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

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

NRG Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 21st. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.00%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 31st. This is a positive change from NRG Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. View NRG Energy's Dividend History.

NRG Energy announced that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, March 1st 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 7th. The utilities provider reported $1.88 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.10 by $0.22. The utilities provider had revenue of $3 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.44 billion. NRG Energy had a negative return on equity of 53.61% and a net margin of 10.85%. NRG Energy's revenue was up 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.96 EPS. View NRG Energy's Earnings History.

NRG Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for NRG Energy.

NRG Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 27th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

6 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for NRG Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $39.00 to $56.00. On average, they expect NRG Energy's share price to reach $47.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.3% 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, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for NRG Energy.

Media coverage about NRG stock has trended positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. NRG Energy earned a news impact score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for NRG Energy.

NRG Energy saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,270,000 shares, a decline of 9.5% from the January 15th total of 6,930,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,670,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 2.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View NRG Energy's Current Options Chain.

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NRG Energy's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.95%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.96%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.89%), Prudential Financial Inc. (1.54%), Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. (1.51%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.39%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Janus Henderson Group PLC, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Jefferies Group LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. and MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd. Company insiders that have sold NRG Energy company stock in the last year include Brian Curci, David Callen, Elizabeth R Killinger, Kirkland B Andrews 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Bank of Montreal Can, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. and Schroder Investment Management Group. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NRG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $39.95.

NRG Energy has a market capitalization of $10.05 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.View Additional Information About NRG Energy.

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]