Vistra Energy Dividend yield

Vistra Energy is part of Electricity business, which is part of Utilities industry. Vistra Energy is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Vistra Energy stock dividend

Vistra Energy paid a total dividend of 312 million USD last year, for a market value of 11,940 millions (Market Cap 11,769 millions). Vistra Energy dividend per share is 0.82 USD, and his stock market price 31.42 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Vistra Energy has a dividend yield of 2.60%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Utilities industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Vistra Energy stocks dividend with other Electricity companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Vistra Energy Dividend Payout

About the ability of Vistra Energy to maintain his current dividend of USD 0.82 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.60%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Vistra Energy payout on ernings is currently -26.62%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Vistra Energycan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Vistra Energy is USD 1.28 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 0.82, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Vistra Energy, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Utilities industry and Electricity sector companies.

Vistra Energy Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Vistra Energy's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.60%	0.82	-26.62%	380
2022	3.33%	0.77	-30.56%	398
2021	2.64%	0.60	28.99%	482
2020	2.75%	0.54	20.85%	489
2019	2.17%	0.50	59.52%	492
2018	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	504

*In millions

Vistra Energy Stock performance

Finally, last moth Vistra Energy showed a return of 12.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 26.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Electricity firms.