Vistra (VST) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $202.52 -2.77 (-1.35%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$203.12 +0.60 (+0.30%) As of 07:06 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Vistra Short Interest DataVistra (VST) has a short interest of 7.58 million shares, representing 2.25% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -7.67% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.4, indicating that it would take 1.4 days of the average trading volume of 7.22 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest7,580,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest8,210,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-7.67%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.58 billionShort Interest Ratio1.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 31, 2025Outstanding Shares338,820,000 sharesFloat Size336,430,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.25%Today's Trading Volume3,002,319 sharesAverage Trading Volume7,220,523 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average42% Short Selling Vistra? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Vistra and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartVST Short Interest Over TimeVST Days to Cover Over TimeVST Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Vistra Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/31/20257,580,000 shares $1.58 billion -7.7%2.3%1.4 $208.75 7/15/20258,210,000 shares $1.57 billion +146,507.1%2.4%1.5 $191.61 6/30/20255,600 shares $1.08 million -99.9%0.0%1.9 $193.74 6/15/20256,600,000 shares $1.15 billion -8.3%2.0%1 $173.68 5/31/20257,200,000 shares $1.15 billion -19.8%2.1%1 $160.34 5/15/20258,980,000 shares $1.37 billion +35.0%2.7%1.1 $152.18 4/30/20256,650,000 shares $862.44 million +5.9%2.0%0.8 $129.69 4/15/20256,280,000 shares $726.87 million -20.1%1.9%0.7 $115.74 3/31/20257,860,000 shares $923.79 million +12.8%2.3%0.8 $117.53 3/15/20256,970,000 shares $867.19 million +1.0%2.1%0.8 $124.42 Get the Latest News and Ratings for VST and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Vistra and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/28/20256,900,000 shares $923.54 million +0.9%2.1%0.8 $133.85 2/15/20256,840,000 shares $1.15 billion -16.3%2.0%0.9 $167.59 1/31/20258,170,000 shares $1.37 billion -16.6%2.4%1.1 $168.08 1/15/20259,790,000 shares $1.66 billion +3.1%2.9%1.5 $169.18 12/31/20249,500,000 shares $1.31 billion +31.0%2.8%1.6 $137.87 12/15/20247,250,000 shares $1.05 billion -12.7%2.2%1.1 $144.89 11/30/20248,300,000 shares $1.33 billion -4.9%2.5%1.1 $159.84 11/15/20248,730,000 shares $1.24 billion -9.4%2.6%1.2 $142.23 10/31/20249,640,000 shares $1.20 billion -9.0%2.8%1.3 $124.94 10/15/202410,590,000 shares $1.36 billion -22.9%3.1%1.4 $128.29 9/30/202413,730,000 shares $1.63 billion +0.9%4.0%1.9 $118.54 9/15/202413,610,000 shares $1.16 billion +12.3%4.0%2 $85.55 8/31/202412,120,000 shares $1.04 billion +13.2%3.6%1.8 $85.43 8/15/202410,710,000 shares $872.22 million +12.3%3.1%1.5 $81.44 7/31/20249,540,000 shares $755.76 million +13.2%2.8%1.2 $79.22 7/15/20248,430,000 shares $726.41 million -14.9%2.5%1 $86.17 6/30/20249,900,000 shares $851.20 million -24.8%2.9%1.2 $85.98 6/15/202413,170,000 shares $1.15 billion -9.0%3.8%1.6 $87.59 5/31/202414,470,000 shares $1.43 billion +20.5%4.2%1.8 $99.10 5/15/202412,010,000 shares $1.16 billion +4.7%3.5%1.5 $96.91 4/30/202411,470,000 shares $869.88 million +5.7%3.3%1.6 $75.84 4/15/202410,850,000 shares $740.19 million -10.5%3.2%2 $68.22 3/31/202412,120,000 shares $844.16 million +1.8%3.5%2.4 $69.65 3/15/202411,910,000 shares $733.30 million +1.5%3.5%2.6 $61.57 2/29/202411,740,000 shares $640.30 million +7.6%3.4%2.7 $54.54 2/15/202410,910,000 shares $494.99 million +26.6%3.1%2.9 $45.37 1/31/20248,620,000 shares $353.68 million -2.3%2.5%2.4 $41.03 1/15/20248,820,000 shares $345.92 million -6.6%2.5%2.5 $39.22 12/31/20239,440,000 shares $363.63 million -8.4%2.7%2.5 $38.52 12/15/202310,310,000 shares $388.48 million -19.6%2.9%2.6 $37.68When the levee breaks (Ad)The U.S. Treasury just confirmed it plans to borrow $1.01 trillion this quarter—nearly double what was projected. According to Porter Stansberry, this is panic-level borrowing… and a clear sign we’re nearing America’s financial breaking point. In his latest emergency briefing, Porter outlines why the cracks in our system are widening fast—and how Trump’s policies may be accelerating the collapse. More importantly, he reveals three moves you can make now to protect and potentially grow your wealth before the levee breaks.Click here to watch the urgent broadcast and get ahead of what’s coming. 11/30/202312,820,000 shares $453.96 million -17.7%3.7%2.6 $35.41 11/15/202315,570,000 shares $540.28 million +3.7%4.4%3 $34.70 10/31/202315,010,000 shares $491.13 million -4.9%4.3%2.8 $32.72 10/15/202315,780,000 shares $499.28 million +4.9%4.5%3.1 $31.64 9/30/202315,040,000 shares $499.03 million +46.3%4.3%3 $33.18 9/15/202310,280,000 shares $338.31 million +23.6%2.9%2.2 $32.91 8/31/20238,320,000 shares $261.50 million -3.6%2.4%2.2 $31.43 8/15/20238,630,000 shares $260.88 million -14.3%2.5%2.6 $30.23 7/31/202310,070,000 shares $282.56 million -4.5%2.8%3.1 $28.06 7/15/202310,540,000 shares $277.62 million +18.2%2.9%3.3 $26.34 6/30/20238,920,000 shares $234.06 million -11.6%2.5%2.8 $26.24 6/15/202310,090,000 shares $255.68 million +13.2%2.8%3 $25.34 5/31/20238,910,000 shares $213.66 million +2.4%2.5%2.6 $23.98 5/15/20238,700,000 shares $215.76 million +7.7%2.4%2.2 $24.80 4/30/20238,080,000 shares $192.79 million -0.4%2.2%2.1 $23.86 4/15/20238,110,000 shares $198.61 million -10.8%2.2%2.1 $24.49 3/31/20239,090,000 shares $218.16 million +19.6%2.5%2.4 $24.00 3/15/20237,600,000 shares $185.52 million -11.2%2.1%2 $24.41 2/28/20238,560,000 shares $188.23 million +4.0%2.3%2.4 $21.99 2/15/20238,230,000 shares $192.91 million +8.6%2.2%2.7 $23.44 1/31/20237,580,000 shares $174.79 million +22.7%2.0%2.4 $23.06 1/15/20236,180,000 shares $138.31 million +28.5%1.6%1.8 $22.38 12/30/20224,810,000 shares $111.59 million -18.3%1.3%1.4 $23.20 12/15/20225,890,000 shares $143.30 million -1.0%1.6%1.6 $24.33 11/30/20225,950,000 shares $144.76 million -15.1%1.6%1.5 $24.33 11/15/20227,010,000 shares $159.13 million +0.7%1.8%1.8 $22.70 10/31/20226,960,000 shares $159.87 million -41.1%1.8%1.7 $22.97 10/15/202211,810,000 shares $252.97 million +9.8%3.0%2.9 $21.42 9/30/202210,760,000 shares $225.96 million -1.1%2.7%2.6 $21.00 9/15/202210,880,000 shares $276.03 million +1.9%2.7%2.7 $25.37 8/31/202210,680,000 shares $264.33 million +6.4%2.7%2.4 $24.75 8/15/202210,040,000 shares $260.74 million -3.5%2.5%2.1 $25.97 7/31/202210,400,000 shares $268.84 million -11.9%2.6%2 $25.85 7/15/202211,810,000 shares $266.67 million +8.6%2.9%2.2 $22.58 6/30/202210,880,000 shares $248.61 million -14.7%2.7%1.9 $22.85 6/15/202212,760,000 shares $299.86 million -14.0%3.1%2.2 $23.50 5/31/202214,840,000 shares $391.33 million +24.4%3.6%2.9 $26.37 5/15/202211,930,000 shares $293.24 million -12.9%2.9%2.3 $24.58 4/30/202213,700,000 shares $342.77 million -7.7%3.3%2.9 $25.02 4/15/202214,840,000 shares $356.61 million +23.4%3.6%3.2 $24.03 3/31/202212,030,000 shares $279.70 million -21.5%2.9%2.6 $23.25 3/15/202215,330,000 shares $342.32 million +0.7%3.7%3.5 $22.33 2/28/202215,230,000 shares $347.55 million +9.5%3.6%3.4 $22.82 2/15/202213,910,000 shares $303.10 million -21.7%3.1%3.1 $21.79 1/31/202217,760,000 shares $387.35 million +9.9%3.9%4 $21.81 1/15/202216,160,000 shares $365.05 million -11.0%3.6%3.8 $22.59 12/31/202118,160,000 shares $413.50 million +0.2%4.0%4.3 $22.77 12/15/202118,130,000 shares $375.29 million +20.9%4.0%4.2 $20.70 11/30/202115,000,000 shares $298.20 million -7.1%3.3%3.4 $19.88 11/15/202116,150,000 shares $330.43 million -5.0%3.6%3.9 $20.46When the levee breaks (Ad)The U.S. Treasury just confirmed it plans to borrow $1.01 trillion this quarter—nearly double what was projected. According to Porter Stansberry, this is panic-level borrowing… and a clear sign we’re nearing America’s financial breaking point. In his latest emergency briefing, Porter outlines why the cracks in our system are widening fast—and how Trump’s policies may be accelerating the collapse. More importantly, he reveals three moves you can make now to protect and potentially grow your wealth before the levee breaks.Click here to watch the urgent broadcast and get ahead of what’s coming. 10/29/202117,000,000 shares $333.03 million +26.1%3.8%4.3 $19.59 10/15/202113,480,000 shares $265.29 million +21.7%3.0%3.5 $19.68 9/30/202111,080,000 shares $189.47 million +4.7%2.5%3.2 $17.10 9/15/202110,580,000 shares $195.10 million +10.2%2.3%2.9 $18.44 8/31/20219,600,000 shares $183.26 million -7.0%2.1%2.7 $19.09 8/13/202110,320,000 shares $189.89 million -8.8%2.3%2.6 $18.40 7/30/202111,320,000 shares $216.78 million +1.8%2.5%2.5 $19.15 7/15/202111,120,000 shares $209.28 million -15.6%2.5%2.1 $18.82 6/30/202113,170,000 shares $244.30 million -19.5%2.9%2.4 $18.55 6/15/202116,360,000 shares $301.19 million +11.0%3.6%3.1 $18.41 5/28/202114,740,000 shares $238.35 million +9.8%3.3%2.5 $16.17 5/14/202113,430,000 shares $215.69 million +30.5%3.0%1.9 $16.06 4/30/202110,290,000 shares $175.55 million +67.6%2.3%1.5 $17.06 4/15/20216,140,000 shares $108.25 million -9.7%1.4%1 $17.63 3/31/20216,800,000 shares $121.11 million -22.6%1.5%1.1 $17.81 3/15/20218,790,000 shares $161.74 million +5.8%2.0%1.4 $18.40 2/26/20218,310,000 shares $189.14 million +10.8%1.9%1.5 $22.76 2/12/20217,500,000 shares $161.40 million +8.7%1.7%1.9 $21.52 1/29/20216,900,000 shares $139.24 million -18.9%1.5%1.9 $20.18 1/15/20218,510,000 shares $181.52 million +16.6%1.9%2.4 $21.33 12/31/20207,300,000 shares $142.28 million +35.4%1.6%2.1 $19.49 12/15/20205,390,000 shares $97.77 million -26.1%1.2%1.5 $18.14 11/30/20207,290,000 shares $142.81 million -5.9%1.6%2 $19.59 10/30/20208,910,000 shares $154.50 million -2.9%2.0%2.6 $17.34 10/15/20209,180,000 shares $172.22 million +19.4%2.0%2.8 $18.76 9/30/20207,690,000 shares $145.03 million -11.3%1.7%2.2 $18.86 9/15/20208,670,000 shares $159.70 million -7.5%1.9%2.8 $18.42 8/31/20209,370,000 shares $180.19 million -2.7%2.1%2.9 $19.23 8/14/20209,630,000 shares $183.45 million -12.9%2.2%2.6 $19.05 VST Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Vistra's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Vistra shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 31st, investors have sold 7,580,000 shares of VST short. 2.25% of Vistra's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Vistra's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Vistra? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. VST shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Vistra's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Vistra? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Vistra: Banco BTG Pactual S.A., Caption Management LLC, Alphadyne Asset Management LP, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd, Capital Markets Trading UK LLP, Capula Management Ltd, Walleye Capital LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Lido Advisors LLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., JPMorgan Chase & Co., SG Americas Securities LLC, Wolverine Asset Management LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Twin Tree Management LP, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC, IMC Chicago LLC, CUSHING ASSET MANAGEMENT LP dba NXG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, Quaker Wealth Management LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., and Millennium Management LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Vistra? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 2.25% of Vistra's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Vistra's short interest increasing or decreasing? Vistra saw a decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 7,580,000 shares, a decline of 7.7% from the previous total of 8,210,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Vistra's float size? Vistra currently has issued a total of 338,820,000 shares. Some of Vistra's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Vistra currently has a public float of 336,430,000 shares. How does Vistra's short interest compare to its competitors? 2.25% of Vistra's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Vistra: Constellation Energy Corporation (2.05%), NRG Energy, Inc. (3.09%), National Grid Transco, PLC (0.16%), Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (2.03%), American Electric Power Company, Inc. (4.13%), Energy Transfer LP (0.74%), TC Energy Corporation (0.80%), Exelon Corporation (2.02%), Xcel Energy Inc. (1.67%), Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (0.26%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($70.87 billion), Invesco QQQ ($30.12 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.85 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.34 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($8.98 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($7.61 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.81 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($6.14 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($5.97 billion), and Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($5.28 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Vistra stock? Short selling VST is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Vistra as its price is falling. VST shares are trading down $2.77 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Vistra? A short squeeze for Vistra occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of VST, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Vistra's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including VST, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 31 2025. 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