Vistra company profile
- CEO
- James A. Burke
- Employees
- 6,390
- Headquarters
- 6555 Sierra Drive, Irving, TX 75039, US
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Independent Power Producers
- IPO date
- 5 Oct 2016
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- US92840M1027
Website:vistracorp.com
About the company
Vistra Corp., along with its various holdings, functions as a unified entity primarily engaged in retail electricity supply and power generation. The company organizes its operations across six distinct segments: Retail, Texas, East, West, Sunset, and Asset Closure. It directly provides electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial clients throughout 20 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Beyond its retail endeavors, Vistra also participates in generating electricity, facilitating wholesale energy transactions, managing commodity-related risks, producing fuel, and overseeing fuel logistics. With approximately 4.3 million customers, Vistra commands an impressive generation capacity of about 38,700 megawatts. This capacity is sustained by a diverse portfolio of facilities, including those powered by natural gas, nuclear energy, coal, solar, and advanced battery energy storage systems. The enterprise, initially known as Vistra Energy Corp., adopted its current name, Vistra Corp., in July 2020. Tracing its origins back to 1882, Vistra Corp. maintains its corporate headquarters in Irving, Texas.
Employees
Vistra had about 6,390 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 6.7% fewer than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Vistra
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 84.5% of Vistra's shares on 30 June 2026, 1,522 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
How Vistra pays its executives
The chief executive was paid 15.99M USD for fiscal 2025, 72% of it in shares and options.
| Name and position | Salary | Stock awards | Cash incentive | Other pay | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James A. Burke President and Chief Executive Officer | 1.39M USD | 11.43M USD | 2.97M USD | 198.39K USD | 15.99M USD |
| Stacey Doré Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer & EVP Public Affairs | 654.72K USD | 5.20M USD | 869.95K USD | 35.80K USD | 6.76M USD |
| Kristopher E. Moldovan EVP and Chief Financial Officer | 665.15K USD | 5.20M USD | 810.16K USD | 36.94K USD | 6.71M USD |
| Scott A. Hudson EVP and President Vistra Retail | 650.00K USD | 2.60M USD | 838.16K USD | 42.33K USD | 4.13M USD |
| Stephanie Zapata Moore EVP, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer | 604.77K USD | 1.82M USD | 709.04K USD | 38.21K USD | 3.17M USD |
FY2025 · From the company's proxy statements to the SEC: what each named executive was paid for the fiscal year, shares and options at their value when granted. The latest filing
Common questions about Vistra
Source: Financial Modeling Prep
