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NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NRG) closed the day trading at $143.53 down -3.61% from the previous closing price of $148.91. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.61 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.55 million shares were traded. NRG stock price reached its highest trading level at $148.93 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $141.97.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of NRG, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 36.10 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 16.11. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.99 and its Current Ratio is at 1.05. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 6.15 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 5.74.
On October 28, 2025, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $202.
On September 22, 2025, Scotiabank started tracking the stock assigning a Sector Outperform rating and target price of $212.Scotiabank initiated its Sector Outperform rating on September 22, 2025, with a $212 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jan 07 ’26 when Chung Bruce sold 12,383 shares for $156.56 per share. The transaction valued at 1,938,631 led to the insider holds 79,147 shares of the business.
WOO-SUNG CHUNG bought 7,383 shares of NRG for $1,178,548 on Jan 07 ’26. On Jan 06 ’26, another insider, Gaudette Robert J, who serves as the Exec VP, NRG Business of the company, sold 45,000 shares for $158.76 each. As a result, the insider received 7,144,200 and left with 63,920 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, NRG now has a Market Capitalization of 27763122176 and an Enterprise Value of 39541002240. As of this moment, NRG’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 20.98, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 15.49. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.89. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.92 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 20.90. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.328 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.845.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NRG is 1.26, which has changed by 0.49823928 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1877265 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, NRG has reached a high of $180.54, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $79.57. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -12.57%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -4.30%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, NRG traded about 1.94M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, NRG traded about 1351260 shares per day. A total of 192.26M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 189.91M. Insiders hold about 0.90% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 93.92% stake in the company. Shares short for NRG as of 1765756800 were 4094527 with a Short Ratio of 2.12, compared to 1763078400 on 4617193. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4094527 and a Short% of Float of 2.52.
Dividends & Splits
NRG’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.76, up from 1.76 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.011819219. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.79. . The current Payout Ratio is 32.66% for NRG, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-11-03 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-11-03. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2007-06-01 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
. The current rating of NRG Energy Inc (NRG) is the result of assessments by 7.0 analysts actively engaged in evaluating its market dynamics.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $3.38, with high estimates of $4.07 and low estimates of $3.03.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $8.58 and $7.5 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $7.99. EPS for the following year is $9.52, with 10.0 analysts recommending between $13.61 and $7.69.
Revenue Estimates
5 analysts predict $6.68B in revenue. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $7.32B to a low estimate of $4.79B. As of . The current estimate, NRG Energy Inc’s year-ago sales were $6.82BFor the next quarter, 5 analysts are estimating revenue of $11.66B. There is a high estimate of $14.88B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $9.23B.
A total of 8 analysts have provided revenue estimates for NRG’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $31.98B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $27.75B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $30.19B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $28.13BBased on 4 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $38.84B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $46.92B and the low estimate is $33.3B.
