NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
About NRG Energy, Inc.
NRG Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy and home services company in the United States and Canada. It operates through the Texas, East, West/Other, Vivint Smart Home, and Corporate Activities segments. The company offers retail electricity, energy management, demand response and virtual power plant programs, carbon offsets, smart home security, and automation services. It also offers system power, distributed and backup generation, energy storage, energy management, renewable and low-carbon products, and carbon management solutions for large business and commercial customers; a cloud-based home platform, including hardware, software, sales, installation, customer service, technical support, and professional monitoring solutions; and generation portfolio includes fossil fuel and renewable generation assets diversified by fuel type and dispatch level, with ongoing development of new natural gas and renewable projects. In addition, the company trades in power, natural gas, and related products; environmental products; weather products; and financial products, including forwards, futures, options, and swaps.
Sector: Utilities · Industry: Utilities - Independent Power Producers · United States · 16,702 employees · nrg.com
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-05
As of 2026-09-05, NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) had a market capitalization of $25.02B, a trailing P/E of 31.0 (forward 10.6), a dividend yield of 1.70% and a beta of 1.17; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $108.34 – $189.96 (-24.3% over the year).
- Market cap
- $25.02B
- Enterprise value
- $48.97B
- Trailing P/E
- 31.0
- Forward P/E
- 10.6
- PEG ratio
- 0.43
- Price / book
- 5.95
- EPS (trailing)
- $3.84
- EPS (forward)
- $11.20
- Dividend yield
- 1.70%
- Payout ratio
- 47.7%
- Ex-dividend date
- 2026-08-03
- 52-week range
- $108.34 – $189.96
- 52-week change
- -24.3%
- Beta
- 1.17
- Average volume
- 2.8M
- Shares outstanding
- 210.2M
- Short % of float
- 3.89%
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-11
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-11 scan of the US universe, NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) last closed at $111.65 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 42 (neutral territory), price -3.3% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread -8.1%, MACD histogram 0.82.
Sentiment inputs: 56% of recent Finnhub-scored headlines read bullish; StockTwits 86% bullish; analyst consensus score 75/100.
Next scheduled company event: in 55 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
Members of Congress disclosed 0 buys and 0 sells of NRG; corporate insiders filed 0 buys and 2 sells (2 distinct filers, latest disclosure 2026-09-09). Filings arrive days to weeks after the trade and are not a live signal. Most active filers: Gerald Alfred Spencer (0B/1S), Virginia Kinney (0B/1S). Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
NRG has not appeared in the daily picks yet. Full scoreboard
What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell NRG.
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