VST Stock Underperforms Industry in the Past 6 Months: How to Play?

Key Takeaways Vistra stock fell 12.1% in six months, hurt by a Moss Landing battery accident.VST is expanding via a $4B Cogentrix deal and benefits from AI-driven power demand.Vistra trades at 18.85X forward P/E, above industry average of 17.23X.Shares of Vistra Corp. (VST) have lost 9.5% in the past six months against the Zacks Utility- Electric Power industry’s rally of 17.5% and the Zacks Utilities sector’s growth of 14.7%. Vistra’s performance was weighed down by an accident at its 300-MW Moss Landing b ...