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As of close of business last night, NRG Energy Inc’s stock clocked out at $91.64, down -0.91% from its previous closing price of $92.48. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.91 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.87 million shares were traded. NRG stock price reached its highest trading level at $94.19 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $91.29.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of NRG’s stock, we examine its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 16.66 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 15.42. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.10 and its Current Ratio is at 1.17. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 4.32 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 4.19.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Jefferies on September 13, 2024, initiated with a Hold rating and assigned the stock a target price of $82.
On January 23, 2024, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $65.
UBS Upgraded its Sell to Neutral on November 06, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $33 to $46.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 14 ’24 when Elisabeth Donohue bought 1,082 shares for $93.75 per share.
Patel Rasesh M. sold 102,603 shares of NRG for $8,244,151 on Sep 13 ’24. The President, NRG Consumer now owns 163,680 shares after completing the transaction at $80.35 per share. On May 17 ’24, another insider, Patel Rasesh M., who serves as the President, NRG Consumer of the company, sold 24,546 shares for $83.41 each. As a result, the insider received 2,047,382 and left with 266,064 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 18563147776 and an Enterprise Value of 29019183104. As of this moment, NRG’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 22.19, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 13.10. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.86. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.66 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 10.04. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.032 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.233.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, NRG has reached a high of $102.84, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $44.90. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.91%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 19.90%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that NRG traded 2.63M shares on average per day over the past three months and 3120120 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 208.13M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 201.78M. Insiders hold about 2.23% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 100.46% stake in the company. Shares short for NRG as of 1730332800 were 9067248 with a Short Ratio of 3.45, compared to 1727654400 on 9910866. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9067248 and a Short% of Float of 5.9699997.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 1.63, NRG has a forward annual dividend rate of 1.63. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.017625432The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.97.
