Insider trade

CEO purchased ~$270K of VST shares in the open market

Traded Aug 24, 2026 · Filed Aug 24, 2026

Vistra Corp.VST

~$270K
Reported value · 2,000 sh @ $135.00: 1.14M
Holds after · shares reported: +3.0%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +0.1%, $135.66 → $139.75 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of Vistra Corp. spent $270K of their very own money to buy Vistra Corp. shares.

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: Aug 24, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 24, 2026

CEOIndirect holding$100K–$500KHoldings +0%

Context

Classification

open market purchase

Code P — open-market or private purchase

Absolute commitment

~$270,000

Shares × reported transaction price

Size band

$100K–$500K

Ownership change

+0.2%

Purchase shares ÷ estimated pre-transaction holdings, from the filing

Rarity

Not enough history to judge

Confirmed open-market purchases by the same insider in the available history

Cluster activity

No other insider purchases within 30 days

Distinct insiders at the same issuer with confirmed open-market purchases

Size vs CEO pay

This purchase equals about 1.7% of the CEO's reported total pay for fiscal 2025 ($16M)

Purchase value ÷ the CEO's total from the Summary Compensation Table, as tagged in the pay versus performance table of the company's proxy statement (DEF 14A), filed 2026-03-18. The proxy names this person as CEO for that year. A size comparison, not a judgement

Timing vs results

17 days after results of Aug 7, 2026

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 $135.66 on Aug 24, 2026, within 1% of its 52-week low, after a 14% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $134.71 (May 19, 2026) to $217.92 (Sep 22, 2025), 1% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $158.12 on Jul 13, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-0.7%	-0.5%	-0.1%
30 days	-0.8%	+0.2%	-0.9%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001268406-26-000007
Filed / recorded: Aug 24, 2026, 8:03 PM 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: Aug 24, 2026
Transaction code: P
Shares / units: 2,000
Price per share: $135.00
Acquired / disposed: Acquired (A)
Shares owned after: 1,139,687
Ownership form: Indirect — By JAMEB, LP, a limited partnership jointly owned by Reporting Person and his spouse
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The number of securities shown to be beneficially owned reflects an adjustment upward by 436,173 shares of common stock due to the transfer of 436,173 shares of common stock that was previously directly owned by Reporting Person.