Vistra (VST) Return on Invested Capital (2017 - 2026)

Vistra's (VST) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.02% in Q1 2026, down 1.0% year-on-year from 0.02% in Q1 2025, and up 132.65% quarter-over-quarter from 0.01% in Q4 2025.

Vistra (VST) Return on Invested Capital (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Vistra's Return on Invested Capital history runs 10 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.02% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.02% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.02%, a 1.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.03%, up 1.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital improved to 0.02% in Q1 2026 per VST's latest filing, from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.03% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.01% (2024), against an average of 0.01%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital rose 5 bps in 2022 and decreased 2 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.01% in 2022, then surged by 184 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then surged by 62 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then tumbled by 47 bps to 0.01% in 2025, then surged by 133 bps to 0.02% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest VST Return on Invested Capital figures stand at 0.02% (Q1 2026), 0.01% (Q4 2025), and 0.01% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Vistra 52.84 Bn 51.14 Bn 4.94 Bn 0.02%
2 Nrg Energy 28.17 Bn 28.12 Bn 1.40 Bn 0.00%
3 Talen Energy 15.71 Bn 15.67 Bn - -0.01%
4 Oklo 7.13 Bn 7.13 Bn - -
5 Transalta 3.99 Bn 3.46 Bn 263.24 Mn 0.00%
6 Kenon Holdings 3.66 Bn 1.86 Bn 48.00 Mn 0.00%
7 Digi Power X 264.61 Mn 206.80 Mn -801,636.00 -

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.02%
Dec 31, 2025 0.01%
Sep 30, 2025 0.01%
Jun 30, 2025 0.02%
Mar 31, 2025 0.03%
Dec 31, 2024 0.02%
Sep 30, 2024 0.01%
Jun 30, 2024 0.00%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 0.01%
Sep 30, 2023 0.02%
Jun 30, 2023 0.02%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.01%
Sep 30, 2022 0.00%
Jun 30, 2022 -0.02%
Mar 31, 2022 0.02%
Dec 31, 2021 -0.03%
Sep 30, 2021 -0.04%
Jun 30, 2021 -0.03%