A share price of NRG Energy Inc [NRG] is currently trading at $98.72, up 0.22%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The NRG shares have gain 7.36% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.19%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
NRG Energy Inc [NYSE: NRG] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on November 26, 2024, when Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy and also boosted its price target to $113 from $93. Previously, Jefferies started tracking the stock with Hold rating on September 13, 2024, and set its price target to $82. On January 23, 2024, Wells Fargo initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned a price target of $65 on the stock. UBS upgraded its rating to a Neutral and increased its price target to $46 on November 06, 2023. Guggenheim upgraded its rating to a Buy but $50 remained the price target by the analyst firm on November 01, 2023. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on March 20, 2023, and upped its price target to $36. In a note dated December 19, 2022, BofA Securities upgraded an Neutral rating on this stock.
NRG Energy Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $50.23 and $103.14. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $86 within the next 12 months. NRG Energy Inc [NYSE: NRG] shares were valued at $98.72 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -12.88% based on the average NRG price forecast.
Analyzing the NRG fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for NRG Energy Inc [NYSE:NRG] were 28.07B which represents -10.12% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.12% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.02%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.05%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.31 and Total Capital is 0.04. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of4.24.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 97.70 points at the first support level, and at 96.68 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 100.03, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 101.34.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for NRG Energy Inc [NYSE:NRG] is 1.17. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.10, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.15. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.76, the price to book ratio is 10.82 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 23.91.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Gaudette Robert J, Exec VP, NRG Business, that happened on Jan 02 ’25 when 60000.0 shares were sold. Officer, ROBERT GAUDETTE completed a deal on Jan 02 ’25 to buy 60000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Elisabeth Donohue bought 1082.0 shares on Nov 14 ’24.
