Insider trade

CEO sold ~$4.36M of VST shares in the open market

Traded Oct 2, 2025 · Filed Oct 7, 2025

Vistra Corp.VST

~$4.36M
Approx. value · 21K sh @ $204.06: 256K
Holds after · shares reported: −20.8%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +16.4%, $202.65 → $160.50 on Oct 6

Why it stands out

The CEO of Vistra sold $4.36M of Vistra shares. The filing says it was made under a pre-arranged trading plan.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Oct 2, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Oct 7, 2025

CEO$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$4,360,966

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

56 days after results of Aug 7, 2025, 35 days before results of Nov 6, 2025

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $202.65 on Oct 2, 2025, 107% above its 52-week low and 7% below its high, after a 5% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $98.07 (Apr 4, 2025) to $217.92 (Sep 22, 2025), 87% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $192.91 on Aug 20, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+3.0%	−1.0%	+4.0%
30 days	−7.5%	+0.2%	−7.7%
90 days	−18.4%	+2.8%	−21.2%
180 days	−24.1%	−1.5%	−22.5%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001268406-25-000021
Filed / recorded: Oct 7, 2025, 12:53 AM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Vistra Corp.
Issuer CIK: 1692819
Ticker: VST
Reporting person: James A Burke
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: President and CEO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Oct 2, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 21,371
Price per share: $204.06
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 256,444
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on June 12, 2025.
Includes an aggregate of approximately (i) 2,322 shares sold for the cashless exercise of the stock options; and (ii) 8,534 shares sold to pay taxes in connection with the exercise of the stock options.
Represents a weighted-average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $204.04 to $204.295, inclusive. For all transactions reported in this Form 4 utilizing a weighted-average price, the reporting person will provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range.