NRG Energy Inc.
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Price history
Chart
Interactive price chart (TradingView).
52-week range: 106.00 $ to 184.00 $ · Last price: 106.20 $ (As of: September 17, 2026)
Key figures
Key figures at a glance
Every figure we hold for this stock, grouped by topic. The question mark next to a label explains what the number means.
Basics
Performance
Technical Indicators
Calculated from the price history · as of 09/17/2026
Valuation
Profitability
Balance Sheet & Safety
Growth
Dividend
Quality & Screener
Highlighted are things our editorial team noticed: green = stands out as strong, red = deserves a closer look. No single metric is a verdict on its own — always read it in context.
Comparison
Industry comparison
The stock alongside the largest companies in the same group. The median row is the middle value of the companies shown above — not of the whole industry.
Industry: Utilities - Independent Power Producers
| Company | Market cap ($B) | P/E | EV/EBITDA | Gross Margin % | EBIT Margin % | Sales Growth (Year) % | Perf. 1Y % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRG Energy Inc. NRG | 22.4 | 120.2 | 12.5 | 18.8 | 3.6 | 9.2 | -33.8 |
| Constellation Energy Corp CEG | 95.3 | 22.7 | 15.2 | 22.1 | 21.9 | 8.3 | -17.7 |
| Vistra Corp. VST | 49.3 | 24.0 | 10.6 | 38.3 | 26.6 | -12.4 | -30.7 |
| Talen Energy Corporation TLN | 14.9 | – | 30.0 | 42.1 | 17.2 | 21.8 | -28.1 |
| Oklo Inc. OKLO | 6.7 | – | -125.8 | 40.4 | 0.0 | – | -58.4 |
| Kenon Holdings KEN | 3.6 | 43.0 | 11.6 | 26.1 | 1.3 | 16.1 | 50.0 |
| Hallador Energy Company HNRG | 0.8 | 27.0 | 12.4 | 18.5 | – | 16.1 | -18.6 |
| Digi Power X Inc. DGXX | 0.4 | – | 5.1 | 2.5 | -75.6 | -7.6 | 31.7 |
| Median of companies shown | 10.8 | 27.0 | 12.0 | 24.1 | 3.6 | 9.2 | -23.4 |
Based on the most recently reported figures. Only stocks from the same trading venue are lined up, so the market caps are counted in one currency. Compare in a chart →
Fiscal years
Annual Figures
Fiscal years from the audited annual reports, oldest first. EBIT is the operating profit before interest and taxes; total assets are everything the company owns.
Revenue, operating income and net income per fiscal year $M
Revenue Operating income Net income
| Fiscal Year | Revenue ($M) | EBIT ($M) | Net Income ($M) | EPS ($) | Operating Cash Flow ($M) | Equity ($M) | Total Assets ($M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8,915 | 33 | -774 | -2.45 | 1,908 | 2,041 | 30,355 |
| 2017 | 9,074 | -741 | -2,153 | -6.79 | 1,610 | -346 | 23,318 |
| 2018 | 9,478 | 982 | 268 | 0.87 | 1,377 | -1,234 | 10,628 |
| 2019 | 9,821 | 1,290 | 4,438 | 16.81 | 1,413 | 1,658 | 12,531 |
| 2020 | 9,093 | 1,105 | 510 | 2.07 | 1,837 | 1,680 | 14,902 |
| 2021 | 26,989 | 3,341 | 2,187 | 8.93 | 493 | 3,600 | 23,182 |
| 2022 | 31,543 | 2,018 | 1,221 | 5.17 | 360 | 3,828 | 29,146 |
| 2023 | 28,823 | 384 | -202 | -0.89 | -221 | 2,906 | 26,038 |
| 2024 | 28,130 | 2,424 | 1,125 | 5.31 | 2,306 | 2,478 | 24,022 |
| 2025 | 30,710 | 1,850 | 864 | 4.34 | 1,913 | 1,681 | 29,140 |
Quarters
Quarterly Figures
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Revenue & Profit
Cash Flow
Balance Sheet
Margins
Per Share
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Source: fundamental data
| Quarter | EPS (Earnings Per Share) | EPS YoY (%) | Sales ($M) | Sales YoY (%) | Net Margin (%) | OCF ($M) | FCF ($M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024: Q4 | 3.07 | 41.40 | 6,819 | 0.20 | 9.40 | 952 | 766 |
| 2025: Q1 | 3.69 | 54.70 | 8,585 | 15.60 | 8.70 | 855 | 638 |
| 2025: Q2 | -0.62 | -118.40 | 6,740 | 1.20 | -1.50 | 451 | 73 |
| 2025: Q3 | 0.69 | – | 7,635 | 5.70 | 2.00 | 484 | 230 |
| 2025: Q4 | 0.35 | -88.70 | 7,750 | 13.70 | 0.90 | 123 | -175 |
| 2026: Q1 | 0.52 | -85.90 | 10,303 | 20.00 | 1.20 | -169 | -486 |
| 2026: Q2 | 2.31 | 472.60 | 7,481 | 11.00 | 6.80 | 1,117 | 779 |
What Do These Terms Mean?
- EPS (Earnings Per Share):
- Quarterly profit divided by the total share count — how much of the profit works out to a single share.
- YoY (Year over Year):
- Change versus the same quarter a year ago — this is how you compare without seasonal distortion (e.g. the holiday shopping season).
- Sales:
- All revenue for the quarter, before any costs are deducted — the top line of the income statement.
- Net Margin:
- What percentage of sales is left over as profit in the end. Negative means the company is posting a loss.
- OCF (Operating Cash Flow):
- The cash that actually flows into the till from the core business during the quarter — harder to dress up than book profit.
- FCF (Free Cash Flow):
- Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures — the money that's genuinely free to use, say for paying down debt, buybacks, or dividends.
Screening
Appears in These Scanners
This stock currently matches 5 of our scanner strategies — each hit links to the scanner.
Quality & Balance Sheet
Breakout & Setup
Risk & Weakness
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Outlook
Analysts & Price Target
Combined picture of the price targets and recommendations of every analyst covering the stock. Price targets are expectations for the next 12 months, not promises — and they often follow the price rather than predict it.
Distribution of Recommendations
Estimates by Fiscal Year
| Fiscal Year | EPS Estimate ($) | EPS Range ($) | Revenue Estimate ($M) | Expected Growth | Analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2026 | 8.83 | 7.99 – 9.33 | 35,535 | 7.2% | 10 |
| 12/31/2027 | 11.20 | 9.86 – 13.46 | 36,888 | 26.8% | 11 |
Average of the analyst estimates for the coming fiscal years. The range shows how far the most optimistic and the most cautious estimate sit apart — the wider it is, the less certain the expectation.
Valuation
What is priced in?
Instead of guessing what the stock is worth, we turn the question around: what free cash flow growth has to happen for today’s market value to add up? The assumptions behind it can be moved.
Today’s market value implies roughly 23.7% growth in free cash flow per year over ten years (assumptions: discount rate 10.0%, terminal growth 2.5%).
| Free cash flow (last twelve months) | $348.0M |
|---|---|
| Market cap | $22.41B |
| Free cash flow in year ten | $2.92B |
| Terminal value as a share of market value | 68.7% |
For comparison: over the past five years free cash flow shrank by 13.8% per year.
It shows which assumption is built into today’s price, not whether that assumption will hold. Every assumption can be changed with the sliders; the figures move with them.
A simplified model calculation — not a forecast and not a recommendation.
AI classification
AI Rating
Not yet rated — we only show a category once an SEC-backed file with at least two cited passages is available.
Growth
Growth Score
Ten checks against the annual reports — each one passed counts a point.
- Revenue grows by more than 15% a year over three years -0.9%
- More than 10% revenue growth is expected for the coming year 4.0%
- Share count grows by less than 3% a year -5.5%
- Revenue growth plus cash-flow margin add up to at least 40 ("Rule of 40") 11.7%
- Gross margin at 40% or higher and without meaningful erosion 21.9%
- Goodwill from acquisitions does not grow faster than revenue 17.2%
- Net debt below twice EBITDA 2.6 x EBITDA
- Operating cash flow covers the profits of the last three years 2,211 m
- Return on capital at 15% or higher, or up versus two years ago 8.8%
- Insiders hold at least 10% or are net buyers 4.4%
A criterion without figures counts neither as passed nor as failed; a score is only produced from 7 judgeable criteria upwards. Source: fundamental data. All ten criteria in detail
Quality check
AAQS
5/10The AAQS (AlleAktien Quality Score) checks 10 quality criteria on growth, profitability, and balance-sheet strength — per the methodology developed and published by AlleAktien, calculated by us from our own fundamental data. A stock counts as a quality stock from 9 out of 10 points. Where a company has a shorter listing history, we calculate over the fiscal years available (at least five).
- Sales growth 10Y > 5% 14.7%
- Exp. sales growth 3Y > 5% 9.6%
- EBIT growth 10Y > 5% 56.4%
- Exp. EBIT growth 3Y > 5% 60.6%
- Net debt < 4x EBIT 5.3x
- EBIT positive, 10Y straight 9
- Max. EBIT decline < 50% 100.0%
- Return on equity > 15% –
- ROCE > 15% 8.8%
- Expected return > 10% 66.1%
View stocks with the full AAQS score · Read the methodology at AlleAktien
Source: fundamental data
Insiders
Insider Transactions
Reportable transactions by officers and major shareholders from SEC Form 4 filings. "Other" includes things like stock grants and option exercises without a buy/sell character.
| Date | Person | Role | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | Spencer Gerald Alfred | SVP & Chief Accounting Officer | Sell | 1,580 | 120.93 | 191,069 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Bentley Brad | Exec VP, Pres NRG Consumer | Other | 3,401 | 0.00 | – |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Bentley Brad | Exec VP, Pres NRG Consumer | Other | 1,570 | 0.00 | – |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Donohue Elisabeth B | Director | Other | 81 | 0.00 | – |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Cox Heather | Director | Other | 68 | 0.00 | – |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Carter Matthew Jr | Director | Other | 149 | 0.00 | – |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Carrillo Antonio | Director | Other | 65 | 0.00 | – |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Spencer Gerald Alfred | SVP & Chief Accounting Officer | Other | 14 | 0.00 | – |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Liyanearachchi Dak | Exec VP, Chief Technology Ofc. | Other | 24 | 0.00 | – |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Kinney Virginia | Exec VP, Chief Admin Officer | Other | 27 | 0.00 | – |
The company
About the Company
NRG Energy, Inc. ist mit ihren Tochtergesellschaften ein Energie- und Hausdienstleistungsunternehmen in den USA und Kanada.
- CEO Insider Trades (12 Mo.)
- selling own stock
- Employees
- 16,702
- Headquarters
- Houston, TX
- Address
- 1301 McKinney Street, 77010 Houston, United States
- Phone
- 713 537 3000
- Website
- nrg.com
- IPO Date
- 05/25/2000
- ISIN
- US6293775085
- Stock Split
- 2:1 on 06/01/2007
Management
| Name | Title | Birth Year |
|---|---|---|
| Robert J. Gaudette | President, CEO & Director | 1973 |
| Bruce Chung | EVP & CFO | 1974 |
| Brian E. Curci J.D. | Executive VP of Legal & General Counsel | 1978 |
| Lawrence Stephen Coben Ph.D. | Advisor | 1959 |
| Brad Bentley | Executive Vice President & President of NRG Consumer | 1976 |
| Gerald Alfred Spencer | Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer | 1982 |
| Dak Liyanearachchi | Executive VP & CTO | 1969 |
| Virginia Kirkland Kinney | Executive VP & Chief Administrative Officer | 1974 |
| Brendan Mulhern | Head of Investor Relations | – |
| Christopher S. Moser | Executive VP and Head of Competitive Markets & Policy | 1971 |
Executives per the latest required filings; titles kept in their original language. Source: fundamental data.
Filings
Company Filings (8-K)
An 8-K is the filing a US company must use to disclose material events immediately — takeovers, changes at the top, major contracts or payment troubles, for instance. The links open the original document at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Data as of: September 17, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.