What changed
$VST — BUY 📊 | 6 MONTHS THESIS
🎯 Q1 2026 | Rev $5.6B | EPS $2.34 vs $2.35 🔴 | Margin 26.6%
💡 Consensus expects stable utility-like returns, but we see Vistra's earnings and FCF inflecting upward as it signs large-scale data center contracts, driving multiple expansion from ~9x EV/EBITDA toward peer levels of 12-15x.
📉 Reward/risk: 2.33:1
🏢 Business Quality: 7/10
📊 Valuation: cheap - P/E 23.2x at historical median, but EV/EBITDA ~9.0x is below peers with similar nuclear exposure (CEG ~15x).
🔮 Catalyst: Pursuit or announcement of a large data center PPA contract, or upward guidance revision
💰 Entry: $164, stop $140, target $220
⚖️ Buy Vistra $164, stop $140, target $220 — poised for a Constellation-like re-rating as data center demand drives a step change in contracted, high-margin earnings; 2.3:1 risk/reward.
📊 Our read: BUY. Full analysis →
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