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CVA vs VST

Side-by-side comparison of Covanta Holding Corporation (CVA) and Vistra Corp. (VST): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • CVA operates in Basic Industries, while VST operates in Utilities - the two are in different parts of the market.
  • VST is the larger of the two at $50.16B, about 18.6x CVA ($2.69B).
  • VST has hit the wire 14 times in the past 4 weeks while CVA has been quiet.
  • VST has more recent analyst coverage (24 ratings vs 2 for CVA).
MetricCVAVST
Company
Covanta Holding Corporation
Vistra Corp.
Price
$20.24-0.02%
$148.75-3.21%
Market cap
$2.69B
$50.16B
1M return
-
-6.01%
1Y return
-
-12.16%
Industry
Electric Utilities: Central
Electric Utilities: Central
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
n/a
News (4w)
0
14
Recent ratings
2
24
CVA

Covanta Holding Corporation

Covanta Holding Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides waste and energy services to municipal entities primarily in the United States and internationally. It owns and operates infrastructure for the conversion of waste to energy (WtE), as well as engages in related waste transport and disposal, and other renewable energy generation businesses. The company disposes waste and generates electricity and/or steam; sells ferrous and non-ferrous metal recovered during the WtE process; and offers waste management solutions, such as site clean-up, wastewater treatment, pharmaceutical and healthcare solutions, reverse distribution, transportation and logistics, recycling, and depackaging. As of December 31, 2020, it owned and operated 41 WtE operations, 13 transfer stations, 20 material processing facilities, 4 landfills, 2 wood waste energy projects, 1 regional metals recycling facility, and 1 ash processing facility. The company was formerly known as Danielson Holding Corporation and changed its name to Covanta Holding Corporation in September 2005. Covanta Holding Corporation was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey.

VST

Vistra Corp.

Vistra Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the electricity business in the United States. It operates through six segments: Retail, Texas, East, West, Sunset, and Asset Closure. The company retails electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across 20 states in the United States and the District of Columbia. It is also involved in the electricity generation, wholesale energy sales and purchases, commodity risk management, fuel production, and fuel logistics management activities. The company serves approximately 4.5 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers. It has a generation capacity of approximately 38,700 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.

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