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sellWeak10b5-1 plan

James A Burke sold $3.6M of VST

President and CEO at Vistra Corp.. 22,251 shares at an average of $162.05, traded Dec 11, 2025, filed Dec 15, 2025.

Warning score
15
Value
$3.6M
22,251 shares
Holdings after
297,998
-7% from before
From 52-week low
+78%
low $97.28, close $173.59
From 52-week high
-20%
high $216.66, as of Dec 11, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $3.6M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 6.9% of holdings
    0
  • 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.

This signal so far: 1m +0.6%, 3m -3.6%, 6m -8.5%.

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 13, 2026 · close 162.36
Since filing Dec 15, 2025: -2.9%SPY +15.5% · excess -18.5%

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 0001268406-25-000045, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Dec 11, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+22,251$14.03$312k320,249Dec 15, 2025
Dec 11, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-22,251$162.05$3.6M297,998Dec 15, 2025
Dec 11, 2025GGift
Common Stock10b5-1
-27,745$0.00$0270,253Dec 15, 2025
Dec 12, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+27,749$14.03$389k298,002Dec 15, 2025
Dec 11, 2025MOption exercise
2016 Employee Stock Option (right to buy)derivative10b5-1
-22,251$0.00$027,750Dec 15, 2025
Dec 12, 2025MOption exercise
2016 Employee Stock Option (right to buy)derivative10b5-1
-27,749$0.00$01Dec 15, 2025

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
Pro nowfree Oct 15, 2026
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-10%
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Scott A Hudson
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-7%
33Weak
VSTsell 210b5-1
Vistra Corp.
Scott A Hudson
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$6.7M
44,444 shares
-12%
35Weak
VSTsell 210b5-1
Vistra Corp.
Kristopher E. Moldovan
EVP and CFO
$3.0M
20,000 shares
-9%
67Notable
VSTbuy
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James A Burke
President and CEO
$903k
6,665 shares
+1%
51Moderate
VSTbuy
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James A Burke
President and CEO
$270k
2,000 shares
+0%
45Moderate
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Arcilia Acosta
director
$2.5M
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-32%
35Weak
VSTsell 410b5-1
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John R Sult
director
$1.1M
6,500 shares
-8%
35Weak
VSTsell 510b5-1
Vistra Corp.
Scott B Helm
director
$4.0M
25,000 shares
-10%
18Weak
VSTsell 510b5-1
Vistra Corp.
Paul M Barbas
director
$73k
488 shares
-1%

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.