NRG Energy Inc (NRG) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $92.47, with 4.92 million shares of worth about $454.77 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 18.67% during that period and on March 12, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 4.34%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 198.60M shares, out of which, 193.95M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -6.32% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -12.08%. Year-to-date (YTD), NRG shares are showing a performance of 2.49% which increased to 52.26% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $60.23 but also hit the highest price of $117.26 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for NRG Energy Inc shares is 3.16 million. The stock is currently trading -9.00% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -8.94% for SMA50 and it goes to 3.70% higher than SMA200.
NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NRG) currently have 198.60M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 98.85% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $18.32B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.13. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 18.32, while it has posted earnings per share of $5.05 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.15 and has Quick Ratio of 0.96 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 4.44. 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 6.73% while standing at 5.61% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 8.20% while it is estimated to increase by 5.58% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 8.53% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -20.43% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
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.
