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VST vs. CEG, NRG, NGG, EPD, ET, AEP, TRP, EXC, XEL, and VG

Should you be buying Vistra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vistra include Constellation Energy (CEG), NRG Energy (NRG), National Grid Transco (NGG), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), and Venture Global (VG).

Vistra vs. Its Competitors

Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) and Vistra (NYSE:VST) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Vistra has a net margin of 12.90% compared to Constellation Energy's net margin of 12.12%. Vistra's return on equity of 108.41% beat Constellation Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Constellation Energy12.12% 21.61% 5.52%
Vistra 12.90%108.41%7.71%

82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Vistra shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Vistra shares are held 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.

Constellation Energy has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vistra has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Constellation Energy presently has a consensus price target of $345.12, suggesting a potential upside of 6.69%. Vistra has a consensus price target of $201.43, suggesting a potential downside of 3.93%. Given Constellation Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Constellation Energy is more favorable than Vistra.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Constellation Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Vistra
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94

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 0.4%. Constellation Energy pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vistra pays out 14.4% 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 raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Vistra has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Constellation Energy$23.57B4.29$3.75B$9.5833.77
Vistra$17.22B4.12$2.66B$6.2733.44

In the previous week, Vistra had 41 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Vistra and 4 mentions for Constellation Energy. Vistra's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.94 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vistra
39 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Vistra beats Constellation Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VST vs. The Competition

MetricVistraUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$71.04B$25.14B$16.49B$21.48B
Dividend Yield0.43%3.78%5.37%3.53%
P/E Ratio33.4419.4452.1229.70
Price / Sales4.124.1529.1651.37
Price / Cash13.458.9219.1324.52
Price / Book22.962.302.224.58
Net Income$2.66B$1.43B$755.16M$1.00B
7 Day Performance11.68%1.04%0.93%0.66%
1 Month Performance0.08%-0.70%0.81%4.64%
1 Year Performance160.56%12.08%202.26%15.96%

Vistra Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VST
Vistra
3.484 of 5 stars
$209.67
+2.8%
$201.43
-3.9%
+155.6%$71.04B$17.22B33.446,850Positive News
CEG
Constellation Energy
3.7934 of 5 stars
$299.53
-0.7%
$337.82
+12.8%
+69.8%$93.53B$23.57B31.2514,264
NRG
NRG Energy
4.7499 of 5 stars
$147.27
-0.3%
$186.92
+26.9%
+97.4%$28.46B$28.13B66.5815,637Positive News
Insider Trade
NGG
National Grid Transco
2.8358 of 5 stars
$70.30
+0.3%
$80.40
+14.4%
+2.5%$69.75B$23.61B13.5231,645
EPD
Enterprise Products Partners
4.2693 of 5 stars
$31.48
-0.6%
$35.83
+13.8%
+9.5%$68.04B$56.22B11.687,800Positive News
ET
Energy Transfer
4.5004 of 5 stars
$17.14
-1.5%
$22.54
+31.5%
+10.4%$58.85B$82.67B13.2916,248Positive News
AEP
American Electric Power
4.2328 of 5 stars
$107.09
-0.9%
$111.29
+3.9%
+5.5%$57.27B$19.72B15.6616,330News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TRP
TC Energy
4.0468 of 5 stars
$51.95
+0.2%
$62.00
+19.4%
+13.5%$53.96B$10.05B17.716,668Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
EXC
Exelon
4.3262 of 5 stars
$42.81
-1.4%
$47.20
+10.3%
+10.7%$43.23B$23.03B16.2820,014Positive News
XEL
Xcel Energy
3.4514 of 5 stars
$71.56
-1.5%
$76.80
+7.3%
+14.1%$42.31B$13.96B19.8211,380Positive News
Short Interest ↑
VG
Venture Global
4.2041 of 5 stars
$13.39
+4.3%
$17.00
+27.0%
N/A$32.51B$4.97B0.001,500Positive News
Dividend Increase

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This page (NYSE:VST) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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