NYSE:NRGNRG Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

NRG Energy's stock was trading at $30.00 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NRG shares have increased by 22.4% and is now trading at $36.71. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NRG Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings, 5 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 Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for NRG Energy.

NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 27th. The utilities provider reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.16. The utilities provider earned $2.21 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.01 billion. NRG Energy had a negative return on equity of 15,555.52% and a net margin of 42.14%. NRG Energy's quarterly revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.88 earnings per share. View NRG Energy's earnings history.

NRG Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Friday, May 1st will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, May 15th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.27%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 30th. View NRG Energy's dividend history.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for NRG Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $56.00. On average, they expect NRG Energy's share price to reach $42.56 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for NRG Energy.

News coverage about NRG stock has been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. NRG Energy earned a daily sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the utilities provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutNRG Energy.

NRG Energy saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,960,000 shares, a decrease of 24.1% from the April 30th total of 7,850,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,440,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.7 days. Currently, 2.6% of the company's shares are sold short. 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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Janus Henderson Group PLC (3.01%), Wellington Management Group LLP (2.13%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.12%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.71%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.65%) and Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. (1.16%). 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 Two Sigma Investments LP, Alliancebernstein L.P., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Cobalt Capital Management Inc., and Artemis Investment Management LLP. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Janus Henderson Group PLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, Wellington Management Group LLP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, HITE Hedge Asset Management LLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Ensign Peak Advisors Inc, and Beck Bode LLC. 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 $36.71.

NRG Energy has a market capitalization of $8.96 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.

The official website for NRG Energy is 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]