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James A Burke sold $7.5M of VST

President and CEO at Vistra Corp.. 39,213 shares at an average of $191.79, traded Oct 23, 2025, filed Oct 27, 2025.

Warning score
20
Value
$7.5M
39,213 shares
Holdings after
297,429
-12% from before
From 52-week low
+96%
low $97.28, close $190.26
From 52-week high
-12%
high $216.66, as of Oct 23, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $7.5M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 12% 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 Oct 27, 2025: -18.5%SPY +14.8% · excess -33.4%

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 0001268406-25-000035, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Oct 23, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+22,000$19.68$433k314,642Oct 27, 2025
Oct 23, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-17,600$187.25$3.3M297,042Oct 27, 2025
Oct 23, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-2,013$186.00$374k295,029Oct 27, 2025
Oct 24, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+22,000$19.68$433k317,029Oct 27, 2025
Oct 24, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-19,600$196.46$3.9M297,429Oct 27, 2025
Oct 23, 2025MOption exercise
2018 Employee Stock Option (right to buy)derivative10b5-1
-22,000$0.00$053,652Oct 27, 2025
Oct 24, 2025MOption exercise
2018 Employee Stock Option (right to buy)derivative10b5-1
-22,000$0.00$031,652Oct 27, 2025

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
40Moderate
VSTsell 210b5-1
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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%
38Weak
VSTsell 2
Vistra Corp.
Scott A Hudson
EVP & President Vistra Retail
$9.5M
56,000 shares
-15%
23Weak
VSTsell 210b5-1
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%

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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