Vistra (VST) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in NGG or VST?

4.7% of National Grid shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Vistra shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Vistra shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, NGG or VST?

National Grid has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vistra has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, NGG or VST?

National Grid has higher revenue and earnings than Vistra. National Grid is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vistra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Grid	$19.32B	3.51	$2.88B	$5.20	13.34
Vistra	$17.22B	2.22	$1.49B	$7.05	15.94

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NGG or VST?

National Grid received 205 more outperform votes than Vistra when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.32% of users gave Vistra an outperform vote while only 58.68% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Grid	Outperform Votes 514 58.68%	Underperform Votes 362 41.32%
Vistra	Outperform Votes 309 67.32%	Underperform Votes 150 32.68%

Is NGG or VST a better dividend stock?

National Grid pays an annual dividend of $2.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Vistra pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. National Grid pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vistra pays out 12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do analysts recommend NGG or VST?

Vistra has a consensus target price of $159.69, suggesting a potential upside of 42.11%. Given Vistra's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vistra is more favorable than National Grid.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Grid	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Vistra	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

Is NGG or VST more profitable?

Vistra has a net margin of 12.51% compared to National Grid's net margin of 0.00%. Vistra's return on equity of 57.63% beat National Grid's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Grid	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vistra	12.51%	57.63%	6.02%

Does the media refer more to NGG or VST?

In the previous week, Vistra had 31 more articles in the media than National Grid. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Vistra and 10 mentions for National Grid. Vistra's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat National Grid's score of 1.00 indicating that Vistra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Grid	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vistra	27 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Vistra beats National Grid on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.