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Over the past 12 months, VST has underperformed S&P 500, delivering a return of -27% compared to S&P 500's +15% growth.
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Vistra Corp
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Vistra is an electricity company that sits in the middle of the power market. It owns and runs a large fleet of power plants, including natural gas, nuclear, solar, and battery storage assets, and it also sells electricity and related energy products to homes and businesses through retail brands. In simple terms, it makes and sells power. The company makes money in two main ways: by selling electricity from its own power plants into wholesale power markets, and by supplying electricity to retail customers under fixed or variable contracts. Its customers include households, small businesses, and large commercial and industrial users, as well as grid operators and other market participants that buy power from its generation fleet. What makes Vistra different is that it combines power generation with retail energy sales. That gives it direct exposure to electricity prices on both the supply side and the customer side, and it lets the company manage risk by matching plant output with customer demand. It is not a traditional utility that only sells regulated local service; it is a competitive power company that earns fees and margins from producing, trading, and delivering electricity.