Vistra Corp’s recently made public that its Officer BURKE JAMES A acquired Company’s shares for reported $4.48 million on Sep 15 ’25. In the deal valued at $209.80 per share,21,362 shares were bought.
Then, BURKE JAMES A sold 43,074 shares, generating $8,991,698 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $208.75, the President and CEO now owns 217,025 shares.
Before that, BURKE JAMES A sold 19,592 shares. Vistra Corp shares valued at $3,933,634 were divested by the President and CEO at a price of $200.78 per share. As a result of the transaction, BURKE JAMES A now holds 211,982 shares, worth roughly $45.26 million.
Melius initiated its Vistra Corp [VST] rating to a Buy in a research note published on August 20, 2025; the price target was $295. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Raymond James’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in mid June with a ‘”a Strong buy”‘ rating. Goldman began covering VST with “Neutral” recommendation on April 04, 2025. Daiwa Securities started covering the stock on March 05, 2025. It rated VST as “a Neutral”.
Price Performance Review of VST
On Monday, Vistra Corp [NYSE:VST] saw its stock jump 1.82% to $213.52. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 13.57%. Vistra Corp shares have risen nearly 166.70% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 54.87% 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 2025-08-29, dropping by -0.18 million shares to a total of 7.4 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-07-31 was 7.58 million shares. There was a decline of -2.48%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
