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James A Burke bought $903k of VST

President and CEO at Vistra Corp.. 6,665 shares at an average of $135.49, traded Aug 31, 2026, filed Sep 2, 2026.

Conviction score
44
Value
$903k
6,665 shares
Holdings after
1,146,352
+1% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $903k at market
    +24
  • Relative to holdings
    Under 1% of holdings (0.6%)
    -5
  • Price context
    No price history yet
    0
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

VSTOct 9, 2026 · close 161.48
Since filing Sep 2, 2026: +12.7%SPY +2.0% · excess +10.7%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001268406-26-000009, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 31, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By JAMEB, LP, a limited partnership jointly owned by Reporting Person and his spouse
+2,200$135.99$299k1,141,88740 d ago
Sep 1, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By JAMEB, LP, a limited partnership jointly owned by Reporting Person and his spouse
+4,465$135.25$604k1,146,35240 d ago

Related signals

Other insiders at Vistra Corp. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
40Moderate
VSTsell 210b5-1
Vistra Corp.
Kristopher E. Moldovan
EVP and CFO
$3.3M
20,000 shares
-10%
28Weak
VSTsell 210b5-1
Vistra Corp.
Scott A Hudson
EVP & President Vistra Retail
$3.6M
22,222 shares
-7%
33Weak
VSTsell 210b5-1
Vistra Corp.
Scott A Hudson
EVP & President Vistra Retail
$6.7M
44,444 shares
-12%
35Weak
VSTsell 210b5-1
Vistra Corp.
Kristopher E. Moldovan
EVP and CFO
$3.0M
20,000 shares
-9%
60Notable
VSTsell
Vistra Corp.
Paul M Barbas
director
$6.0M
48,271 shares
-64%
40Moderate
VSTsell
Vistra Corp.
Scott B Helm
director
$2.8M
20,000 shares
-6%
50Moderate
VSTsell 4
Vistra Corp.
Scott A Hudson
EVP & President Vistra Retail
$19M
115,000 shares
-31%
50Moderate
VSTsell 4
Vistra Corp.
Carrie Lee Kirby
EVP and Chief Admin. Officer
$14M
85,000 shares
-32%
50Moderate
VSTsell 4
Vistra Corp.
Stephen J Muscato
EVP, Pres Wholesale Ops & Dev
$33M
207,100 shares
-39%
65Notable
VSTsell 4
Vistra Corp.
Stephanie Zapata Moore
EVP and General Counsel
$6.2M
38,141 shares
-30%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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