VST's Growth Comparisons in II. Quarter 2026
Although the Electric Utilities industry saw advancing Revenue by 13.39%, Vistra announced -5.48% year on year sales decline in the second quarter 2026, to $ 4.02 billions, and underperformed the 12.58% Revenue improvement in the Utilities sector. Although both Electric Utilities industry and Utilities sector posted higher gains than 10.9% overall market increase, Vistra was trailing overall market in the second quarter.
Top-line fell by -28.78% from the first quarter results. Comparing the annual growth, sales of 9.16% on average in last five years, to the S & P 500's, including only Businesses with the second quarter 2026 financial results, average yearly sales growth is 10.6%. Vistra grew less than the market.
| Segment Name |
Y / Y |
Sequential |
| Retail energy charge in ERCOT |
|
-4.63 % |
- |
| Retail energy charge in Northeast Midwest |
|
21.17 % |
- |
| Wholesale generation revenue from ISO RTO |
|
57.44 % |
- |
| Capacity revenue from ISO RTO |
|
510 % |
- |
| Revenue from other wholesale contracts |
|
5.74 % |
- |
| Transferable PTC revenues |
|
0 % |
- |
| Hedging revenues realized |
|
- |
- |
| Hedging revenues unrealized |
|
- |
- |
| Business interruption insurance proceeds |
|
- |
- |
| Intangible amortization and other revenues |
|
- |
- |
| Total other revenues |
|
- |
- |
| Retail |
|
16.45 % |
- |
| Texas |
|
1322.38 % |
- |
| East |
|
63.77 % |
- |
| West |
|
-43.31 % |
- |
| Asset Closure |
|
50 % |
- |
| Retail energy charge in ERCOT Retail |
|
-4.63 % |
- |
| Retail energy charge in Northeast Midwest Retail |
|
21.17 % |
- |
| Wholesale generation revenue from ISO RTO Texas |
|
185.9 % |
- |
| Wholesale generation revenue from ISO RTO East |
|
47.53 % |
- |
| Wholesale generation revenue from ISO RTO West |
|
-34.62 % |
- |
| Capacity revenue from ISO RTO East |
|
510 % |
- |
| Revenue from other wholesale contracts Texas |
|
-8.53 % |
- |
| Revenue from other wholesale contracts East |
|
36.15 % |
- |
| Revenue from other wholesale contracts West |
|
-20.59 % |
- |
| Transferable PTC revenues Texas |
|
0 % |
- |
| Hedging revenues realized Retail |
|
-26.64 % |
- |
| Hedging revenues realized Texas |
|
- |
- |
| Hedging revenues realized East |
|
- |
- |
| Hedging revenues realized West |
|
3.85 % |
- |
| Hedging revenues unrealized Retail |
|
- |
- |
| Hedging revenues unrealized Texas |
|
- |
- |
| Hedging revenues unrealized East |
|
- |
- |
| Hedging revenues unrealized West |
|
- |
- |
| Business interruption insurance proceeds Asset Closure |
|
- |
- |
| Intangible amortization and other revenues East |
|
- |
- |
| Intersales Retail |
|
11.54 % |
- |
| Intersales Texas |
|
-7.02 % |
- |
| Intersales East |
|
23.68 % |
- |
| Intersales West |
|
0 % |
- |
| Intersales unrealized Texas |
|
- |
- |
| Intersales unrealized East |
|
- |
- |
| Total other revenues Retail |
|
274.83 % |
- |
| Total other revenues Texas |
|
88100 % |
- |
| Total other revenues East |
|
79.35 % |
- |
| Total other revenues West |
|
-71.43 % |
- |
| Total other revenues Asset Closure |
|
- |
- |
| Eliminations |
|
- |
- |
| Eliminations Revenue from other wholesale contracts |
|
- |
- |
| Eliminations Intersales |
|
- |
- |
| Eliminations Intersales unrealized |
|
- |
- |
| Eliminations Total other revenues |
|
- |
- |
| Corporate and Other |
|
- |
- |
| Total |
|
43.4 % |
-68.2 % |
Although the Electric Utilities industry saw advancing EPS by 28.19%, Vistra announced -6.17% year on year income per share decline in the second quarter, to $ 0.76, and underperformed the 5.03% EPS growth in the Utilities sector. Weak second quarter income per share, in Electric Utilities industry and within the Utilities sector, were reflected in Vistra Corp results which underperformed overall market.
Bottom-line fell by -73.52% from the first quarter results. Comparing the annual growth, income per share of 9.16% on average in last five years, to the S & P 500's, including only Businesses with the second quarter 2026 earnings, average yearly income per share growth is 23%. Vistra grew less than the market.