NRG Energy Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NRG Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" NRG Energy stock.
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NRG Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 5th 2021.
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NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 6th. The utilities provider reported ($0.33) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.64 by $1.97. The utilities provider had revenue of $8.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.53 billion. NRG Energy had a net margin of 43.90% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 50.32%. NRG Energy's revenue for the quarter was up 297.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.49 earnings per share.
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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. Since then, NRG shares have increased by 15.6% and is now trading at $34.69.
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NRG Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 19th. Investors of record on Monday, May 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.325 per share on Monday, May 17th. This represents a $1.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 30th.
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NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.67%. NRG Energy does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of NRG Energy is 32.83%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NRG Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.77% next year. This indicates that NRG Energy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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6 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for NRG Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $57.00. On average, they expect NRG Energy's share price to reach $47.58 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 37.2% from the stock's current price.
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138 employees have rated NRG Energy CEO Mauricio Gutierrez on Glassdoor.com. Mauricio Gutierrez has an approval rating of 86% among NRG Energy's employees.

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Pzena Investment Management LLC (3.80%), LSV Asset Management (2.76%), Lord Abbett & CO. LLC (1.43%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.40%), Swiss National Bank (0.38%) and Alps Advisors Inc. (0.38%). Company insiders that own NRG Energy stock include Brian Curci, David Callen, Elizabeth R Killinger, Kirkland B Andrews and Robert J Gaudette.
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NRG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Beach Investment Counsel Inc. PA, Los Angeles Capital Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Vontobel Holding Ltd., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Alberta Investment Management Corp, and Bank of Nova Scotia.
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NRG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Alps Advisors Inc., Beck Bode LLC, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Pzena Investment Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., and Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
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One share of NRG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.69.

NRG Energy has a market capitalization of $8.49 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 4,104 workers across the globe.

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NRG Energy was founded in 1989.

The official website for NRG Energy is www.nrg.com.

NRG Energy is headquartered at 804 CARNEGIE CENTER, PRINCETON NJ, 08540.

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]