NRG

NRG Energy Inc

94.38

Oct 22 • 3:59 PM ET -5.42 (-5.43%)

94.98

Aftermarket • 5:48 PM ET +0.60 (0.64%)

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Index	S&P 500
Market Cap	19.84B
Enterprise Value	43.74B
Income	782.00M
Sales	33.12B
Book/sh	19.99
Cash/sh	1.01
Dividend Est.	1.93 (2.04%)
Dividend TTM	1.86 (1.98%)
Dividend Ex-Date	Nov 02, 2026
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	7.93% 7.96%
Payout	43.95%
Employees	16702
IPO	Dec 02, 2003

P/E	24.96
Forward P/E	8.81
PEG	0.55
P/S	0.60
P/B	4.72
P/C	93.58
P/FCF	57.01
EV/EBITDA	12.51
EV/Sales	1.32
Quick Ratio	0.89
Current Ratio	0.97
Debt/Eq	4.83
LT Debt/Eq	4.51
Option/Short	Yes / Yes

EPS (ttm)	3.78
EPS next Y	10.71
EPS next Q	3.34
EPS this Y	9.26%
EPS next Y	21.51%
EPS next 5Y	16.01%
EPS past 3/5Y	-8.18% 14.08%
Sales past 3/5Y	-1.03% 27.88%
EPS Y/Y TTM	54.89%
Sales Y/Y TTM	12.70%
EPS Q/Q	473.66%
Sales Q/Q	11.07%
Earnings	Aug 04 BMO
EPS/Sales Surpr.	-12.03% 2.31%

Insider Own	4.67%
Insider Trans	-0.33%
Inst Own	96.15%
Inst Trans	0.94%
ROA	2.65%
ROE	23.77%
ROIC	3.17%
Gross Margin	12.97%
Oper. Margin	5.47%
Profit Margin	2.36%
SMA20	-6.46%
SMA50	-12.22%
SMA200	-31.06%
Trades

Shs Outstand	210.31M
Shs Float	200.40M
Short Float	3.07%
Short Ratio	2.04
Short Interest	6.14M
52W High	189.96 -50.32%
52W Low	93.36 1.10%
Volatility	4.47% 4.31%
ATR (14)	4.74
RSI (14)	37.52
Beta	1.22
Rel Volume	1.28
Avg Volume	3.02M
Volume	3,876,291

Perf Week	-8.24%
Perf Month	-6.29%
Perf Quarter	-33.08%
Perf Half Y	-38.92%
Perf YTD	-40.73%
Perf Year	-41.17%
Perf 3Y	132.86%
Perf 5Y	128.91%
Perf 10Y	719.27%
Recom	1.48
Target Price	183.41
Prev Close	99.80
Price	94.38
Change %	-5.43%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Today	Initiated	HSBC Securities	Buy	$179
Jul-06-26	Initiated	Siebert Williams Shank	Buy	$184
Mar-18-26	Upgrade	Wolfe Research	Peer Perform → Outperform	$190
Mar-18-26	Initiated	BNP Paribas Exane	Outperform	$232
Mar-06-26	Resumed	Goldman	Buy	$197
Feb-25-26	Resumed	Evercore ISI	Outperform	$215
Dec-09-25	Initiated	UBS	Buy
Oct-28-25	Initiated	Wells Fargo	Overweight	$202
Sep-22-25	Initiated	Scotiabank	Sector Outperform	$212
Aug-20-25	Initiated	Melius	Buy	$308
Jun-26-25	Initiated	Barclays	Overweight	$197
Jun-13-25	Initiated	Raymond James	Strong Buy	$195
Apr-04-25	Initiated	Goldman	Buy	$129
Jan-21-25	Upgrade	Evercore ISI	In-line → Outperform	$74 → $126
Nov-26-24	Upgrade	Jefferies	Hold → Buy	$93 → $113
Sep-13-24	Initiated	Jefferies	Hold	$82
Jan-23-24	Initiated	Wells Fargo	Overweight	$65
Nov-06-23	Upgrade	UBS	Sell → Neutral	$33 → $46
Nov-01-23	Upgrade	Guggenheim	Neutral → Buy	$50
Mar-20-23	Upgrade	BofA Securities	Neutral → Buy	$35 → $36

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Oct-19-26 04:30PM	NRG Energy Inc. stock underperforms Monday when compared to competitors (MarketWatch)
01:49PM	NRG Stock Slides Following Price Target Cuts From Jefferies, Seaport Research A Look At Some Key Highlights (Stocktwits)
07:01AM	NRG Energy, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend (Business Wire)
Oct-15-26 04:52PM	Did The Market Read Vistra Stock Right? (Trefis)
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03:41PM	CoreWeave's Freakout Hurt Constellation and NRG Stocks. It Shouldn't Have. (Barrons.com)
Oct-14-26 04:30PM	NRG Energy Inc. stock underperforms Wednesday when compared to competitors (MarketWatch) -5.91%
Oct-12-26 09:29AM	Citi Names 2 Best Electric Utility Stocks Amid AI Agent Disruption Risk (Investing.com)
Oct-09-26 07:50PM	Is Vistra Stock Increasing Your Market Risk? (Trefis)
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Oct-07-26 02:56PM	AI energy and chip stocks are keeping a lid on S&P 500 losses (MarketWatch)
12:34PM	Muse, Agentic AI Could Put the Squeeze on These Retail Power Providers (Barrons.com)
Oct-06-26 04:30PM	NRG Energy Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day (MarketWatch) +7.02%
04:21PM	3 S&P 500 Utility Giants Soar Above Key Resistance. This Is Why. (Investor's Business Daily)
Oct-05-26 11:40AM	Your Vistra Stock Thesis Has One Loose End (Trefis)
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Sep-30-26 01:51PM	CEG, NRG, TLN Stocks In Spotlight: TD Cowen Warns Of Acute Uncertainty After FERC Delays PJMs Plan To Meet AI Demand (Stocktwits)
Sep-24-26 08:30PM	VST Keeps Writing Checks To Its Shareholders (Trefis)
Sep-09-26 10:42PM	Should You Buy Vistra Stock For Its Shrinking Share Count? (Trefis)
Sep-04-26 04:30PM	NRG Energy Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day (MarketWatch) +6.42%
Aug-31-26 09:27PM	Vistra Stock Is Down, But Is This Power Producer's Dip An Opportunity? (Trefis)
Aug-27-26 10:30AM	Here's what Nvidia's earnings mean for power companies (MarketWatch)
Aug-20-26 04:30PM	NRG Energy Inc. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitors (MarketWatch)
Aug-18-26 07:58AM	AI Election Backlash Is Shaping Wall Streets Stock Market Views (Bloomberg) -5.57%
Aug-14-26 04:30PM	NRG Energy Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day (MarketWatch) +5.42%
Aug-12-26 05:30AM	Red-Hot Power Stocks Are Losing Steam (The Wall Street Journal)
Aug-05-26 04:51PM	Clearway Energy: Q2 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press)
Aug-04-26 06:46PM	NRG Energy, Inc. Q2 2026 Earnings Call Summary (Moby) -15.48%
05:01PM	NRG Energy Inc (NRG) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Landmark 1. ... (GuruFocus.com)
04:30PM	NRG Energy Inc. stock underperforms Tuesday when compared to competitors (MarketWatch)
10:08AM	NRG Energy Shares Advance Despite Earnings Miss as Revenue Tops Forecasts (InvestorsHub)
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07:41AM	NRG: Q2 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press)
07:32AM	NRG Energy Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results and Reaffirms 2026 Financial Guidance (Business Wire)
Aug-03-26 07:04AM	NRG Energy Inc's Dividend Analysis (GuruFocus.com)
Jul-24-26 09:52AM	Goldman lifts data center capacity outlook, flags utility stocks set to benefit (Investing.com)
Jul-23-26 03:05PM	Turn The VST Shares You Own Into A 16% Income Stream (Trefis)
Jul-22-26 04:30PM	NRG Energy Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day (MarketWatch) +6.37%
07:02AM	NRG Energy, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend (Business Wire)
Jul-13-26 05:55AM	Soaring Energy Profits Won't Last. Where to Find Bargains Now. (Barrons.com)
Jul-07-26 07:01AM	NRG Energy to Report Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results on August 4, 2026 (Business Wire)
Jul-05-26 05:00PM	Five Energy Stocks Riding Texas's Data Center Power Boom (Oilprice.com)
Jun-29-26 08:00PM	Not Even Musk Has The Answer To AIs Power Shortage (Oilprice.com)
Jun-10-26 04:30PM	NRG Energy Inc. stock underperforms Wednesday when compared to competitors (MarketWatch) -7.16%
Jun-04-26 03:08PM	AI Power Boom Revives Natural Gas as Infrastructure Bet (Bloomberg)
Jun-02-26 02:45PM	Utility stocks are among the market's standout gainers on Tuesday afternoon (MarketWatch)
May-21-26 08:04AM	NRG Energy Announces Appointment of New Independent Director (Business Wire)
May-20-26 04:16PM	Constellation and 3 More Energy Stocks Jump. They're Closer to Inking Data-Center Deals. (Barrons.com) +8.30%
01:19PM	Constellation's and Vistra's stocks rally as power-grid operator speeds up data-center deals (MarketWatch)
May-17-26 03:08AM	NRGs new CEO has a plan to power the AI boomand lower your energy bill (Fortune)
May-15-26 04:30PM	NRG Energy Inc. stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitors (MarketWatch) -5.13%
May-07-26 04:31PM	Clearway Energy: Q1 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press) -5.83%
06:52AM	NRG close to completing 415-MW gas plant backed by Texas Energy Fund (Utility Dive)
May-06-26 04:54PM	NRG Energy, Inc. Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary (Moby)
07:12AM	NRG: Q1 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press)
07:03AM	NRG Energy Reports First Quarter 2026 Results and Reaffirms 2026 Financial Guidance (Business Wire)
Apr-30-26 02:33PM	Constellation Energy Stock Jumps on AI Boom. Why Power Producers Will Gain. (Barrons.com)
Apr-28-26 08:37AM	NRG Energy, Inc. Announces Early Results of Cash Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation (Business Wire)
Apr-21-26 07:35AM	NRG Energy, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend (Business Wire)
Apr-14-26 04:22PM	NRG Energy, Inc. Announces Pricing of Senior Secured Notes and Senior Unsecured Notes (Business Wire)
08:24AM	NRG Energy, Inc. Announces Offerings of Senior Secured Notes and Senior Unsecured Notes (Business Wire)
08:24AM	NRG Energy, Inc. Announces Cash Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation for any and all of Lightning Power, LLC's outstanding 7.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2032 (Business Wire)
Apr-08-26 05:27PM	NRG Energy to Report First Quarter 2026 Financial Results on May 6, 2026 (Business Wire)
Mar-24-26 01:33PM	NRG's Gaudette on Iran Conflict, Investor Outlook and Data Center Demand (Bloomberg)
Mar-23-26 05:58PM	What co-locating AI data centers may mean for your energy bills (Yahoo Finance Video)
Mar-13-26 01:25PM	Energy is no longer dead money here's what investors are really buying (Yahoo Finance)
Mar-05-26 07:28PM	Analyst Report: Edison International (Morningstar Research)
09:00AM	Here is What to Know Beyond Why NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) is a Trending Stock (Zacks)
Mar-04-26 06:28PM	NRG Energy Announces Appointment of Caroline Golin as Chief Growth and Policy Officer (Business Wire)
Mar-03-26 02:08PM	LS Power Seeks Up to $2.1 Billion in NRG Share Sale (GuruFocus.com) -7.70%
10:37AM	A Closer Look at the Stock Carnage (The Wall Street Journal)
07:00AM	NRG Energy Announces Pricing of Upsized Secondary Common Stock Offering (Business Wire)
Mar-02-26 04:27PM	NRG Energy Announces Launch of Secondary Common Stock Offering (Business Wire)
Feb-27-26 11:49AM	VST vs. NRG: Which Utility Stock Deserves a Spot in Your Portfolio? (Zacks)
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08:39AM	JM Smucker adds to board after deal with activist investor (Just Drinks)
04:11AM	JM Smucker adds 2 board members in deal with activist investor (Food Dive)
Feb-25-26 08:04AM	Company News for Feb 25, 2026 (Zacks)
05:20AM	NRG has zero interest in speculative new capacity build: CEO (Utility Dive)
03:12AM	NRG Energy Q4 Earnings Call Highlights (MarketBeat)
Feb-24-26 04:32PM	NRG Energy, Inc. Q4 2025 Earnings Call Summary (Moby)
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12:28PM	Analyst Report: NRG Energy, Inc. (Morningstar Research)
11:22AM	NRG Energy Reports Better-Than-Expected Earnings Results (Benzinga)
11:00AM	NRG Energy (NRG) Beats Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates (Zacks)
10:25AM	NRG Energy Q4 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Expectations (Zacks)
09:56AM	NRG Energy Doubles Generation Capacity and Targets 14% EPS Growth Through 2030 (24/7 Wall St.)
08:00AM	NRG: Q4 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
07:40AM	NRG Energy, Inc. Reports Full Year 2025 Financial Results (Business Wire)
05:24AM	Workday, part of the under fire software sector, presents earnings after the close (MarketWatch)
04:40AM	Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq struggle to rally after another AI-disruption sell-off; investors eye Anthropic briefing; Home Depot earnings on tap; Workday results to shine light on software sector. (MarketWatch)
Feb-23-26 07:20PM	Analyst Report: Edison International (Morningstar Research)
04:30PM	Clearway Energy: Q4 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
11:08AM	NRG to Post Q4 Earnings: What's in Store for the Stock This Season? (Zacks)
10:33AM	Nvidia, Joby, CoreWeave, Lucid and More Stocks with Earnings This Week (Benzinga)
Feb-22-26 07:47AM	Nvidia earnings, SCOTUS tariff fallout, geopolitical tensions rise: What to watch this week (Yahoo Finance)
Feb-20-26 08:44AM	Alliant Energy Q4 Earnings Surpass Estimates, Sales Increase Y/Y (Zacks)
03:45AM	NRG Energy (NRG) Expands Portfolio With LS Power Asset Acquisition (Insider Monkey)
Feb-19-26 12:16PM	Analyst Report: Edison International (Morningstar Research)

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Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Spencer Gerald Alfred	SVP & Chief Accounting Officer	Sep 08 '26	Sale	120.93	1,580	191,069	6,213	Sep 09 07:49 PM
GERALD SPENCER	Officer	Sep 08 '26	Proposed Sale	119.02	1,580	188,052		Sep 08 04:27 PM
Kinney Virginia	Exec VP, Chief Admin Officer	Jul 15 '26	Sale	140.64	11,145	1,567,433	33,966	Jul 17 05:57 PM
Kinney Virginia	Officer	Jul 15 '26	Proposed Sale	138.36	11,145	1,542,022		Jul 15 12:59 PM
Kinney Virginia	Exec VP, Chief Admin Officer	Jun 15 '26	Sale	127.52	20,000	2,550,420	45,111	Jun 17 06:57 PM
Kinney Virginia	Officer	Jun 15 '26	Proposed Sale	195.39	20,000	3,907,763		Jun 15 10:05 AM
Kinney Virginia	Exec VP, Chief Admin Officer	Jun 05 '26	Option Exercise	7.67	16,955	130,104	72,480	Jun 09 07:30 PM
Chung Bruce	EVP & CFO	Jun 05 '26	Option Exercise	7.67	23,738	182,172	103,001	Jun 09 07:30 PM
Kinney Virginia	Exec VP, Chief Admin Officer	Mar 16 '26	Sale	156.65	5,000	783,250	55,495	Mar 17 06:29 PM
Kinney Virginia	Officer	Mar 16 '26	Proposed Sale	156.64	5,000	783,194		Mar 16 10:25 AM
LS Power Equity Advisors, LLC	10% Owner	Mar 04 '26	Sale	164.00	16,129,269	2,645,200,116	4,820,731	Mar 04 06:52 PM
Nanus David	10% Owner	Mar 04 '26	Sale	164.00	16,129,269	2,645,200,116	4,820,731	Mar 04 06:50 PM
Howell Kevin	Affiliate	Jan 22 '26	Proposed Sale	152.60	56,610	8,638,663		Jan 22 12:36 PM
Chung Bruce	EVP & CFO	Jan 07 '26	Sale	156.56	12,383	1,938,631	79,147	Jan 08 05:50 PM
WOO-SUNG CHUNG	Officer	Jan 07 '26	Proposed Sale	159.63	7,383	1,178,548		Jan 07 04:38 PM
Gaudette Robert J	Exec VP, NRG Business	Jan 02 '26	Option Exercise	12.29	75,148	923,850	139,940	Jan 06 06:58 PM
Gaudette Robert J	Exec VP, NRG Business	Jan 06 '26	Sale	158.76	45,000	7,144,200	63,920	Jan 06 06:58 PM
Liyanearachchi Dak	Exec VP, Chief Technology Ofc.	Jan 02 '26	Option Exercise	12.29	29,801	366,383	77,921	Jan 06 06:42 PM
Kinney Virginia	Exec VP, Chief Admin Officer	Jan 02 '26	Option Exercise	12.29	28,505	350,431	74,317	Jan 06 06:42 PM
Chung Bruce	EVP & CFO	Jan 02 '26	Option Exercise	12.29	69,124	849,742	137,739	Jan 06 06:39 PM
Chung Bruce	EVP & CFO	Jan 06 '26	Sale	158.79	7,617	1,209,503	91,530	Jan 06 06:39 PM
Curci Brian	Exec VP & General Counsel	Jan 02 '26	Option Exercise	12.29	66,727	820,332	182,982	Jan 06 06:39 PM
Curci Brian	Exec VP & General Counsel	Jan 05 '26	Sale	161.71	60,580	9,796,392	93,089	Jan 06 06:39 PM
Curci Brian	Exec VP & General Counsel	Jan 06 '26	Sale	158.84	46,976	7,461,668	46,113	Jan 06 06:39 PM
BRIAN E CURCI	Officer	Jan 06 '26	Proposed Sale	161.59	46,976	7,590,852		Jan 06 04:29 PM
WOO-SUNG CHUNG	Officer	Jan 06 '26	Proposed Sale	161.59	12,617	2,038,781		Jan 06 04:27 PM
ROBERT GAUDETTE	Officer	Jan 06 '26	Proposed Sale	161.59	45,000	7,271,550		Jan 06 04:26 PM
BRIAN E CURCI	Officer	Jan 05 '26	Proposed Sale	166.16	60,580	10,065,973		Jan 05 04:38 PM
Kinney Virginia	Exec VP, Chief Admin Officer	Nov 14 '25	Sale	163.82	20,000	3,276,400	43,191	Nov 18 04:21 PM
Kinney Virginia	Officer	Nov 14 '25	Proposed Sale	166.15	20,000	3,323,000		Nov 14 11:16 AM

NRG Energy, Inc. engages in the production, sale, and distribution of energy and energy services. It operates through the following segments: Texas, East, West/Services/Other, Vivint Smart Home, and Corporate Activities. The Texas segment includes all activities related to customer, plant and market operations in Texas, other than Cottonwood. The East segment engages in all activities related to customer, plant and market operations in the East. The West/Services/Other segment is focused on all activities related to customer, plant and market operations in the West and Canada, and activities related to the Cottonwood facility and other investments. The Vivint Smart Home segment is a smart home platform that provides customers with technology, products and services to create a smarter, greener, safer home. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

PresidentMr. Robert J. Gaudette

EVP & CFOMr. Bruce Chung

Executive VP of Legal & General CounselMr. Brian E. Curci J.D.

AdvisorDr. Lawrence Stephen Coben Ph.D.

Executive Vice President & President of NRG ConsumerMr. Brad Bentley

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