NRG Energy Inc. (NRG): Price and Financial Metrics
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NRG POWR Grades
- NRG scores best on the Value dimension, with a Value rank ahead of 93.44% of US stocks.
- The strongest trend for NRG is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 177 days.
- NRG's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 11.34% of US stocks).
NRG Stock Summary
- NRG ENERGY INC's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 93.09% of US listed stocks.
- NRG's current price/earnings ratio is 4.08, which is higher than only 7.06% of US stocks with positive earnings.
- With a price/sales ratio of 0.25, NRG ENERGY INC has a higher such ratio than just 6.26% of stocks in our set.
- If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to NRG ENERGY INC, a group of peers worth examining would be LUMN, AFG, TIGO, TAST, and HSC.
- Visit NRG's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.nrg.com.
NRG Valuation Summary
- In comparison to the median Utilities stock, NRG's price/earnings ratio is 82.11% lower, now standing at 3.9.
- NRG's price/sales ratio has moved NA NA over the prior 229 months.
Below are key valuation metrics over time for NRG.
Stock | Date | P/S | P/B | P/E | EV/EBIT |
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NRG | 2023-01-13 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 8.6 |
NRG | 2023-01-12 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 8.7 |
NRG | 2023-01-11 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 8.7 |
NRG | 2023-01-10 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 8.7 |
NRG | 2023-01-09 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 8.7 |
NRG | 2023-01-06 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 8.7 |
NRG Growth Metrics
- The 5 year revenue growth rate now stands at -18.57%.
- Its year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 333.43%.
- The year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 1204.56%.

The table below shows NRG's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).
Date | Revenue | Operating Cash Flow | Net Income to Common Stock |
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2022-09-30 | 30,734 | 396 | 1,889 |
2022-06-30 | 28,833 | 3,305 | 3,440 |
2022-03-31 | 26,794 | 3,086 | 4,005 |
2021-12-31 | 26,989 | 493 | 2,187 |
2021-09-30 | 21,970 | 2,306 | 2,441 |
2021-06-30 | 18,170 | 1,522 | 1,072 |
NRG's Quality Factors
The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.- NRG has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 32.91% of graded US stocks.
- NRG's asset turnover comes in at 1.069 -- ranking 3rd of 105 Utilities stocks.
- VST, NEP, and PCG are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with NRG.
The table below shows NRG's key quality metrics over time.
Period | Asset Turnover | Gross Margin | ROIC |
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2021-06-30 | 1.069 | 0.259 | 0.103 |
2021-03-31 | 1.033 | 0.212 | 0.051 |
2020-12-31 | 0.696 | 0.281 | 0.072 |
2020-09-30 | 0.742 | 0.290 | 0.084 |
2020-06-30 | 0.800 | 0.291 | 0.090 |
2020-03-31 | 0.879 | 0.265 | 0.080 |
NRG Price Target
For more insight on analysts targets of NRG, see our NRG price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.
Average Price Target | $47.30 | Average Broker Recommendation | 1.59 (Moderate Buy) |
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NRG Price/Volume Stats
Current price | $33.75 | 52-week high | $47.82 |
Prev. close | $33.49 | 52-week low | $30.64 |
Day low | $33.18 | Volume | 2,937,000 |
Day high | $33.79 | Avg. volume | 3,681,178 |
50-day MA | $35.05 | Dividend yield | 4.15% |
200-day MA | $39.45 | Market Cap | 7.78B |
NRG Energy Inc. (NRG) Company Bio
NRG Energy, Inc. is an American energy company, headquartered in Houston, Texas. It was formerly the wholesale arm of Northern States Power Company (NSP), which became Xcel Energy, but became independent in 2000. NRG Energy is involved in energy generation and retail electricity. Their portfolio includes natural gas generation, coal generation, oil generation, nuclear generation, wind generation, utility scale generation, and distributed solar generation. NRG serves 6 million retail customers in 24 US states including Texas, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio; the District of Columbia, and eight provinces in Canada. (Source:Wikipedia)
Latest NRG News From Around the Web
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NRG Energy (NRG) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should KnowIn the latest trading session, NRG Energy (NRG) closed at $32.42, marking a +0.65% move from the previous day. |
NRG stock bounces off more than 2-year low after dividend raised, to boost yield above 4.7%MARKET PULSE Shares of NRG Energy Inc. (NRG) bounced 2.1% in morning trading Friday, after the electricity generator and natural gas services company boosted its quarterly dividend by 7.9%, to 37.75 cents a share. |
NRG Energy, Inc. Announces Quarterly DividendHOUSTON, January 20, 2023--NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend on the Company’s common stock of $0.3775 per share, or $1.51 per share on an annualized basis. This dividend represents an 8% increase from the prior year, in line with the Company’s previously announced annual dividend growth rate target of 7-9% per share. The dividend is payable on February 15, 2023, to stockholders of record as of February 1, 2023. |
NRG Price Returns
1-mo | 6.07% |
3-mo | -23.99% |
6-mo | -8.75% |
1-year | -12.36% |
3-year | 0.73% |
5-year | 44.47% |
YTD | 6.07% |
2022 | -23.47% |
2021 | 18.54% |
2020 | -2.14% |
2019 | 0.69% |
2018 | 39.59% |
NRG Dividends
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