 +0.4%	$17.64	$14.60 ▼ $21.45	$60.83B	0.83	14.47 million shs	8.95 million shs
TLN Talen Energy	$378.92 -2.4%	$333.48	$137.50 ▼ $394.25	$17.31B	1.9	1.31 million shs	1.20 million shs
VST Vistra	$189.33 -3.7%	$195.51	$72.90 ▼ $216.85	$64.07B	1.3	4.22 million shs	4.00 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AEP American Electric Power	0.00%	-2.63%	-1.87%	+7.63%	+12.66%
ET Energy Transfer	0.00%	+1.14%	-1.69%	+1.40%	+11.65%
TLN Talen Energy	0.00%	+6.41%	+0.36%	+55.77%	+203.11%
VST Vistra	0.00%	-0.51%	-9.30%	+18.08%	+129.43%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
AEP American Electric Power	4.2842 of 5 stars	2.1	2.0	4.2	1.0	3.0	2.5	2.5
ET Energy Transfer	4.3552 of 5 stars	3.5	4.0	1.7	0.0	2.9	1.7	3.1
TLN Talen Energy	1.2721 of 5 stars	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.8	0.6
VST Vistra	3.7689 of 5 stars	2.5	5.0	2.5	0.0	3.6	2.5	1.3

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AEP American Electric Power	2.29	Hold	$111.29	0.24% Upside
ET Energy Transfer	2.92	Moderate Buy	$22.50	26.94% Upside
TLN Talen Energy	3.00	Buy	$316.00	-16.61% Downside
VST Vistra	2.94	Moderate Buy	$201.43	6.39% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest TLN, VST, AEP, and ET Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/26/2025	ET Energy Transfer	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$24.00 ➝ $23.00
8/21/2025	VST Vistra	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$207.00
8/21/2025	AEP American Electric Power	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight
8/20/2025	TLN Talen Energy	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$427.00
8/20/2025	TLN Talen Energy	Melius Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$427.00
8/20/2025	VST Vistra	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
8/20/2025	VST Vistra	Melius Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$295.00
8/13/2025	TLN Talen Energy	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$353.00 ➝ $418.00
8/13/2025	VST Vistra	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$179.00 ➝ $203.00
8/12/2025	VST Vistra	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$191.00 ➝ $229.00
8/12/2025	ET Energy Transfer	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$21.00 ➝ $23.00

(Data available from 8/31/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AEP American Electric Power	$19.72B	3.01	$11.98 per share	9.27	$57.91 per share	1.92
ET Energy Transfer	$82.67B	0.74	$2.79 per share	6.35	$12.29 per share	1.44
TLN Talen Energy	$2.12B	8.19	$17.35 per share	21.84	$27.27 per share	13.90
VST Vistra	$17.22B	3.72	$15.57 per share	12.16	$6.97 per share	27.16

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AEP American Electric Power	$2.97B	$6.84	16.23	17.65	2.94	17.68%	11.55%	3.11%	11/5/2025 (Estimated)
ET Energy Transfer	$4.45B	$1.29	13.74	11.66	0.93	5.80%	11.08%	3.73%	11/5/2025 (Estimated)
TLN Talen Energy	$998M	$3.53	107.34	52.19	2.61	8.75%	17.81%	4.52%	11/13/2025 (Estimated)
VST Vistra	$2.66B	$6.27	30.20	29.96	2.18	12.90%	108.41%	7.71%	11/6/2025 (Estimated)

Latest TLN, VST, AEP, and ET Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/7/2025	Q2 2025	TLN Talen Energy	-$1.13	$1.50	+$2.63	$1.50	$481.48 million	$630.00 million
8/7/2025	Q2 2025	VST Vistra	$1.63	$1.01	-$0.62	$1.21	$5.15 billion	$4.25 billion
8/6/2025	Q2 2025	ET Energy Transfer	$0.32	$0.32	N/A	$0.32	$24.07 billion	$19.24 billion
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	AEP American Electric Power	$1.27	$1.43	+$0.16	$2.29	$4.85 billion	$5.09 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AEP American Electric Power	$3.72	3.35%	N/A	54.39%	15 Years
ET Energy Transfer	$1.32	7.45%	N/A	102.33%	4 Years
TLN Talen Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
VST Vistra	$0.90	0.48%	N/A	14.35%	6 Years

Latest TLN, VST, AEP, and ET Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/30/2025	VST Vistra	quarterly	$0.2260	0.44%	9/19/2025	9/19/2025	9/30/2025
7/22/2025	AEP American Electric Power	quarterly	$0.93	3.38%	8/8/2025	8/8/2025	9/10/2025
7/24/2025	ET Energy Transfer	quarterly	$0.33	7.45%	8/8/2025	8/8/2025	8/19/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AEP American Electric Power	1.33	0.55	0.41
ET Energy Transfer	1.44	1.15	0.92
TLN Talen Energy	2.39	1.84	1.34
VST Vistra	6.58	0.90	0.80

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AEP American Electric Power	75.24%
ET Energy Transfer	38.22%
TLN Talen Energy	0.38%
VST Vistra	90.88%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AEP American Electric Power	0.07%
ET Energy Transfer	3.28%
TLN Talen Energy	0.18%
VST Vistra	1.42%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AEP American Electric Power	16,330	534.79 million	534.42 million	Optionable
ET Energy Transfer	16,248	3.43 billion	3.32 billion	Optionable
TLN Talen Energy	1,894	45.69 million	45.60 million	Optionable
VST Vistra	6,850	338.82 million	334.01 million	Optionable

TLN, VST, AEP, and ET Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Vistra Corp. $VST Shares Sold by Gordian Capital Singapore Pte Ltd

August 31 at 7:01 AM | marketbeat.com

Vistra Corp. $VST Shares Acquired by Situational Awareness LP

August 31 at 6:29 AM | marketbeat.com

Trexquant Investment LP Takes Position in Vistra Corp. $VST

August 31 at 6:10 AM | marketbeat.com

Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. Purchases 3,383 Shares of Vistra Corp. $VST

August 31 at 6:00 AM | marketbeat.com

Vistra Corp. stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitors

August 30 at 6:25 PM | msn.com

Corebridge Financial Inc. Reduces Holdings in Vistra Corp. $VST

August 30 at 5:19 AM | marketbeat.com

Victory Square Technologies Reports Q2 2025 Results Highlighted by Revenue Growth, Profitability, and Portfolio Momentum

August 29 at 11:01 PM | newsfilecorp.comN

Vistra's Options: A Look at What the Big Money is Thinking

August 29 at 5:23 PM | benzinga.com

Can Vistra's Integrated Model Drive Sustainable Long-Term Growth?

August 29 at 12:16 PM | zacks.com

TXU Energy's Beat the Heat Program Delivers Cooling Relief Across Texas

August 29 at 10:33 AM | prnewswire.com

Silvant Capital Management LLC Acquires 21,661 Shares of Vistra Corp. $VST

August 29 at 7:37 AM | marketbeat.com

FORA Capital LLC Purchases New Shares in Vistra Corp. $VST

August 29 at 6:13 AM | marketbeat.com

Vistra Corp. $VST Stake Boosted by Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.

August 29 at 4:58 AM | marketbeat.com

VST vs. PEG: Which Utility Stock Can Provide Better Return Long-Term?

August 28 at 2:21 PM | zacks.com

Better-Than-Anticipated Results Lifted Vistra Corp. (VST) in Q2

August 28 at 9:54 AM | insidermonkey.com

Better-Than-Anticipated Results Lifted Vistra Corp. (VST) in Q2

August 28 at 8:31 AM | finance.yahoo.com

Vistra Corp. $VST Shares Acquired by Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec

August 28 at 7:18 AM | marketbeat.com

Vistra Corp. $VST Holdings Decreased by Comerica Bank

August 28 at 6:56 AM | marketbeat.com

MetLife Investment Management LLC Sells 1,870 Shares of Vistra Corp. $VST

August 28 at 6:39 AM | marketbeat.com

3,081 Shares in Vistra Corp. $VST Acquired by Martingale Asset Management L P

August 28 at 4:51 AM | marketbeat.com

Should You Buy Vistra While It's Below $210?

August 28 at 4:19 AM | fool.com

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TLN, VST, AEP, and ET Company Descriptions

American Electric Power NASDAQ:AEP

$111.02 -0.76 (-0.68%)

Closing price 08/29/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$111.70 +0.67 (+0.61%)

As of 08/29/2025 07:34 PM Eastern

American Electric Power Company, Inc., an electric public utility holding company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. It operates through Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco, and Generation & Marketing segments. The company generates electricity using coal and lignite, natural gas, renewable, nuclear, hydro, solar, wind, and other energy sources. It also supplies and markets electric power at wholesale to other electric utility companies, rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, and other market participants. American Electric Power Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Energy Transfer NYSE:ET

$17.73 +0.07 (+0.37%)

Closing price 08/29/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$17.74 +0.02 (+0.11%)

As of 08/29/2025 08:00 PM Eastern

Energy Transfer LP provides energy-related services. The company owns and operates natural gas transportation pipeline, and natural gas storage facilities in Texas and Oklahoma; and approximately 20,090 miles of interstate natural gas pipeline. It also sells natural gas to electric utilities, independent power plants, local distribution and other marketing companies, and industrial end-users. In addition, the company owns and operates natural gas gathering pipelines, processing plant, and treating and conditioning facilities in Texas, New Mexico, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Louisiana; natural gas gathering, oil pipeline, and oil stabilization facilities in South Texas; and transports and supplies water to natural gas producer in Pennsylvania. Further, it owns 5,700 miles of natural gas liquid (NGL) pipeline; NGL fractionation facilities; NGL storage facilities; and other NGL storage assets and terminal. Additionally, the company provides crude oil transportation, terminalling, acquisition, and marketing activities; owns and operates approximately 14,500 miles of crude oil trunk and gathering pipelines in the Southwest, Midcontinent, and Midwest United States; and sells and distributes gasoline, middle distillate, and motor fuels and other petroleum products. It also offers natural gas compression services; carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide removal services; and manages coal and natural resources properties, as well as sells standing timber, leases coal-related infrastructure facilities, collects oil and gas royalty, and generate electrical power. The company was formerly known as Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and changed its name to Energy Transfer LP in October 2018. Energy Transfer LP was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Talen Energy NASDAQ:TLN

$378.92 -9.30 (-2.40%)

Closing price 08/29/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$380.13 +1.21 (+0.32%)

As of 08/29/2025 07:54 PM Eastern

Talen Energy Corporation is a U.S.-based energy and power generation company. The Company owns or controls approximately 16,000 megawatts of capacity in wholesale power markets, principally in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southwest regions of the United States. The Company generates and sells electricity, capacity and related products from power plants that use fuel sources, such as nuclear, natural gas and coal. The Company's Susquehanna nuclear power plant has approximately two boiling water reactors with a combined capacity of over 2,600 megawatts. Its fossil fuel plants are located in Athens, Barney Davis, Bayonne, Brandon Shores, Brunner Island, Camden, Colstrip and Dartmouth, among others. It has an art energy trading center located in Allentown, Pennsylvania (PA), where it manages asset load obligations, fuel supply, capacity and related products, and all supporting physical or financial transactions for its electric generation portfolio.

Vistra NYSE:VST

$189.33 -7.37 (-3.75%)

Closing price 08/29/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$188.95 -0.38 (-0.20%)

As of 08/29/2025 08:00 PM Eastern

Vistra Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company. The company operates through six segments: Retail, Texas, East, West, Sunset, and Asset Closure. It retails electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across states in the United States and the District of Columbia. In addition, the company is involved in the electricity generation, wholesale energy purchases and sales, commodity risk management, fuel production, and fuel logistics management activities. It serves approximately 4 million customers with a generation capacity of approximately 37,000 megawatts with a portfolio of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company was formerly known as Vistra Energy Corp. and changed its name to Vistra Corp. in July 2020. Vistra Corp. was founded in 1882 and is based in Irving, Texas.

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