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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%	$108.66	$89.91 ▼ $115.36	$59.37B	0.4	3.56 million shs	2.90 million shs
NEE NextEra Energy	$72.03 -0.1%	$73.20	$61.72 ▼ $86.10	$148.34B	0.63	11.81 million shs	11.28 million shs
NRG NRG Energy	$145.52 -2.1%	$154.48	$76.13 ▼ $175.96	$28.15B	1.14	3.17 million shs	1.56 million shs
VST Vistra	$189.33 -3.7%	$195.43	$72.90 ▼ $216.85	$64.15B	1.3	6.97 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	-0.98%	-1.20%	+2.34%	+8.37%	+13.44%
NEE NextEra Energy	-2.49%	-5.19%	+0.19%	+2.31%	-9.22%
NRG NRG Energy	+0.34%	+2.10%	-6.84%	-4.50%	+85.41%
VST Vistra	+1.24%	+3.61%	-0.51%	+22.84%	+138.69%

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	4.4125 of 5 stars	2.1	2.0	4.2	1.0	3.6	2.5	2.5
NEE NextEra Energy	4.8646 of 5 stars	3.3	4.0	3.3	2.6	3.0	2.5	1.9
NRG NRG Energy	4.7731 of 5 stars	4.5	3.0	1.7	0.5	3.1	2.5	1.9
VST Vistra	3.5712 of 5 stars	2.5	5.0	2.5	0.0	3.6	2.5	0.6

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
NEE NextEra Energy	2.69	Moderate Buy	$84.00	16.61% Upside
NRG NRG Energy	2.92	Moderate Buy	$186.92	28.45% Upside
VST Vistra	2.94	Moderate Buy	$201.43	6.39% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest VST, NRG, NEE, and AEP Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/22/2025	NEE NextEra Energy	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$86.00 ➝ $87.00
8/21/2025	NEE NextEra Energy	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$78.00
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	NEE NextEra Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight
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	NEE NextEra Energy	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
8/20/2025	NEE NextEra Energy	Melius Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$77.00
8/20/2025	NRG NRG Energy	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$308.00
8/20/2025	NRG NRG Energy	Melius Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$308.00
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

(Data available from 8/29/2022 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	$20.67B	2.87	$11.77 per share	9.43	$57.91 per share	1.92
NEE NextEra Energy	$24.75B	5.99	$6.08 per share	11.85	$29.57 per share	2.44
NRG NRG Energy	$29.37B	0.96	$15.32 per share	9.50	$8.47 per share	17.18
VST Vistra	$17.22B	3.72	$15.12 per share	12.52	$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	2.99	17.68%	11.55%	3.11%	11/5/2025 (Estimated)
NEE NextEra Energy	$6.95B	$2.86	25.19	18.19	2.54	22.84%	12.31%	3.86%	10/22/2025 (Estimated)
NRG NRG Energy	$1.13B	$2.21	65.84	14.88	1.21	1.78%	88.22%	6.80%	11/14/2025 (Estimated)
VST Vistra	$2.66B	$6.27	30.20	29.96	2.24	12.90%	108.41%	7.71%	11/6/2025 (Estimated)

Latest VST, NRG, NEE, and AEP Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
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	NRG NRG Energy	$1.72	$1.68	-$0.04	-$0.62	$6.63 billion	$6.74 billion
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	AEP American Electric Power	$1.27	$1.43	+$0.16	$2.29	$4.85 billion	$5.09 billion
7/23/2025	Q2 2025	NEE NextEra Energy	$1.01	$1.05	+$0.04	$0.98	$7.52 billion	$6.70 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
NEE NextEra Energy	$2.27	3.15%	N/A	79.37%	31 Years
NRG NRG Energy	$1.76	1.21%	N/A	79.64%	1 Years
VST Vistra	$0.90	0.48%	N/A	14.35%	6 Years

Latest VST, NRG, NEE, and AEP 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
7/24/2025	NEE NextEra Energy	quarterly	$0.5665	3.12%	8/28/2025	8/28/2025	9/15/2025
7/22/2025	AEP American Electric Power	quarterly	$0.93	3.38%	8/8/2025	8/8/2025	9/10/2025
7/21/2025	NRG NRG Energy	quarterly	$0.44	1.2%	8/1/2025	8/1/2025	8/15/2025

(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
NEE NextEra Energy	1.36	0.54	0.45
NRG NRG Energy	5.99	0.93	0.88
VST Vistra	6.58	0.90	0.80

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AEP American Electric Power	75.24%
NEE NextEra Energy	78.72%
NRG NRG Energy	97.72%
VST Vistra	90.88%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AEP American Electric Power	0.07%
NEE NextEra Energy	0.20%
NRG NRG Energy	0.86%
VST Vistra	1.42%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AEP American Electric Power	16,330	534.80 million	534.42 million	Optionable
NEE NextEra Energy	9,300	2.06 billion	2.06 billion	Optionable
NRG NRG Energy	6,600	193.43 million	191.77 million	Optionable
VST Vistra	6,850	338.82 million	334.01 million	Optionable

VST, NRG, NEE, and AEP Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

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

2 hours ago | 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

A Confluence of Positive Developments Lifted Vistra Corp. (VST) in Q2

August 27 at 4:31 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Should We Be Delighted With Vistra Corp.'s (NYSE:VST) ROE Of 49%?

August 27 at 3:05 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Vistra Corp. (VST) is Attracting Investor Attention: Here is What You Should Know

August 27 at 10:00 AM | zacks.com

Bank of Hawaii Purchases 2,301 Shares of Vistra Corp. $VST

August 27 at 8:39 AM | marketbeat.com

SVB Wealth LLC Acquires New Shares in Vistra Corp. $VST

August 27 at 6:41 AM | marketbeat.com

APG Asset Management N.V. Sells 2,700 Shares of Vistra Corp. $VST

August 27 at 6:39 AM | marketbeat.com

Vistra Corp. $VST Shares Sold by Ameriprise Financial Inc.

August 27 at 5:34 AM | marketbeat.com

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VST, NRG, NEE, and AEP Company Descriptions

American Electric Power NASDAQ:AEP

$111.02 -0.76 (-0.68%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$111.70 +0.67 (+0.61%)

As of 06:24 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.

NextEra Energy NYSE:NEE

$72.03 -0.06 (-0.08%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$72.01 -0.02 (-0.03%)

As of 06:37 PM Eastern

NextEra Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power to retail and wholesale customers in North America. The company generates electricity through wind, solar, nuclear,natural gas, and other clean energy. It also develops, constructs, and operates long-term contracted assets that consists of clean energy solutions, such as renewable generation facilities, battery storage projects, and electric transmission facilities; sells energy commodities; and owns, develops, constructs, manages and operates electric generation facilities in wholesale energy markets. The company had approximately 33,276 megawatts of net generating capacity; approximately 90,000 circuit miles of transmission and distribution lines; and 883 substations. It serves approximately 12 million people through approximately 5.9 million customer accounts in the east and lower west coasts of Florida. The company was formerly known as FPL Group, Inc. and changed its name to NextEra Energy, Inc. in 2010. NextEra Energy, Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida.

NRG Energy NYSE:NRG

$145.52 -3.14 (-2.11%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$145.40 -0.11 (-0.08%)

As of 06:34 PM Eastern

NRG Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy and home services company in the United States and Canada. It operates through Texas; East; West/Services/Other; Vivint Smart Home; and Corporate Activities segments. The company produces and sells electricity generated using coal, oil, solar, and battery storage; natural gas; and a cloud-based home platform, including hardware, software, sales, installation, customer service, technical support, and professional monitoring solutions. It offers retail electricity and energy management, line and surge protection products, HVAC installation, repair and maintenance, home protection products, carbon offsets, back-up power stations, portable power, portable solar, and portable lighting; retail services comprising demand response, commodity sales, energy efficiency, and energy management solutions; and system power, distributed generation, renewable and low-carbon products, carbon management and specialty services, backup generation, storage and distributed solar, and energy advisory services. In addition, the company trades in power, natural gas, and related commodities; environmental products; weather products; and financial products, including forwards, futures, options, and swaps. It offers its products and services under the NRG, Reliant, Direct Energy, Green Mountain Energy, and Vivint. It serves residential, commercial, government, industrial, and wholesale customers. NRG Energy, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Vistra NYSE:VST

$189.33 -7.37 (-3.75%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$188.76 -0.57 (-0.30%)

As of 06:39 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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