VST
LONGINSIDER SELLVISTRA CORP
Research: Finviz ↗·Perplexity ↗
🗄 Viewing archived Q1 2026 data — frozen, no longer refreshed.
News Summary
PositiveVistra delivered a massive Q1 earnings beat (+117% EPS surprise) and achieved investment-grade credit rating upgrade, while Q2 showed 30%+ EBITDA growth despite a revenue miss, supported by strong hedging (100% for 2026, 94% for 2027) and major wins including Meta's 2,600 MW nuclear PPAs and Cogentrix's $4B acquisition. Management reaffirmed full-year 2026-2027 guidance with confidence of hitting at or above midpoints, backed by $10B+ available cash and $3B planned shareholder returns.
Red flags
- •Q2 revenue missed consensus by 29.7% ($4.02B vs $5.73B expected), though offset by EBITDA outperformance
- •ERCOT forward prices have softened, creating potential headwind for 2027 results despite PJM strength
Funds Buying (4)
| Fund | Manager | Shares Held | ∆ Shares | Position Value | % of Fund | QoQ | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Pine Capital | Steve Mandel | 6.2M | +976K | $930M | 7.4% | +19% | Existing |
| Appaloosa LP | David Tepper | 2.0M | +1.1M | $304M | 5.1% | +114% | Existing |
| Point72 | Steve Cohen | 919K | +919K | $138M | 0.2% | — | NEW |
| Soros Fund Management | Soros Family Office | 244K | +244K | $37M | 0.5% | — | NEW |
Shares Held and Position Value reflect total quarter-end holdings. ∆ Shares is the change from the prior quarter. % of Fund is the position's share of the fund's reported equity portfolio — it drives the size weighting in the conviction score.
Portfolio Context
Where VST ranks in each buying fund's book, and the positions immediately around it. What a holding sits next to often says more about the thesis than the position size does.
position #1 of this fund's book
- 1VISTRA CORP$930M
- 2ASML HLDG NV$865M
- 3CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP$717M
- 4LPL FINL HLDGS INC$617M
position #7 of this fund's book
- 4UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC$456M
- 5TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC$449M
- 6ALIBABA GROUP HLDG LTD$435M
- 7VISTRA CORP$304M
- 8ISHARES INC$295M
- 9NVIDIA CORPORATION$257M
- 10NRG ENERGY INC$253M
Values are quarter-end position sizes. Shown only for funds where VST ranks inside their 40 largest equity positions — below that, neighbouring names carry no signal. Adjacency is an inference about a fund's reasoning, not a disclosure of it.
Insider Activity
| Name | Title | Type | Shares | Price | Value | Filed | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acosta Arcilia | — | SELL | 8K | $165.04 | $1.24M | 2026-06-18 | ↗ |
| Acosta Arcilia | — | SELL | 8K | $170.00 | $1.27M | 2026-06-18 | ↗ |
| SULT JOHN R | — | SELL | 7K | $170.00 | $1.10M | 2026-06-18 | ↗ |
| HELM SCOTT B | — | SELL | 25K | $160.00 | $4.00M | 2026-06-16 | ↗ |
| BARBAS PAUL M | — | SELL | 244 | $153.00 | $0.04M | 2026-06-15 | ↗ |
| BARBAS PAUL M | — | SELL | 244 | $147.93 | $0.04M | 2026-06-12 | ↗ |
| Montemayor Margaret | SVP, Chief Accounting Officer | SELL | 5K | $160.00 | $0.74M | 2026-06-02 | ↗ |
| Montemayor Margaret | SVP, Chief Accounting Officer | SELL | 5K | $164.96 | $0.82M | 2026-05-27 | ↗ |