Critical Contrast: Vistra (NYSE:VST) versus Eurosite Power (OTCMKTS:EUSP)

Eurosite Power (OTCMKTS:EUSP) and Vistra (NYSE:VST) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Eurosite Power and Vistra”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eurosite Power	$6.99 million	0.63	-$70,000.00	($0.09)	-0.57
Vistra	$17.22 billion	3.17	$2.66 billion	$2.77	58.19

Vistra has higher revenue and earnings than Eurosite Power. Eurosite Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vistra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Eurosite Power has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vistra has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Eurosite Power and Vistra’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eurosite Power	N/A	-12.75%	-12.08%
Vistra	6.70%	64.04%	4.45%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Eurosite Power and Vistra, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eurosite Power	0	0	0	0	0.00
Vistra	0	3	12	4	3.05

Vistra has a consensus price target of $232.40, indicating a potential upside of 44.19%. Given Vistra’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vistra is more favorable than Eurosite Power.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

90.9% of Vistra shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Vistra shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Vistra beats Eurosite Power on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Eurosite Power

EuroSite Power Inc., owns, operates, and distributes on-site energy systems in the United Kingdom and Europe. Its energy systems produces and supplies electricity, heat, hot water, and cooling solutions to commercial and industrial customers, such as healthcare facilities, hotels, multi-family hotels, multi-family residential buildings, leisure centers, industrial buildings, and schools and colleges. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

About Vistra

Vistra Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company. The company operates through six segments: Retail, Texas, East, West, Sunset, and Asset Closure. It retails electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across states in the United States and the District of Columbia. In addition, the company is involved in the electricity generation, wholesale energy purchases and sales, commodity risk management, fuel production, and fuel logistics management activities. It serves approximately 4 million customers with a generation capacity of approximately 37,000 megawatts with a portfolio of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company was formerly known as Vistra Energy Corp. and changed its name to Vistra Corp. in July 2020. Vistra Corp. was founded in 1882 and is based in Irving, Texas.