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

NRG Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NRG."

NRG Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.03 per share on Friday, November 15th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 31st. View NRG Energy's Dividend History.

NRG Energy declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase 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 repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The utilities provider reported $1.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.10 by $0.22. The utilities provider had revenue of $3 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.44 billion. NRG Energy had a net margin of 10.85% and a negative return on equity of 53.61%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.96 EPS. View NRG Energy's Earnings History.

NRG Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for NRG Energy.

6 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for NRG Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $39.00 to $56.00. On average, they anticipate NRG Energy's share price to reach $47.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.6% from the stock's current price. 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, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for NRG Energy.

Press coverage about NRG stock has been trending positive this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. NRG Energy earned a news sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for NRG Energy.

NRG Energy saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,930,000 shares, an increase of 17.9% from the December 15th total of 5,880,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,590,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 2.9% of the company's shares are sold short. View NRG Energy's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to NRG Energy include AES (AES), Ormat Technologies (ORA), Atlantic Power (AT), Genie Energy (GNE) and American DG Energy (ADGE).

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NRG Energy's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.32%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.23%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.03%), Tealwood Asset Management Inc. (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Tealwood Asset Management Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, 180 Wealth Advisors LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold NRG Energy company stock in the last year include Brian Curci, David Callen, Elizabeth R Killinger, Kirkland B Andrews 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 Artemis Investment Management LLP, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Sciencast Management LP, Cerebellum GP LLC, HBW Advisory Services LLC and Huntington National Bank. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NRG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.58.

NRG Energy has a market capitalization of $9.71 billion and generates $9.48 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $268 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.41 on an earnings per share basis. NRG Energy employs 4,862 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]