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IRVING, Texas , Feb. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Vistra (NYSE: VST) announced today that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.2235 per share of Vistra's common stock, reflecting an estimated aggregate payment of approximately $75 million this quarter. The common dividend is payable on March 31, 2025, to common stockholders of record as of March 20, 2025.

Vistra (VST) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

Despite near-term weakness in the electric power industry, utilities like VST, EXC, ETR and AEE are set to benefit from their systematic investments, which allow them to serve their customers efficiently.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more advanced, which means explosive growth in data centers.

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Nuclear energy stocks spent much of 2024 running at the top of the S&P 500. Constellation Energy (CEG), Vistra (VST) and other new nuclear-focused companies rode a wave of excitement as Big Tech scrambled to find the electricity needed to power its artificial intelligence ambitions.

The market had a solid two years back to back, and to kick off 2025, January also saw some of that same upside momentum continue. There was some recent volatility in the market after DeepSeek and tariffs were announced; particularly, NVDA from the Mag 7 group has been sliding. That said, every month, I put some additional capital to work to help grow my cash flow over the long term, and January 2025 was no different.

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