How Vistra Corp. stacks up

VST · against 92 other Utilities companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

84/ 100

Near the top of its peers.

Ranked #12 of 93 · scores higher than 88% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

9 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including VST · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 84?

Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.

Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital and return on assets, which are stronger than most Utilities peers.

Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 18.5% vs peer median 18.6%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 85% of peers. Return on assets: 5.2% vs peer median 2.7%
a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 86% of peers. Return on invested capital: 11.4% vs peer median 5.2%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = VST, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	VST	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 90 reported	11.4%	5.1%	89%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 91 reported	18.5%	21.3%	38%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 92 reported	5.2%	2.6%	90%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 91 reported	43.0%	9.3%	100%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 94 reported	38.3%	43.6%	33%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around VST

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESPSBS · US-listed	15.5B USD	99	72
2	Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIGCIG · US-listed	5.1B USD	96	75
3	Central Puerto S.A.CEPU · US-listed	1.5B USD	94	93
4	Enlight Renewable Energy LtdENLT · US-listed	9.1B USD	93	52
5	AXIA EnergiaAXIA · US-listed	23.3B USD	90	78
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8	SOLV Energy, Inc.MWH · US-listed	5.4B USD	88	77
9	American States Water CompanyAWR · US-listed	3.4B USD	87	63
9	Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.CWCO · US-listed	439M USD	87	63
11	Brookfield Infrastructure CorporationBIPC · US-listed	4.6B USD	85	59
12	Vistra Corp.VST · US-listed	46.9B USD	84	45
13	New Jersey Resources CorporationNJR · US-listed	5.4B USD	82	56
14	Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.BIP · US-listed	29.7B USD	80	57
14	Edison InternationalEIX · US-listed	22.9B USD	80	66
16	Atmos Energy CorporationATO · US-listed	29.4B USD	79	57

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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