The historical rank and industry rank for Vistra's Net Cash per Share or its related term are showing as below:
VST's Price-to-Net-Cash is not ranked *
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry.
Industry Median: 5.31 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Cash only.
Vistra Net Cash per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for Vistra's Net Cash per Share can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Vistra's Net Cash per Share
For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers subindustry, Vistra's Price-to-Net-Cash, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Cash data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Vistra's Price-to-Net-Cash Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry
For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Vistra's Price-to-Net-Cash distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Vistra's Price-to-Net-Cash falls into.
In the calculation of a company's Net Cash per Share, assets other than cash and short term investments are considered to be worth nothing. But the company has to pay its debt and other liabilities in full. This is an extremely conservative way of valuation. Most companies have negative Net Cash per Share. But sometimes a company's price may be lower than its net-cash.
Vistra's Net Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Vistra (NYSE:VST) Net Cash per Share Explanation
Ben Graham invested in situations where the company's stock price was lower than its net-cash. He assigned some value to the company's other current asset. The value is called Net Current Asset Value (NCAV). One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.
You can find companies that are traded below their Net Current Asset Value (NCAV) with our Net-Net screener.
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Vistra Energy is one of the largest power producers and retail energy providers in the US. Following the 2024 Energy Harbor acquisition, Vistra owns 41 gigawatts of nuclear, coal, natural gas, solar, and energy storage assets. Its retail electricity business serves 5 million customers in 20 states, including almost a third of all Texas electricity consumers. Vistra emerged from the Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy as a stand-alone entity in 2016. It acquired Dynegy in 2018.
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