NYSE:NRG - NRG Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

NRG Energy's stock was trading at $30.00 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NRG stock has decreased by 1.5% and is now trading at $29.55. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NRG Energy in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 4 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for NRG Energy.

NRG Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for NRG Energy.

NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 27th. The utilities provider reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.16. The utilities provider had revenue of $2.21 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.01 billion. NRG Energy had a negative return on equity of 120.17% and a net margin of 45.19%. The company's revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.88 earnings per share. View NRG Energy's earnings history.

NRG Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 21st. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.06%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 31st. This is a positive change from NRG Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. View NRG Energy's dividend history.

7 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for NRG Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $39.00 to $56.00. On average, they anticipate NRG Energy's stock price to reach $46.79 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 58.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for NRG Energy.

Media coverage about NRG stock has been trending extremely negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing 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 daily sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutNRG Energy.

NRG Energy saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 6,729,000 shares, a drop of 18.8% from the February 27th total of 8,290,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,580,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 2.7% of the company's shares are short sold. View NRG Energy's Current Options Chain.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.95%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.96%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.89%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.62%), Prudential Financial Inc. (1.54%) and Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. (1.51%). Company insiders that own NRG Energy stock include Brian Curci, Christopher Moser, David Callen, Elizabeth R Killinger, Kirkland B Andrews 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 Janus Henderson Group PLC, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Jefferies Group LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., and MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd. 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. View insider buying and selling activity for NRG Energy.

NRG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Bank of Montreal Can, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., and Schroder Investment Management Group. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of NRG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.55.

NRG Energy has a market capitalization of $7.40 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. View additional information about NRG Energy.

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]