NRG Energy is an utilities - independent power producers business based in the US. NRG Energy shares (NRG) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $94.86 – an increase of 3.51% over the previous week. NRG Energy employs 18,131 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $28.1 billion.
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| Latest market close | $94.86 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $43.88 - $102.84 |
| 50-day moving average | $88.19 |
| 200-day moving average | $76.43 |
| Wall St. target price | $94.51 |
| PE ratio | 22.91 |
| Dividend yield | $1.63 (1.76%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $4.00 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $93.23 from 2024-11-18
| 1 week (2024-11-14) | 1.74% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-10-21) | 7.84% |
| 3 months (2024-08-21) | 12.66% |
| 6 months (2024-05-21) | 12.28% |
| 1 year (2023-11-21) | 106.26% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-11-18) | 135.45% |
| 3 years (2021-11-19) | 183.96% |
| 5 years (2019-11-21) | 181.38% |
Valuing NRG Energy stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of NRG Energy's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
NRG Energy's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 23x. In other words, NRG Energy shares trade at around 23x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
NRG Energy's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.4004. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into NRG Energy's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
NRG Energy's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $2.2 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a NRG Energy's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $28.1 billion |
|---|---|
| Gross profit TTM | $4.1 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 1.9% |
| Return on equity TTM | 31.93% |
| Profit margin | 3.43% |
| Book value | $9.13 |
| Market Capitalization | $18.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like NRG Energy.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 35.19
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and NRG Energy's overall score of 35.19 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty weak – landing it in it in the 83rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like NRG Energy is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 20.81/100
Social score: 10.12/100
Governance score: 4.75/100
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. NRG Energy scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that NRG Energy has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
NRG Energy Inc. was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 35.19 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 82.5 |
| Environmental score | 20.81 |
| Social score | 10.12 |
| Governance score | 4.75 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
Dividend payout ratio: 17% of net profits
Recently NRG Energy has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), NRG Energy shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In NRG Energy's case, that would currently equate to about $1.63 per share.
While NRG Energy's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that NRG Energy is investing more in its future growth.
NRG Energy's most recent dividend payout was on 14 November 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 31 October 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
NRG Energy's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 31 May 2007 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your NRG Energy shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for NRG Energy shares which in turn could have impacted NRG Energy's share price.
Over the last 12 months, NRG Energy's shares have ranged in value from as little as $43.8756 up to $102.84. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while NRG Energy's is 1.088. This would suggest that NRG Energy's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
NRG Energy, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy and home services company in the United States and Canada. It operates through Texas; East; West/Services/Other; Vivint Smart Home; and Corporate Activities segments. The company produces and sells electricity generated using coal, oil, solar, and battery storage; natural gas; and a cloud-based home platform, including hardware, software, sales, installation, customer service, technical support, and professional monitoring solutions. It offers retail electricity and energy management, line and surge protection products, HVAC installation, repair and maintenance, home protection products, carbon offsets, back-up power stations, portable power, portable solar, and portable lighting; retail services comprising demand response, commodity sales, energy efficiency, and energy management solutions; and system power, distributed generation, renewable and low-carbon products, carbon management and specialty services, backup generation, storage and distributed solar, and energy advisory services. In addition, the company trades in power, natural gas, and related commodities; environmental products; weather products; and financial products, including forwards, futures, options, and swaps. It offers its products and services under the NRG, Reliant, Direct Energy, Green Mountain Energy, and Vivint.
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