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Vistra (VST) FY2019 results: revenue $11.8 billion, up 29.1% on the year

Vistra Corp. (VST) reported revenue of $11.8 billion for fiscal 2019, the year ended 31 December 2019, up 29.1% on the year before. Net income was $928 million, and diluted earnings per share $1.86. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 28 February 2020.

Revenue
$11.8 billion
+29.1% on the year
FY2017FY2019
Operating margin
16.9%
5.4% a year earlier
FY2017FY2019
Net income
$928 million
FY2017FY2019
Diluted EPS
$1.86
FY2017FY2019

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The year in brief

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2019FY2018FY2017On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue11,8099,1445,430+29.1%
Selling, general and administrative904926600-2.4%
Operating income1,993491198+305.9%
Operating margin16.9%5.4%3.6%
Interest expense797572193+39.3%
Pre-tax income1,216-101250
Income tax290-45.0504
Effective tax rate23.8%n/a201.6%
Net income928-54.0-254
Net margin7.9%-0.6%-4.7%
Diluted EPS$1.86-$0.11-$0.59
$ million except per share.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ millionFY2019FY2018FY2017On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow2,7361,4711,386+86.0%
Capital expenditure713530114+34.5%
Free cash flow2,0239411,272+115.0%
Free cash flow margin17.1%10.3%23.4%
Cash from investing-1,717-101-727
Cash from financing-1,237-2,723-201
Depreciation and amortisation1,6401,394699+17.6%
Share-based compensation47.073.00.0-35.6%
Buybacks6567630.0-14.0%
Dividends paid2430.00.0
Dividend per share$0.12n/an/a
Diluted shares, weighted500m505m428m-1.0%
Shares outstanding at period end488m493m428m-1.1%

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2019FY2018FY2017On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity7,9597,8636,342+1.2%
Non-controlling interest1.04.00.0-75.0%
Short-term borrowingsn/a0.0n/a
Debt10,72910,8744,423-1.3%
Operating lease liabilities41.00.0n/a
Finance lease liabilities78.00.0n/a
Other liabilities7,8087,2833,835+7.2%
Total liabilities and equity26,61626,02414,600+2.3%
Fixed assets13,91414,6124,820-4.8%
Goodwill2,5532,0681,907+23.5%
Intangible assets2,7482,4932,530+10.2%
Investments1,5371,2501,240+23.0%
Cash and equivalents3006361,487-52.8%
Receivables1,3651,087582+25.6%
Inventory469412253+13.8%
Other assets3,7303,4661,781+7.6%
Total assets26,61626,02414,600+2.3%

10-K for the year ended 31 December 2019, filed 28 February 2020: the filing.