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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
The AES Corporation stock logo
AES
AES
$13.24
+0.7%
$11.63
$9.46
$20.30
$9.36B0.9616.49 million shs19.65 million shs
Covanta Holding Co. stock logo
CVA
Covanta
$20.26
$20.24
$12.23
$20.26
$2.69B1.331.27 million shsN/A
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
$167.83
+0.4%
$155.33
$65.11
$169.24
$32.69B1.142.54 million shs2.56 million shs
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
$88.71
-0.8%
$83.53
$61.58
$91.81
$5.42B0.68448,687 shs442,446 shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
The AES Corporation stock logo
AES
AES
+1.11%-4.02%+19.17%+29.93%-25.60%
Covanta Holding Co. stock logo
CVA
Covanta
0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
+0.26%+7.19%+8.07%+44.00%+123.27%
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
-0.72%-0.81%+4.86%+22.86%+14.23%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
The AES Corporation stock logo
AES
AES
4.9749 of 5 stars
4.35.05.01.93.11.71.9
Covanta Holding Co. stock logo
CVA
Covanta
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
4.6204 of 5 stars
2.55.02.50.54.12.52.5
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
4.5798 of 5 stars
2.43.01.74.53.82.51.9
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
The AES Corporation stock logo
AES
AES
2.67
Moderate Buy$24.6786.30% Upside
Covanta Holding Co. stock logo
CVA
Covanta
0.00
N/AN/AN/A
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
2.90
Moderate Buy$160.30-4.49% Downside
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
2.89
Moderate Buy$91.252.86% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest AES, NRG, ORA, and CVA Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
7/30/2025
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
Baird R W
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UpgradeHold ➝ Strong-Buy
7/30/2025
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
Robert W. Baird
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UpgradeNeutral ➝ Outperform$87.00 ➝ $103.00
7/24/2025
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
UBS Group
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$100.00 ➝ $105.00
7/22/2025
The AES Corporation stock logo
AES
AES
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$14.00 ➝ $15.00
7/22/2025
The AES Corporation stock logo
AES
AES
Barclays
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$12.00 ➝ $14.00
7/22/2025
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$75.00 ➝ $85.00
7/21/2025
The AES Corporation stock logo
AES
AES
Susquehanna
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Boost Price TargetPositive ➝ Positive$15.00 ➝ $16.00
7/17/2025
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
Citigroup
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$133.00 ➝ $185.00
7/10/2025
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
Barclays
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$86.00 ➝ $90.00
6/26/2025
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
Barclays
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Set Price TargetOverweight$197.00
6/26/2025
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
Barclays
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UpgradeOverweight$197.00
(Data available from 8/2/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
The AES Corporation stock logo
AES
AES
$12.28B0.77$4.07 per share3.25$10.84 per share1.22
Covanta Holding Co. stock logo
CVA
Covanta
$1.90B1.42$1.52 per share13.36$2.35 per share8.62
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
$28.13B1.17$15.64 per share10.73$9.02 per share18.61
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
$879.65M6.11$6.50 per share13.64$42.18 per share2.10
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
The AES Corporation stock logo
AES
AES
$1.68B$1.849.326.551.578.42%19.02%3.00%N/A
Covanta Holding Co. stock logo
CVA
Covanta
-$28M$0.18112.5681.04N/A1.23%9.29%0.69%N/A
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
$1.13B$6.2027.0717.161.394.66%73.78%6.59%8/6/2025 (Estimated)
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
$123.73M$2.0643.0640.694.3114.18%5.35%2.40%8/6/2025 (Estimated)

Latest AES, NRG, ORA, and CVA Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
8/6/2025Q2 2025
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
$1.07N/AN/AN/A$6.63 billionN/A
8/6/2025Q2 2025
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
$0.40N/AN/AN/A$225.26 millionN/A
7/31/2025Q2 2025
The AES Corporation stock logo
AES
AES
$0.39$0.51+$0.12-$0.15$2.97 billion$2.86 billion
5/12/2025Q1 2025
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
$0.72$2.62+$1.90$3.61$8.28 billion$8.59 billion
5/7/2025Q1 2025
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
$0.58$0.68+$0.10$0.66$228.33 million$229.76 million
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
The AES Corporation stock logo
AES
AES
$0.705.29%N/A38.04%12 Years
Covanta Holding Co. stock logo
CVA
Covanta
$0.321.58%N/A177.78%N/A
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
$1.761.05%N/A28.39%1 Years
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
$0.480.54%N/A23.30%N/A

Latest AES, NRG, ORA, and CVA Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
7/11/2025
The AES Corporation stock logo
AES
AES
quarterly$0.17605.58%8/1/20258/1/20258/15/2025
7/22/2025
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
quarterly$0.441.2%8/1/20258/1/20258/15/2025
5/8/2025
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
quarterly$0.120.7%5/21/20255/21/20256/4/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
The AES Corporation stock logo
AES
AES
3.42
0.84
0.78
Covanta Holding Co. stock logo
CVA
Covanta
10.97
0.89
0.89
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
4.61
1.06
1.02
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
0.77
0.97
0.90

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
The AES Corporation stock logo
AES
AES
93.13%
Covanta Holding Co. stock logo
CVA
Covanta
89.76%
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
97.72%
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
95.49%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
The AES Corporation stock logo
AES
AES
0.64%
Covanta Holding Co. stock logo
CVA
Covanta
10.90%
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
0.86%
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
0.56%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
The AES Corporation stock logo
AES
AES
9,100711.92 million707.37 millionOptionable
Covanta Holding Co. stock logo
CVA
Covanta
4,000133.01 million118.51 millionOptionable
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
15,637195.51 million193.83 millionOptionable
Ormat Technologies, Inc. stock logo
ORA
Ormat Technologies
1,51260.61 million60.27 millionOptionable

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Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA) Price Target Raised to $105.00

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AES stock logo

AES NYSE:AES

$13.24 +0.09 (+0.68%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$13.31 +0.07 (+0.56%)
As of 08/1/2025 07:58 PM Eastern
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The AES Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified power generation and utility company in the United States and internationally. The company owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers, such as utilities, industrial users, and other intermediaries; owns and/or operates utilities to generate or purchase, distribute, transmit, and sell electricity to end-user customers in the residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental sectors; and generates and sells electricity on the wholesale market. It uses various fuels and technologies to generate electricity, such as coal, gas, hydro, wind, solar, and biomass, as well as renewables comprising energy storage and landfill gas. The company owns and/or operates a generation portfolio of approximately 34,596 megawatts and distributes power to 2.6 million customers. The company was formerly known as Applied Energy Services, Inc. and changed its name to The AES Corporation in April 2000. The AES Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

Covanta stock logo

Covanta NYSE:CVA

Covanta Holding Corp. engages in the operation and ownership of infrastructure for the conversion of waste to energy, related waste transport and disposal, and other renewable energy production businesses. It operates large-scale energy-from-waste and renewable energy projects. The company was founded on April 16, 1992 and is headquartered in Morristown, NJ.

NRG Energy stock logo

NRG Energy NYSE:NRG

$167.83 +0.63 (+0.38%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$168.70 +0.87 (+0.52%)
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NRG Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy and home services company in the United States and Canada. It operates through Texas; East; West/Services/Other; Vivint Smart Home; and Corporate Activities segments. The company produces and sells electricity generated using coal, oil, solar, and battery storage; natural gas; and a cloud-based home platform, including hardware, software, sales, installation, customer service, technical support, and professional monitoring solutions. It offers retail electricity and energy management, line and surge protection products, HVAC installation, repair and maintenance, home protection products, carbon offsets, back-up power stations, portable power, portable solar, and portable lighting; retail services comprising demand response, commodity sales, energy efficiency, and energy management solutions; and system power, distributed generation, renewable and low-carbon products, carbon management and specialty services, backup generation, storage and distributed solar, and energy advisory services. In addition, the company trades in power, natural gas, and related commodities; environmental products; weather products; and financial products, including forwards, futures, options, and swaps. It offers its products and services under the NRG, Reliant, Direct Energy, Green Mountain Energy, and Vivint. It serves residential, commercial, government, industrial, and wholesale customers. NRG Energy, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Ormat Technologies stock logo

Ormat Technologies NYSE:ORA

$88.71 -0.70 (-0.78%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$88.71 0.00 (0.00%)
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Ormat Technologies, Inc. engages in the geothermal and recovered energy power business in the United States, Indonesia, Kenya, Turkey, Chile, Guatemala, Guadeloupe, New Zealand, Honduras, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Electricity, Product, and Energy Storage. The Electricity segment develops, builds, owns, and operates geothermal, solar photovoltaic, and recovered energy-based power plants; and sells electricity. The Product segment designs, manufactures, and sells equipment for geothermal and recovered energy-based electricity generation; and provides services relating to the engineering, procurement, construction, operation, and maintenance of geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants. This segment serves contractors; and owners and operators of interstate natural gas pipelines, gas processing plants, and cement plants, as well as companies in other energy-intensive industrial processes. The Energy Storage segment offers battery energy storage systems and related services. Ormat Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.