NYSE:NRGNRG Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

NRG Energy's stock was trading at $30.00 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NRG shares have increased by 10.6% and is now trading at $33.19. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NRG Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for NRG Energy.

NRG Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for NRG Energy.

NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.20. The utilities provider earned $2.02 billion during the quarter. NRG Energy had a negative return on equity of 15,555.52% and a net margin of 42.14%. View NRG Energy's earnings history.

NRG Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Friday, May 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, May 15th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.62%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 30th. View NRG Energy's dividend history.

8 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for NRG Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $56.00. On average, they anticipate NRG Energy's share price to reach $41.13 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for NRG Energy.

News stories about NRG stock have been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. NRG Energy earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about NRG Energy.

NRG Energy saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 6,540,000 shares, a decline of 6.7% from the June 15th total of 7,010,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,020,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Approximately 2.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View NRG Energy's Current Options Chain.

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

NRG Energy's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.11%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%). Company insiders that own NRG Energy stock include Brian Curci, Christopher Moser, David Callen, Elizabeth R Killinger, Kirkland B Andrews and Robert J Gaudette. View institutional ownership trends for NRG Energy.

NRG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of NRG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.19.

NRG Energy has a market capitalization of $8.10 billion and generates $9.82 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $4.44 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.96 on an earnings per share basis. NRG Energy employs 4,577 workers across the globe.

The official website for NRG Energy is 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]