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James A Burke sold $9.1M of VST

President and CEO at Vistra Corp.. 42,726 shares at an average of $212.34, traded Sep 18, 2025, filed Sep 22, 2025.

Warning score
20
Value
$9.1M
42,726 shares
Holdings after
233,242
-17% from before
From 52-week low
+132%
low $89.94, close $208.72
From 52-week high
-2%
high $212.59, as of Sep 18, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $9.1M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 17% of holdings
    +5
  • Cluster
    No other insider selling within 14 days
    0
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15
  • 10b5-1 plan
    Pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan
    -20

What happened after comparable sells

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 22, 2025: -25.5%SPY +18.0% · excess -43.5%

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 0001268406-25-000011, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Sep 18, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+19,200$14.03$269k247,168Sep 22, 2025
Sep 18, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+4,800$19.68$94k251,968Sep 22, 2025
Sep 18, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-2,166$211.99$459k249,802Sep 22, 2025
Sep 18, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-19,200$213.31$4.1M230,602Sep 22, 2025
Sep 19, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+19,200$14.03$269k249,802Sep 22, 2025
Sep 19, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+4,800$19.68$94k254,602Sep 22, 2025
Sep 19, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-21,360$211.50$4.5M233,242Sep 22, 2025
Sep 18, 2025MOption exercise
2016 Employee Stock Option (right to buy)derivative10b5-1
-19,200$0.00$0238,253Sep 22, 2025
Sep 18, 2025MOption exercise
2018 Employee Stock Option (right to buy)derivative10b5-1
-4,800$0.00$0533,800Sep 22, 2025
Sep 19, 2025MOption exercise
2016 Employee Stock Option (right to buy)derivative10b5-1
-19,200$0.00$0219,053Sep 22, 2025
Sep 19, 2025MOption exercise
2018 Employee Stock Option (right to buy)derivative10b5-1
-4,800$0.00$0529,000Sep 22, 2025

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%
44Moderate
VSTbuy
Vistra Corp.
James A Burke
President and CEO
$903k
6,665 shares
+1%
15Weak
VSTsell10b5-1
Vistra Corp.
James A Burke
President and CEO
$3.6M
22,251 shares
-7%
15Weak
VSTsell10b5-1
Vistra Corp.
James A Burke
President and CEO
$4.1M
21,935 shares
-7%
15Weak
VSTsell10b5-1
Vistra Corp.
James A Burke
President and CEO
$1.9M
9,641 shares
-3%
15Weak
VSTsell10b5-1
Vistra Corp.
James A Burke
President and CEO
$4.2M
20,473 shares
-6%
20Weak
VSTsell10b5-1
Vistra Corp.
James A Burke
President and CEO
$7.5M
39,213 shares
-12%

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.

James A Burke sold $9.1M of VST | InsiderTell