NYSE:NRG - NRG Energy Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

NRG Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, February 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.03 per share on Friday, February 15th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.28%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 31st. View NRG Energy's Dividend History.

NRG Energy announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, March 1st 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 2nd. The utilities provider reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.55. The utilities provider had revenue of $2.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.72 billion. NRG Energy had a net margin of 2.58% and a return on equity of 129.32%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 8.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.36 earnings per share. View NRG Energy's Earnings History.

NRG Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for NRG Energy.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for NRG Energy's shares. Their predictions range from $36.00 to $48.00. On average, they anticipate NRG Energy's share price to reach $42.1667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for NRG Energy.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NRG Energy in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for NRG Energy.

Media stories about NRG stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. NRG Energy earned a news impact score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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

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NRG Energy's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.80%), FMR LLC (6.31%), Brahman Capital Corp. (2.82%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.94%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.66%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.44%). Company insiders that own NRG Energy stock include Barry T Smitherman, Christopher Moser, David Callen, Elizabeth R Killinger and Robert J Gaudette. View Institutional Ownership Trends for NRG Energy.

NRG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Brahman Capital Corp., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Prudential Financial Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, Beach Point Capital Management LP, Millennium Management LLC and Mackay Shields LLC. Company insiders that have sold NRG Energy company stock in the last year include Christopher Moser, David Callen, Elizabeth R Killinger and Robert J Gaudette. View Insider Buying and Selling for NRG Energy.

NRG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Two Sigma Investments LP, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, BlackRock Inc., American Century Companies Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Geode Capital Management LLC. 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 $42.16.

NRG Energy has a market capitalization of $11.76 billion and generates $9.48 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $268 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.41 on an earnings per share basis. NRG Energy employs 4,862 workers across the globe.

The official website for NRG Energy is http://www.nrg.com.

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]