A share price of NRG Energy Inc [NRG] is currently trading at $167.52, up 3.02%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The NRG shares have gain 3.46% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 10.02%, 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 September 22, 2025, when Scotiabank initiated its Sector Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $212. Previously, Melius started tracking the stock with Buy rating on August 20, 2025, and set its price target to $308. On June 26, 2025, Barclays initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned a price target of $197 on the stock. Raymond James started tracking the stock assigning a Strong Buy rating and suggested a price target of $195 on June 13, 2025. Goldman initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $129 as its price target on April 04, 2025. Evercore ISI upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on January 21, 2025, and upped its price target to $126. In a note dated November 26, 2024, Jefferies upgraded an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $93 to $113.
NRG Energy Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $79.57 and $175.96. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $188.67 within the next 12 months. NRG Energy Inc [NYSE: NRG] shares were valued at $167.52 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 12.63% 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 164.24 points at the first support level, and at 160.95 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 170.07, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 172.61.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for NRG Energy Inc [NYSE:NRG] is 0.93. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.88 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.02. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.10, the price to book ratio is 19.91 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 70.89.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Liyanearachchi Dak, Exec VP, Chief Technology Ofc., that happened on Sep 10 ’25 when 10672.0 shares were sold. Officer, DON LIYANEARACHCHI completed a deal on Sep 10 ’25 to buy 10672.0 shares.
