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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 23rd. Shareholders 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 dividend yield of 0.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 31st. View NRG Energy's Dividend History.

NRG Energy announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Thursday, March 1st 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 2nd. The utilities provider reported $0.31 earnings per share (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 the consensus estimate of $2.72 billion. NRG Energy had a positive return on equity of 61.11% and a negative net margin of 11.52%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 8.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.36 earnings per share. View NRG Energy's Earnings History.

NRG Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for NRG Energy.

6 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for NRG Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate NRG Energy's share price to reach $41.3333 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.7%. 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.

Press coverage about NRG stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. NRG Energy earned a news sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

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

NRG Energy's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.80%), Brahman Capital Corp. (2.82%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.94%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.66%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.44%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.36%). Company insiders that own NRG Energy stock include Barry T Smitherman, Christopher Moser, David Callen, Elizabeth R Killinger, John C Wilder Jr 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Two Sigma Advisers LP, Two Sigma Investments LP, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, BlackRock Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Geode Capital Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP and Voleon Capital Management LP. Company insiders that have bought NRG Energy stock in the last two years include Barry T Smitherman and John C Wilder Jr. 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 $42.46.

NRG Energy has a market capitalization of $12.31 billion and generates $10.63 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $-2,153,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.09 on an earnings per share basis. NRG Energy employs 5,940 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]