NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG)’s traded shares stood at 2.33 million during the last session, with the company’s beta value hitting 1.00. At the close of trading, the stock’s price was $109.58, to imply an increase of 0.05% or $0.05 in intraday trading. The NRG share’s 52-week high remains $117.26, putting it -7.01% down since that peak but still an impressive 40.58% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $65.11. The company has a valuation of $22.32B, with an average of 2.17 million shares in intraday trading volume over the past 10 days and average of 3.02 million shares over the past 3 months.
Analysts have given a consensus recommendation of Hold for NRG Energy Inc (NRG), translating to a mean rating of 2.14. Of 7 analyst(s) looking at the stock, 0 analyst(s) give NRG a Sell rating. 0 of those analysts rate the stock as Overweight while 4 advise Hold as 3 recommend it as a Buy.
NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) trade information
After registering a 0.05% upside in the last session, NRG Energy Inc (NRG) has traded red over the past five days. The 5-day price performance for the stock is 7.39%, and 14.79% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is 21.46%. Short interest in NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) saw shorts transact 6.39 million shares and set a 2.06 days time to cover.
The extremes give us $30 and $94 for target low and target high price respectively. As such, NRG has been trading 14.22% off suggested target high and 72.62% from its likely low.
An assessment of the company’s 5-year growth patterns shows that annual earnings shrunk an estimated -20.43% for the past 5-year period. While 2025 is set for a 9.50% return in earnings, projections for the next 5 years are at 9.31% annually.
NRG Dividends
NRG Energy Inc has its next earnings report out on 2025-Feb-25. However, it is important to take into account that this dividend yield ratio is just an indicator to only serve the purpose of guidance. Investors interested to invest in the stock should ponder company’s other fundamental and operations related aspects too. NRG Energy Inc has a forward dividend ratio of 1.66, with the share yield ticking at 1.52% to continue the rising pattern observed over the past year. The company’s average dividend yield trailing the past 5-year period is 3.04%.
NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG)’s Major holders
NRG Energy Inc insiders hold 2.88% of total outstanding shares, with institutional holders owning 95.75% of the shares at 98.58% float percentage. In total, 95.75% institutions holds shares in the company, led by VANGUARD GROUP INC. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 27.36 million shares (or 13.1546% of shares), all amounting to roughly $2.13 billion.
The next major institution holding the largest number of shares is BLACKROCK INC. with 19.35 million shares, or about 9.3039% of shares outstanding. As of the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were worth $1.51 billion.
We also have VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and PUTNAM LARGE CAP VALUE FUND as the top two Mutual Funds with the largest holdings of the NRG Energy Inc (NRG) shares. Going by data provided on Dec 31, 2024 , VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund holds roughly 6.37 shares. This is just over 3.13% of the total shares, with a market valuation of $697.61 million. Data from the same date shows that the other fund manager holds a little less at 5.94, or 2.92% of the shares, all valued at about 651.18 million.
