NYSE:NRGNRG Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

NRG Energy's stock was trading at $30.00 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NRG shares have increased by 2.8% and is now trading at $30.85. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NRG Energy in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 4 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating 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 Thursday, May 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for NRG Energy.

NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 27th. The utilities provider reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.16. The utilities provider had revenue of $2.21 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.01 billion. NRG Energy had a net margin of 45.19% and a negative return on equity of 120.17%. NRG Energy's revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.88 earnings per share. View NRG Energy's earnings history.

NRG Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 21st. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.89%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 31st. This is an increase from NRG Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. View NRG Energy's dividend history.

7 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for NRG Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $56.00. On average, they anticipate NRG Energy's stock price to reach $45.07 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 46.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for NRG Energy.

News coverage about NRG stock has trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. NRG Energy earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutNRG Energy.

NRG Energy saw a drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 6,729,000 shares, a drop of 18.8% from the February 27th total of 8,290,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,580,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 2.7% 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 AES (AES), Ormat Technologies (ORA), Atlantic Power (AT), Genie Energy (GNE) and American DG Energy (ADGE).

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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%). 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 IFM Investors Pty Ltd. Company insiders that have sold NRG Energy company stock in the last year include Brian Curci, Elizabeth R Killinger, Kirkland B Andrews, and Robert J Gaudette. View insider buying and selling activity for NRG Energy.

NRG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $30.85.

NRG Energy has a market capitalization of $7.73 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. 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]