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 announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 18th. Shareholders 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 yield of 0.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 31st. View NRG Energy's Dividend History.

NRG Energy declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, March 1st 2018, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

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

3 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for NRG Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $37.00. On average, they expect NRG Energy's stock price to reach $34.3333 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.8% 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 daily volume of 6,472,545 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Approximately 3.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 stories about NRG stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. NRG Energy earned a media sentiment score of 0.16 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the utilities provider an impact score of 46.25 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

NRG Energy's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.55%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.35%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.10%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.10%), James Investment Research Inc. (0.10%) and Dorsey Wright & Associates (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, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Hartford Investment Management Co., Washington Trust Bank, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Ledyard National Bank, CenterStar Asset Management LLC and Retirement Systems of Alabama. View Insider Buying and Selling for NRG Energy.

NRG stock was acquired 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 $32.14.

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]