NRG Energy Inc (NRG) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $113.33, with 5.03 million shares of worth about $570.06 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 35.72% during that period and on Wednesday the price saw a gain of about 10.63%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 204.93M shares, out of which, 198.44M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 0.82% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 16.25%. Year-to-date (YTD), NRG shares are showing a performance of 25.62% which increased to 119.84% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $51.58 but also hit the highest price of $115.38 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for NRG Energy Inc shares is 2.79 million. The stock is currently trading 7.50% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 12.33% for SMA50 and it goes to 28.02% higher than SMA200.
NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NRG) currently have 204.93M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 96.63% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $22.96B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.13. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 27.45, while it has posted earnings per share of $4.13 in the same period. Its PEG reads 1.08 and has Quick Ratio of 1.10 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 4.32. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for NRG, volatility over the week remained 6.05% while standing at 3.99% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 49.51% while it is estimated to increase by 9.53% in next year.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Evercore ISI on January 21, 2025 offering an Outperform rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $74 and $126 to it. Coverage by Jefferies stated NRG Energy Inc (NRG) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on November 26, 2024, suggesting a price target of $113 for the stock. On September 13, 2024, Jefferies Initiated their recommendations, while on January 23, 2024, Wells Fargo Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $65. Stock get a Neutral rating from UBS on November 06, 2023.
