NYSE:NRG - NRG Energy Stock Price, Price Target & More

NRG Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NRG."

NRG Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 18th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 1st will be given a dividend of $0.03 per share on Wednesday, August 15th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.37%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, July 31st. View NRG Energy's Dividend History.

NRG Energy announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Thursday, March 1st 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) released its earnings results on Thursday, May, 3rd. The utilities provider reported $0.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.73. The utilities provider earned $2.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.08 billion. NRG Energy had a negative net margin of 16.04% and a positive return on equity of 26.42%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. View NRG Energy's Earnings History.

3 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for NRG Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $37.00. On average, they anticipate NRG Energy's stock price to reach $34.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for NRG Energy.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NRG Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

NRG Energy saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 11,690,622 shares, a decrease of 36.4% from the June 15th total of 18,386,248 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,472,545 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 3.9% of the company's shares are sold short. View NRG Energy's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to NRG Energy include American Electric Power (AEP), CLP (CLPHY), Edison International (EIX), Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNABY), PPL (PPL), DTE Energy (DTE), SSE PLC/S (SSEZY), Eversource Energy (ES), Korea Electric Power (KEP), FirstEnergy (FE), Avangrid (AGR), EDP-Energias de Portugal, S.A (EDPFY), Entergy (ETR), Fortis (FTS) and Vistra Energy (VST).

News coverage about NRG stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. NRG Energy earned a media sentiment score of 0.08 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the utilities provider an impact score of 46.52 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

NRG Energy's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.55%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.10%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.10%), James Investment Research Inc. (0.10%), Dorsey Wright & Associates (0.04%) and Washington Trust Bank (0.04%). Company insiders that own NRG Energy stock include Barry T Smitherman and John C Wilder Jr. View Institutional Ownership Trends for NRG Energy.

NRG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Hartford Investment Management Co., Washington Trust Bank, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Ledyard National Bank, CenterStar Asset Management LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for NRG Energy.

NRG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., James Investment Research Inc., Clinton Group Inc., Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC, Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc., Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc. and Guidant Wealth Advisors. Company insiders that have bought NRG Energy stock in the last two years include Barry T Smitherman and John C Wilder Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for NRG Energy.

Shares of NRG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NRG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.13.

NRG Energy has a market capitalization of $10.22 billion and generates $10.63 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $-2,153,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.09 on an earnings per share basis. NRG Energy employs 5,940 workers across the globe.

NRG Energy's mailing address is 804 CARNEGIE CENTER, PRINCETON NJ, 08540. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 609-524-4500 or via email at [email protected]