(TLN) (TLN) Competitors

Vistra (NYSE:VST) and (TLN) (NYSE:TLN) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Do analysts rate VST or TLN?

Vistra presently has a consensus target price of $89.43, suggesting a potential downside of 1.94%. (TLN) has a consensus target price of $196.80, suggesting a potential upside of 15.07%. Given (TLN)'s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe (TLN) is more favorable than Vistra.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vistra	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13
(TLN)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, VST or TLN?

Vistra has higher revenue and earnings than (TLN).

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vistra	$14.06B	2.25	$1.49B	$1.63	55.95
(TLN)	$2.55B	3.42	$613M	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders believe in VST or TLN?

90.9% of Vistra shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of (TLN) shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Vistra shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of (TLN) shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer VST or TLN?

In the previous week, Vistra had 19 more articles in the media than (TLN). MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Vistra and 5 mentions for (TLN). Vistra's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat (TLN)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Vistra is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vistra	12 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
(TLN)	0 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is VST or TLN more profitable?

(TLN) has a net margin of 41.79% compared to Vistra's net margin of 4.61%. Vistra's return on equity of 21.05% beat (TLN)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vistra	4.61%	21.05%	2.37%
(TLN)	41.79%	2.27%	0.82%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VST or TLN?

Vistra received 89 more outperform votes than (TLN) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Vistra an outperform vote while only 61.70% of users gave (TLN) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vistra	Outperform Votes 292 66.67%	Underperform Votes 146 33.33%
(TLN)	Outperform Votes 203 61.70%	Underperform Votes 126 38.30%

Summary

Vistra beats (TLN) on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.