Vistra Corp.
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
31.5423.7019.7513.64
Price/Sales ratio
5.145.134.915.00
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$6.06$8.06$9.68$14.02

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-1.06-1.410.29-30.85-208.0912.2415.10-8.68-8.099.5423.39-208.09
Price/Sales ratio
1.101.231.281.441.220.960.830.900.710.962.991.22
Price/Book Value ratio
-0.36-0.281.001.231.421.421.141.321.992.688.741.42
Price/Cash Flow ratio
14.9227.95-42.215.657.634.152.87-53.3020.202.6111.637.63
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
213.75-29.71-13.029.1611.525.344.62-8.86-12.013.7712.9211.52
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
N/A0.05-0.000.442.55-0.00-0.480.02-0.88-0.040.230.23
Dividend Yield
N/AN/A14.96%19.20%N/A2.13%2.76%2.64%4.62%3.25%0.62%2.13%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
37.16%34.33%28.85%28.02%30.74%38.41%40.61%11.17%12.25%37.35%34.15%30.74%
Operating Profit Margin
-100.61%-76.18%7.88%3.64%5.36%16.87%13.27%-10.49%-8.14%18.00%19.68%5.36%
Pretax Profit Margin
-143.00%-103.46%413.45%4.60%-1.10%10.29%7.77%-14.25%-11.36%13.53%18.11%-1.10%
Net Profit Margin
-104.19%-87.09%439.34%-4.67%-0.59%7.85%5.55%-10.46%-8.81%10.10%12.83%-0.59%
Effective Tax Rate
27.13%15.82%-6.26%201.6%44.55%23.84%29.88%26.59%22.43%25.4%25.50%23.84%
Return on Assets
-29.18%-29.86%149.58%-1.73%-0.20%3.48%2.52%-4.25%-3.69%4.52%5.36%-0.20%
Return On Equity
34.20%20.43%343.91%-4.00%-0.68%11.65%7.59%-15.24%-24.68%28.13%36.98%-0.68%
Return on Capital Employed
-30.31%-31.84%2.97%1.49%2.19%9.04%6.85%-5.31%-4.97%11.49%10.32%2.19%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/A1.221.641.970.940.891.12N/AN/AN/A1.110.94
Quick Ratio
2.001.071.451.790.830.790.951.241.021.100.980.83
Cash ratio
1.220.490.561.100.170.060.130.220.040.350.110.06
Days of Sales Outstanding
35.9036.2243.2539.1243.3842.1940.7959.1155.4641.4950.6443.38
Days of Inventory outstanding
45.4744.3028.3123.6223.7423.5427.6520.7517.2729.1733.1923.74
Operating Cycle
81.3880.5371.5762.7567.1365.7368.4579.8672.7370.6683.8467.13
Days of Payables Outstanding
52.9653.2047.5844.1754.4647.5347.2651.5447.1445.2145.1647.53
Cash Conversion Cycle
28.4127.3223.9818.5712.6718.1921.1928.3225.5825.4438.6812.67
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
1.580.090.300.300.430.420.380.360.390.430.410.42
Debt Equity Ratio
-1.86-0.060.700.691.451.401.151.292.662.712.861.45
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
2.16-0.000.400.400.580.550.520.550.700.690.720.58
Total Debt to Capitalization
2.16-0.060.410.410.590.580.530.560.720.730.740.59
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/A0.240.111.080.933.532.41N/AN/AN/A3.590.93
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.010.16-0.030.310.120.240.34-0.010.030.370.260.12
Company Equity Multiplier
-1.17-0.682.292.303.303.343.013.586.686.216.963.30
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.070.04-0.030.250.160.230.29-0.010.030.360.250.16
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.06-0.943.240.610.660.770.626.01-1.680.690.890.66
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.010.16-0.030.310.120.240.34-0.010.030.370.260.12
Short Term Coverage Ratio
20.180.16-3.4131.52.772.548.44-0.810.432.382.662.66
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/A4.37%-592.51%N/A26.18%41.82%-22.94%-37.43%31.01%19.17%26.18%