Vistra Corp. (VST) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)
Vistra's Operating Margin came in at 13.77% for Q2 2026, up 1.65 percentage points from 12.12% a year earlier but down 12.81 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Vistra Corp. (VST) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Vistra reported Operating Margin of 18.55%, down 0.81 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 10.75%, down 12.95 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin carries a five-year change of -2.53 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Operating Margin was 23.69% in FY2024 (+5.69 pp), 18.01% in FY2023 (+26.58 pp), -8.57% in FY2022 (+3.97 pp) and -12.54% in FY2021 (-25.82 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Operating Margin is -105.98% (Q2 2022) to 41.16% (Q3 2024).
- Year-over-year, Operating Margin increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +3.00 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Margin over five years came in Q2 2023 (a gain of 124.51 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2022 (a drop of 108.40 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows VST's Operating Margin at 26.58% (Q1 2026), 10.34% (Q4 2025) and 20.86% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 13.77% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 26.58% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.34% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 20.86% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 12.12% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -3.05% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 14.84% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 41.16% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 21.01% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.82% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.31% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 20.41% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 18.53% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 25.56% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -2.53% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 17.37% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -105.98% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -9.22% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 26.74% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.98% |
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Vistra Corp. Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=VST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "VST", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=VST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();