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. Shareholders 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 yield of 0.31%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 31st. View NRG Energy's Dividend History.

NRG Energy announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase 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 often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) posted 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 earned $3 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.44 billion. NRG Energy had a negative return on equity of 53.61% and a net margin of 10.85%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 1.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $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 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for NRG Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $39.00 to $56.00. On average, they expect NRG Energy's share price to reach $47.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.2% 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.

Headlines about NRG stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing 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 media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company'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 daily volume of 2,590,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Approximately 2.9% of the company's shares are short sold. 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 a number of 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%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.03%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.03%) and Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (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 Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Convergence Investment Partners LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Tealwood Asset Management Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, TrimTabs Asset Management LLC and Wealthfront Advisers LLC. 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, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, NEXT Financial Group Inc, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Sciencast Management LP, Exane Derivatives and Cerebellum GP LLC. 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 $38.68.

NRG Energy has a market capitalization of $9.73 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]