All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

VST: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

VST real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VST returned −31.31% over the past year and −15.38% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 5, 2016, VST is up +794.78% in real purchasing-power return, or +24.87%/yr, and is currently −37.16% below its real total-return high on Sep. 22, 2025.

Data ending Tue Aug. 18, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 2016-10-05💬 to Tue 2026-08-18 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VST × 		+794.78%
+24.87%/yr 		+25.47%/yr
R2=0.657
Vistra Corp. NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 2016-10-05💬 to Tue 2026-08-18 Start
Value 		End
Value
VST × 		$10,000.00
2016-10-05 		$89,478.24
2026-08-18

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-18

  YTD YoY
VST × 		−15.38% −31.31%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VST × 		−37.16%
on 2026-08-18
from 2025-09-22 peak 		−53.50%
on 2020-03-18
from 2019-11-04 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-08-18 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VST × 		−31.31% +68.66%
+29.87%/yr 		+344.39%
+64.41%/yr 		+599.44%
+47.55%/yr 		—

Annual Returns

Year VST
2026 (YTD) −15.38%
2025 +14.59%
2024 +251.40%
2023 +65.21%
2022 −1.32%
2021 +11.71%
2020 −13.05%
2019 +0.17%
2018 +22.61%
2017 +15.75%
2016 +16.64%