NRG Energy Stock Forecast, Price & 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 5.4% and is now trading at $31.62.
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8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NRG Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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NRG Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 5th 2020.
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NRG Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, November 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 6th. The utilities provider reported $1.27 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.53 by $0.26. The utilities provider had revenue of $2.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.81 billion. NRG Energy had a return on equity of 130.12% and a net margin of 44.34%. NRG Energy's revenue was down 9.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.70 EPS.
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NRG Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, November 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Monday, November 16th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.80%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 30th.
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8 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for NRG Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $51.00. On average, they anticipate NRG Energy's share price to reach $40.63 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 28.5% from the stock's current price.
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NRG Energy saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 7,580,000 shares, an increase of 24.7% from the September 15th total of 6,080,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,170,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.5 days. Approximately 3.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to NRG Energy include The AES (AES), Ormat Technologies (ORA), Genie Energy (GNE), Atlantic Power (AT) 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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include LSV Asset Management (3.10%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (2.92%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.24%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.18%), Alberta Investment Management Corp (0.13%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.13%). Company insiders that own NRG Energy stock include Brian Curci, Christopher Moser, 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 Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, KBC Group NV, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., James Investment Research Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, and Xponance Inc.. 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.
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NRG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Pzena Investment Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Ziegler Capital Management LLC, Meritage Portfolio Management, Alaska Permanent Fund Corp, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Dupont Capital Management Corp.
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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 $31.62.

NRG Energy has a market capitalization of $7.72 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]