NRG Energy Inc (NRG) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $160.55, with 5.43 million shares of worth about $872.33 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 43.93% during that period and on July 23, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 4.28%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 196.46M shares, out of which, 193.23M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 10.75% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 5.59%. Year-to-date (YTD), NRG shares are showing a performance of 114.32% which increased to 77.95% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $65.11 but also hit the highest price of $168.57 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for NRG Energy Inc shares is 3.23 million. The stock is currently trading 4.28% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 3.88% for SMA50 and it goes to 43.21% higher than SMA200.
NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NRG) currently have 196.46M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 97.87% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $31.39B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.14. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 25.29, while it has posted earnings per share of $6.35 in the same period. Its PEG reads 1.67 and has Quick Ratio of 1.02 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 3.96. 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 3.90% while standing at 3.21% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 12.94% while it is estimated to increase by 17.68% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 15.16% 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 Barclays on June 26, 2025 offering an Overweight rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $197 to it. Coverage by Raymond James stated NRG Energy Inc (NRG) stock as a Strong buy in their note to investors on June 13, 2025, suggesting a price target of $195 for the stock. On April 04, 2025, Goldman Initiated their recommendations, while on January 21, 2025, Evercore ISI Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $126. Stock get a Buy rating from Jefferies on November 26, 2024.
