Entergy vs Vistra
ETR and VST side by side, both in electric services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ETR and VST compare
Entergy and Vistra are about the same size, with market caps of $51.4B and $46.4B.
On earnings, Vistra is cheaper: it trades at 23.4× trailing earnings, against 28.2× for Entergy.
Entergy grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (9.5% versus 3.8% for Vistra).
Both pay dividends: Entergy yields 2.3% and Vistra 0.66%.
Vistra scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 5 for Entergy), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ETR | VST |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $51.4B | $46.4B |
| Share price | $110.11 | $138.37 |
| Change, 1 year | 15.3% | −30.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 111% | 575% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.43 | 1.08 |
| Employees | 12K | 6,390 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 1 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 28.2× | 23.4× (better) |
| P/S | 3.8× | 2.4× (better) |
| P/B | 2.8× (better) | 8.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.1× | 12.1× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 20.6× |
| PEG | 2.10 | – |
| FCF yield | −5.8% | 4.9% (better) |
| Fair value | $78.92 | $139.28 |
| Margin of safety | −39.5% | 0.65% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.5% (better) | 3.8% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.1% | 9.2% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −7.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −3.0% (better) | −5.4% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 2.5% | 10.9% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 22.9% (better) | 18.5% |
| Net margin | – | 11.6% |
| FCF margin | −22.0% | 11.7% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 43.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.2% | 12.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.90 (better) | 3.57 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.65 | 3.54 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 2.1× | 3.1× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.91 | 0.97 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.03 | 1.51 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.3% (better) | 0.66% |
| Payout ratio | – | 13.9% |
| Years of dividend growth | 11 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.5% | – |
| Buyback yield | −2.6% | 2.5% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | −0.30% | 3.1% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 98.0% | 84.8% |
| Held by insiders | 0.23% | 6.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$12.1M (better) | −$51.8M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.8% | 3.3% |
Go deeper
- ETR stock overview
- ETR income statement
- ETR valuation and score
- VST stock overview
- VST income statement
- VST valuation and score
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