On August 13, 2024, Stephanie Moore, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST), completed a sale of 34,714 shares of the company’s stock. The transaction was filed with the SEC and can be viewed in detail via the SEC filing. Following this transaction, the insider now owns 127,174 shares of Vistra Corp.

Vistra Corp is an integrated electricity retail and power generation company in the United States. The company is active in the electricity market, including power generation, wholesale sales and purchases of energy, commodity risk management, and retail sales of electricity to end users.

Over the past year, Stephanie Moore has sold a total of 132,734 shares and purchased zero shares of the company’s stock. This latest sale continues a trend seen over the past year at Vistra Corp, where insider transactions included 1 purchase and 4 sales.

Vistra Corp shares were trading at $80.37 on the day of the transaction. The company has a market capitalization of approximately $27.98 billion. The stock’s price-to-earnings ratio is 59.89, well above the industry median of 16.83 and the company’s historical median.

The stock’s valuation metrics show a GF Value of $36.86, which suggests that Vistra Corp is significantly overvalued at its current price of $80.37 with a Price to GF Value ratio of 2.18.

The GF value is calculated by taking into account historical trading multiples, an adjustment factor based on past earnings and growth, and estimates of future business performance provided by Morningstar analysts.

This insider sale may be of interest to investors who follow insider behavior, especially in the context of the company’s current valuation and stock performance.

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