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James A Burke bought $270k of VST

President and CEO at Vistra Corp.. 2,000 shares at an average of $135.00, traded Aug 24, 2026, filed Aug 24, 2026.

Conviction score
51
Value
$270k
2,000 shares
Holdings after
1,139,687
+0% from before
From 52-week low
+1%
low $134.30, close $135.44
From 52-week high
-37%
high $216.66, as of Aug 24, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $270k at market
    +13
  • Relative to holdings
    Under 1% of holdings (0.2%)
    -5
  • Price context
    1% above the 52-week low; 37% below the 52-week high
    +18
  • 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 13, 2026 · close 162.36
Since filing Aug 24, 2026: +19.9%SPY +2.2% · excess +17.7%

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 0001268406-26-000007, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 24, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By JAMEB, LP, a limited partnership jointly owned by Reporting Person and his spouse
+2,000$135.00$270k1,139,687Aug 24, 2026

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
Pro nowfree Oct 15, 2026
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%
67Notable
VSTbuy
Vistra Corp.
James A Burke
President and CEO
$903k
6,665 shares
+1%
45Moderate
VSTsell 410b5-1
Vistra Corp.
Arcilia Acosta
director
$2.5M
15,000 shares
-32%
35Weak
VSTsell 410b5-1
Vistra Corp.
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%
61Notable
VSTsell 3
Vistra Corp.
Margaret Montemayor
SVP, Chief Accounting Officer
$736k
4,600 shares
-32%

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.