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, October 17th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.03 per share on Thursday, November 15th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.28%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 31st. View NRG Energy's Dividend History.

NRG Energy declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Thursday, March 1st 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 8th. The utilities provider reported $0.94 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.18. The utilities provider had revenue of $3.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.04 billion. NRG Energy had a negative net margin of 11.52% and a positive return on equity of 61.11%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.60 earnings per share. View NRG Energy's Earnings History.

NRG Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for NRG Energy.

5 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for NRG Energy's shares. Their predictions range from $36.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect NRG Energy's stock price to reach $40.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for NRG Energy.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NRG Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for NRG Energy.

Media stories about NRG stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. NRG Energy earned a news sentiment score of -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

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

NRG Energy's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc (12.54%), BlackRock Inc. (6.14%), FMR LLC (4.66%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (3.51%), Steadfast Capital Management LP (2.50%) and Putnam Investments LLC (2.48%). Company insiders that own NRG Energy stock include Barry T Smitherman, Christopher Moser, David Callen, Elizabeth R Killinger and John C Wilder Jr. View Institutional Ownership Trends for NRG Energy.

NRG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC, Luminus Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, American Century Companies Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold NRG Energy company stock in the last year include Christopher Moser, David Callen and Elizabeth R Killinger. View Insider Buying and Selling for NRG Energy.

NRG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Alliancebernstein L.P., Steadfast Capital Management LP, Janus Henderson Group PLC, NorthCoast Asset Management LLC and Pennant Investors 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 $42.32.

NRG Energy has a market capitalization of $12.24 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]