Vistra Corp. (VST) Tax Rate (2017 - 2026)
Vistra's Tax Rate came in at 28.57% for Q2 2026, up 9.71 percentage points from 18.86% a year earlier and up 13.47 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Vistra Corp. (VST) Tax Rate (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Vistra reported Tax Rate of 20.83%, up 5.99 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 15.94%, down 2.95 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate carries a five-year change of -13.95 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Tax Rate was 18.89% in FY2024 (-6.51 pp), 25.40% in FY2023 (+2.96 pp), 22.44% in FY2022 (-4.16 pp) and 26.60% in FY2021 (-3.29 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Tax Rate since Q1 2025.
- Year-over-year, Tax Rate increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -116.59 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Tax Rate over five years came in Q1 2024 (a gain of 979.68 percentage points), and the weakest in Q1 2025 (a drop of 960.36 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows VST's Tax Rate at 15.10% (Q1 2026), 24.35% (Q4 2025) and 23.83% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 28.57% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 15.10% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 24.35% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 23.83% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 18.86% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 23.20% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 25.40% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 25.19% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 20.53% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 20.32% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 25.82% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 13.20% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 75.61% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 31.05% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 29.31% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 27.42% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 7.87% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 28.30% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 29.48% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 25.58% |
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Vistra Corp. Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=VST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=VST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();