Vistra Corp. Q3 FY2025 Earnings Call

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Quarter Highlights

  • Adjusted EBITDA for Q3 2025 was $1.581 billion, up meaningfully year-over-year due to stronger realized prices (over $10/MWh higher) and higher capacity revenues.
  • Retail delivered $37 million in EBITDA, down from last year due to weather-driven gains in Q3 2024 that did not repeat, but customer count and margins remain strong. Retail remains on track to outperform 2024 full-year results.
  • Vistra narrowed 2025 guidance:
    • Adjusted EBITDA: $5.7–$5.9 billion (raised from prior range).
    • Adjusted free cash flow before growth: $3.3–$3.5 billion.
  • Introduced 2026 guidance:
    • Adjusted EBITDA: $6.8–$7.6 billion.
    • Adjusted free cash flow before growth: $3.925–$4.725 billion.
    • At midpoint, core business (excluding Lotus assets) already exceeds prior 2026 midpoint outlook of ~$6.8 billion.
  • Introduced 2027 adjusted EBITDA midpoint opportunity of $7.4–$7.8 billion, supported by 70% hedged generation volume.

Strategic & Operational Developments

  • Signed landmark 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for up to 1,200 MW at Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant, providing long-term financial backing for operations through at least the 2050s.

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Operator: Good day, and welcome to Vistra's Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Eric Micek, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Eric Micek: Good morning, and thank you for joining Vistra's investor webcast discussing our third quarter 2025 results. Our discussion today is being broadcast live from the Investor Relations section of our website at www.vistracorp.com. There, you can also find copies of today's investor presentation and earnings release. Leading the call today are Jim Burke, Vistra's President and Chief Executive Officer; and Kris Moldovan, Vistra's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. They are joined by other Vistra's senior executives to address questions during the second part of today's call as necessary. Our earnings release, presentation and other matters discussed on the call today include references to certain non-GAAP financial measures. All references to adjusted EBITDA and adjusted free cash flow before growth throughout this presentation refer to ongoing operations adjusted EBITDA and ongoing operations adjusted free cash flow before growth. Reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are provided in the earnings release and in the appendix to the investor presentation available in the Investor Relations section of Vistra's website. Also, today's discussion contains forward-looking stateme

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