Vistra (VST) Competitors

Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) and Vistra (NYSE:VST) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CEG or VST?

Vistra received 138 more outperform votes than Constellation Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.25% of users gave Vistra an outperform vote while only 63.47% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Constellation Energy	Outperform Votes 172 63.47%	Underperform Votes 99 36.53%
Vistra	Outperform Votes 310 67.25%	Underperform Votes 151 32.75%

Do analysts prefer CEG or VST?

Constellation Energy currently has a consensus price target of $285.79, indicating a potential downside of 0.46%. Vistra has a consensus price target of $165.83, indicating a potential upside of 8.91%. Given Vistra's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vistra is more favorable than Constellation Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Constellation Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Vistra	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CEG or VST?

82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Vistra shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Vistra shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CEG or VST?

Constellation Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Vistra. Vistra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Constellation Energy	$24.20B	3.72	$1.62B	$9.49	30.25
Vistra	$18.10B	2.85	$1.49B	$6.36	23.94

Is CEG or VST more profitable?

Constellation Energy has a net margin of 15.91% compared to Vistra's net margin of 12.51%. Vistra's return on equity of 57.63% beat Constellation Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Constellation Energy	15.91%	21.96%	5.26%
Vistra	12.51%	57.63%	6.02%

Does the media favor CEG or VST?

In the previous week, Vistra had 39 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Vistra and 2 mentions for Constellation Energy. Vistra's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.71 indicating that Vistra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Constellation Energy	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vistra	36 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is CEG or VST a better dividend stock?

Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Vistra pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Constellation Energy pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vistra pays out 14.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Constellation Energy has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Vistra has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Vistra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, CEG or VST?

Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vistra has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Vistra beats Constellation Energy on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.