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 announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, February 1st will be given a dividend of $0.03 per share on Friday, February 15th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.28%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 31st. View NRG Energy's Dividend History.

NRG Energy declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, March 1st 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 2nd. The utilities provider reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.55. The utilities provider earned $2.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.72 billion. NRG Energy had a negative net margin of 11.52% and a positive return on equity of 61.11%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 8.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter 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 12-month price targets 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 $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.

Headlines about NRG stock have been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. NRG Energy earned a news sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

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NRG Energy's stock is owned by a variety of 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 acquired 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]