Compare Stocks: NRG, CEG, TLN, and DUK

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CEG Constellation Energy	$260.38 -1.1%	$272.87	$228.63 ▼ $412.70	$92.25B	1.1	3.39 million shs	1.31 million shs
DUK Duke Energy	$113.40 +0.0%	$122.06	$112.52 ▼ $134.49	$88.41B	0.37	3.98 million shs	2.76 million shs
NRG NRG Energy	$97.19 -3.2%	$117.85	$97.29 ▼ $189.96	$20.51B	1.18	2.70 million shs	1.63 million shs
TLN Talen Energy	$303.52 -0.3%	$323.54	$279.77 ▼ $451.28	$14.54B	1.84	813,972 shs	426,722 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CEG Constellation Energy	0.00%	+3.36%	-4.87%	+1.52%	-20.52%
DUK Duke Energy	0.00%	-3.47%	-5.69%	-11.62%	-7.82%
NRG NRG Energy	0.00%	-3.14%	-9.63%	-32.40%	-40.47%
TLN Talen Energy	0.00%	+4.15%	+2.81%	-23.77%	-25.97%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CEG Constellation Energy	$260.38 -1.1%	$272.87	$228.63 ▼ $412.70	$92.25B	1.1	3.39 million shs	1.31 million shs
DUK Duke Energy	$113.40 +0.0%	$122.06	$112.52 ▼ $134.49	$88.41B	0.37	3.98 million shs	2.76 million shs
NRG NRG Energy	$97.19 -3.2%	$117.85	$97.29 ▼ $189.96	$20.51B	1.18	2.70 million shs	1.63 million shs
TLN Talen Energy	$303.52 -0.3%	$323.54	$279.77 ▼ $451.28	$14.54B	1.84	813,972 shs	426,722 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CEG Constellation Energy	0.00%	+3.36%	-4.87%	+1.52%	-20.52%
DUK Duke Energy	0.00%	-3.47%	-5.69%	-11.62%	-7.82%
NRG NRG Energy	0.00%	-3.14%	-9.63%	-32.40%	-40.47%
TLN Talen Energy	0.00%	+4.15%	+2.81%	-23.77%	-25.97%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CEG Constellation Energy	2.86	Moderate Buy	$353.14	35.43% Upside
DUK Duke Energy	2.56	Moderate Buy	$137.56	21.23% Upside
NRG NRG Energy	2.80	Moderate Buy	$198.21	102.67% Upside
TLN Talen Energy	2.58	Moderate Buy	$460.08	51.16% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NRG, CEG, TLN, and DUK Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/24/2026	NRG NRG Energy	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C)
9/18/2026	TLN Talen Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$503.00 ➝ $514.00
9/18/2026	CEG Constellation Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$364.00 ➝ $369.00
9/18/2026	DUK Duke Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$133.00 ➝ $127.00
9/18/2026	NRG NRG Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$162.00 ➝ $159.00
8/27/2026	TLN Talen Energy	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/24/2026	TLN Talen Energy	New Street Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$405.00
8/24/2026	TLN Talen Energy	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$405.00
8/21/2026	TLN Talen Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$508.00 ➝ $503.00
8/21/2026	CEG Constellation Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$366.00 ➝ $364.00
8/21/2026	DUK Duke Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$138.00 ➝ $133.00

(Data available from 9/28/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CEG Constellation Energy	$25.53B	3.62	$15.16 per share	17.20	$40.99 per share	6.36
DUK Duke Energy	$32.24B	2.74	$16.30 per share	6.96	$66.93 per share	1.70
NRG NRG Energy	$30.71B	0.67	$15.38 per share	6.36	$4.80 per share	20.38
TLN Talen Energy	$2.58B	5.65	$14.12 per share	21.56	$23.92 per share	12.72

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CEG Constellation Energy	$2.32B	$10.26	25.41	19.68	1.45	11.08%	14.89%	4.62%	11/9/2026 (Estimated)
DUK Duke Energy	$4.97B	$6.66	17.04	15.87	2.64	15.78%	9.78%	2.67%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
NRG NRG Energy	$864M	$3.78	25.87	8.66	N/A	2.56%	52.95%	4.29%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
TLN Talen Energy	-$219M	-$4.17	N/A	9.32	N/A	-5.38%	43.32%	5.31%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)

Latest NRG, CEG, TLN, and DUK Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	CEG Constellation Energy	$2.29	$2.55	+$0.26	$1.42	$7.73 billion	$7.50 billion
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	TLN Talen Energy	$3.21	-$2.00	-$5.21	-$2.00	$832.81 million	$747.00 million
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	NRG NRG Energy	$1.69	$1.49	-$0.20	$2.31	$7.31 billion	$7.48 billion
8/3/2026	Q2 2026	DUK Duke Energy	$1.30	$1.43	+$0.13	$1.38	$7.66 billion	$7.59 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CEG Constellation Energy	$1.71	0.66%	N/A	16.67%	3 Years
DUK Duke Energy	$4.34	3.82%	+2.01%	65.17%	20 Years
NRG NRG Energy	$1.90	1.94%	+7.96%	50.26%	1 Years
TLN Talen Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest NRG, CEG, TLN, and DUK Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/14/2026	DUK Duke Energy	quarterly	$1.0850	3.5%	8/14/2026	8/14/2026	9/16/2026
8/4/2026	CEG Constellation Energy	quarterly	$0.4265	0.64%	8/18/2026	8/18/2026	9/4/2026
7/22/2026	NRG NRG Energy	quarterly	$0.4750	1.37%	8/3/2026	8/3/2026	8/17/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CEG Constellation Energy	0.59	1.46	1.20
DUK Duke Energy	1.47	0.66	0.43
NRG NRG Energy	5.17	0.97	0.89
TLN Talen Energy	5.82	0.78	0.55

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CEG Constellation Energy	82.24%
DUK Duke Energy	65.31%
NRG NRG Energy	97.72%
TLN Talen Energy	0.38%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CEG Constellation Energy	0.36%
DUK Duke Energy	0.12%
NRG NRG Energy	0.43%
TLN Talen Energy	0.78%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CEG Constellation Energy	15,339	354.31 million	353.03 million	Optionable
DUK Duke Energy	26,441	779.70 million	778.77 million	Optionable
NRG NRG Energy	16,702	210.99 million	210.08 million	Optionable
TLN Talen Energy	1,880	47.91 million	47.54 million	Optionable

NRG, CEG, TLN, and DUK Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

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Silicon Valley Capital Partners Purchases New Stake in Talen Energy Corporation $TLN

September 21, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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September 21, 2026 | zacks.com

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September 21, 2026 | zacks.com

Bank of America Corp DE Invests $78.39 Million in Talen Energy Corporation $TLN

September 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Talen Energy (TLN) Stock Looks Below Fair Value On Its 3 Year Surge

September 18, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Talen Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:TLN) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

September 18, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Talen Energy (TLN) Gains as Regulatory Progress Enhances Data Center Framework

September 17, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

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Talen Energy (NASDAQ:TLN) Hits New 1-Year Low - Here's What Happened

September 14, 2026 | marketbeat.com

NewEdge Advisors LLC Acquires 5,274 Shares of Talen Energy Corporation $TLN

September 14, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Amundi Reduces Position in Talen Energy Corporation $TLN

September 14, 2026 | marketbeat.com

WINTON GROUP Ltd Trims Stake in Talen Energy Corporation $TLN

September 12, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Talen Energy: The Cash Flow Behind The Data Center Story

September 11, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Talen Energy Corporation $TLN Shares Acquired by Tidal Investments LLC

September 11, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Talen Energy Corporation $TLN Shares Bought by California State Teachers Retirement System

September 10, 2026 | marketbeat.com

VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al Buys Shares of 13,320 Talen Energy Corporation $TLN

September 9, 2026 | marketbeat.com

3 Small Nuclear Stocks Wall Street Has Not Fully Priced for the AI Power Shortage Yet.

September 8, 2026 | 247wallst.com

UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC Raises Stock Holdings in Talen Energy Corporation $TLN

September 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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NRG, CEG, TLN, and DUK Company Descriptions

Constellation Energy NASDAQ:CEG

$260.38 -2.90 (-1.10%)

Closing price 03:58 PM Eastern

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$259.35 -1.02 (-0.39%)

As of 04:08 PM Eastern

Constellation Energy Corporation generates and sells electricity in the United States. It operates through five segments: Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, New York, ERCOT, and Other Power Regions. The company sells natural gas, energy-related products, and sustainable solutions. It has approximately 33,094 megawatts of generating capacity consisting of nuclear, wind, solar, natural gas, and hydroelectric assets. It serves distribution utilities; municipalities; cooperatives; and commercial, industrial, governmental, and residential customers. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Duke Energy NYSE:DUK

$113.40 +0.05 (+0.04%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$113.42 +0.03 (+0.03%)

As of 04:09 PM Eastern

Duke Energy Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company in the United States. It operates through two segments: Electric Utilities and Infrastructure (EU&I), and Gas Utilities and Infrastructure (GU&I). The EU&I segment generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity in the Carolinas, Florida, and the Midwest. It generates electricity through coal, hydroelectric, natural gas, oil, solar and wind sources, renewables, and nuclear fuel. This segment also engages in the wholesale of electricity to municipalities, electric cooperative utilities, and load-serving entities. The GU&I segment distributes natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and power generation natural gas customers; and invests in pipeline transmission projects, renewable natural gas projects, and natural gas storage facilities. The company was formerly known as Duke Energy Holding Corp. and changed its name to Duke Energy Corporation in April 2006. Duke Energy Corporation was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

NRG Energy NYSE:NRG

$97.19 -3.18 (-3.17%)

Closing price 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$97.46 +0.27 (+0.27%)

As of 04:09 PM Eastern

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.

Talen Energy NASDAQ:TLN

$303.52 -0.90 (-0.30%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$303.49 -0.03 (-0.01%)

As of 04:07 PM Eastern

Talen Energy Corporation is a U.S.-based energy and power generation company. The Company owns or controls approximately 16,000 megawatts of capacity in wholesale power markets, principally in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southwest regions of the United States. The Company generates and sells electricity, capacity and related products from power plants that use fuel sources, such as nuclear, natural gas and coal. The Company's Susquehanna nuclear power plant has approximately two boiling water reactors with a combined capacity of over 2,600 megawatts. Its fossil fuel plants are located in Athens, Barney Davis, Bayonne, Brandon Shores, Brunner Island, Camden, Colstrip and Dartmouth, among others. It has an art energy trading center located in Allentown, Pennsylvania (PA), where it manages asset load obligations, fuel supply, capacity and related products, and all supporting physical or financial transactions for its electric generation portfolio.

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