A share price of NRG Energy Inc [NRG] is currently trading at $161.21, up 5.88%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The NRG shares have gain 9.73% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 6.04%, and 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 August 20, 2025, when Melius initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $308. Previously, Barclays started tracking the stock with Overweight rating on June 26, 2025, and set its price target to $197. On June 13, 2025, Raymond James initiated with a Strong Buy rating and assigned a price target of $195 on the stock. Goldman started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $129 on April 04, 2025. Evercore ISI upgraded its rating to a Outperform and raised its price target to $126 on January 21, 2025. Jefferies upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on November 26, 2024, and upped its price target to $113. In a note dated September 13, 2024, Jefferies initiated an Hold rating and provided a target price of $82 on this stock.
NRG Energy Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $77.31 and $175.96. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $182 within the next 12 months. NRG Energy Inc [NYSE: NRG] shares were valued at $161.21 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 12.9% based on the average NRG price forecast.
Analyzing the NRG fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for NRG Energy Inc [NYSE:NRG] were 29.39B which represents 2.64% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.17% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.04%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.02%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.02%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.21 and Total Capital is 0.09. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of4.86.
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 156.66 points at the first support level, and at 152.10 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 164.01, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 166.81.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for NRG Energy Inc [NYSE:NRG] is 0.93. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.88, while the Cash Ratio is 0.02. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.06, the price to book ratio is 19.16 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 68.22.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved DON LIYANEARACHCHI, Officer, that happened on Sep 10 ’25 when 10672.0 shares were purchased. Meanwhile, Officer RASESH M PATEL bought 30000.0 shares on Jun 10 ’25.
