NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) has a beta value of 1.13 and has seen 0.74 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $30.80B, closed the recent trade at $157.56 per share which meant it gained $1.66 on the day or 1.06% during that session. The NRG stock price is -2.68% off its 52-week high price of $161.78 and 58.68% above the 52-week low of $65.11. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 3.44 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 3.37 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that NRG Energy Inc (NRG) is Hold stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.42. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 4 out of 7 have rated it as a Hold, with 3 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.
NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) trade information
Over the past 30 days, the shares of NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) have changed 38.04%. Short interest in the company has seen 6.03 million shares shorted with days to cover at 1.89.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $167, which means that the shares’ value could jump 5.65% from the levels at last check today.. The projected low price target is $167.0 while the price target rests at a high of $167.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -5.99% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -5.99% from the levels at last check today..
NRG Energy Inc (NRG) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have gained 55.75% over the past 6 months.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -20.43% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 12.38% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 12.26%.
NRG Dividends
NRG Energy Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-May-11 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 1.70 at a share yield of 1.08%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 3.02%.
NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG)’s Major holders
Insiders own 2.99% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 97.70% with a share float percentage of 100.71%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with NRG Energy Inc having a total of 1201.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 27.36 million shares worth more than $2.13 billion. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 13.1546% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 19.35 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $1.51 billion and represent 9.3039% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and PUTNAM LARGE CAP VALUE FUND . As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager holds about 3.21% shares in the company for having 6.27 shares of worth $986.24 million while later fund manager owns 5.94 shares of worth $935.18 million as of Jan 31, 2025 , which makes it owner of about 3.04% of company’s outstanding stock.
