At the time of writing, NRG Energy Inc [NRG] stock is trading at $152.08, down -1.21%. 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 2.29% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -4.47%, 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 June 13, 2025, when Raymond James initiated its Strong Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $195. Previously, Goldman started tracking the stock with Buy rating on April 04, 2025, and set its price target to $129. On January 21, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform and revised its price target to $126 on the stock. Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $113 on November 26, 2024. Jefferies initiated its recommendation with a Hold and recommended $82 as its price target on September 13, 2024. Wells Fargo started tracking with a Overweight rating for this stock on January 23, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $65. In a note dated November 06, 2023, UBS upgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $33 to $46.
For the past year, the stock price of NRG Energy Inc fluctuated between $65.11 and $162.33. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $167 within the next 12 months. NRG Energy Inc [NYSE: NRG] shares were valued at $152.08 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 9.81% based on the average NRG price forecast.
Analyzing the NRG fundamentals
According to NRG Energy Inc [NYSE:NRG], the company’s sales were 29.21B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 14.84% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.26% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.09%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.06%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.48 and Total Capital is 0.17. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of3.96.
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 149.95 points at the first support level, and at 147.82 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 154.40, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 156.72.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that NRG Energy Inc [NYSE:NRG] has a current ratio of 1.06. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.02, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.07. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.02, the price to book ratio is 14.05 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 23.95.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved RASESH M PATEL, Officer, that happened on Jun 10 ’25 when 30000.0 shares were purchased. Director, Howell Kevin completed a deal on May 30 ’25 to sell 50000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer RASESH M PATEL bought 24553.0 shares on Jun 03 ’25.
