Vistra Corp’s recent filing unveils that its President and CEO BURKE JAMES A unloaded Company’s shares for reported $4.43 million on Oct 09 ’25. In the deal valued at $207.55 per share,21,365 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, BURKE JAMES A now holds 269,368 shares worth roughly $53.03 million.
Then, BURKE JAMES A sold 19,596 shares, generating $3,947,267 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $201.43, the President and CEO now owns 266,733 shares.
Before that, BURKE JAMES A bought 21,364 shares. Vistra Corp shares valued at $4,478,586 were divested by the Officer at a price of $209.63 per share.
Jefferies downgraded its Vistra Corp [VST] rating to a Hold from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Scotiabank’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in late September with a ‘”a Sector outperform”‘ rating. Daiwa Securities also remained covering VST and has increased its forecast on September 17, 2025 with a “Buy” recommendation from previously “Neutral” rating. Melius started covering the stock on August 20, 2025. It rated VST as “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of VST
On Friday, Vistra Corp [NYSE:VST] saw its stock fall -6.26% to $196.86. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -2.54%. Vistra Corp shares have risen nearly 53.84% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 42.79% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Vistra Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Vistra Corp stocks on 2025-09-30, growing by 0.72 million shares to a total of 8.12 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-08-29 was 7.4 million shares. There was a rise of 8.88%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on June 13, 2025 when Raymond James began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Strong buy”‘ rating along with a $216 price target.
