NRG Energy Inc [NRG] stock prices are down -1.20% to $163.21 at the moment. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The NRG shares have lost -2.11% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.28%, 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 October 28, 2025, when Wells Fargo initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $202. Previously, Scotiabank started tracking the stock with Sector Outperform rating on September 22, 2025, and set its price target to $212. On August 20, 2025, Melius initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $308 on the stock. Barclays started tracking the stock assigning an Overweight rating and suggested a price target of $197 on June 26, 2025. Raymond James initiated its recommendation with a Strong Buy and recommended $195 as its price target on June 13, 2025. Goldman started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on April 04, 2025, and assigned it a price target of $129. In a note dated January 21, 2025, Evercore ISI upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $74 to $126.
The stock price of NRG Energy Inc [NRG] has been fluctuating between $79.57 and $180.54 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $188.6 within the next 12 months. NRG Energy Inc [NYSE: NRG] shares were valued at $163.21 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 15.56% based on the average NRG price forecast.
Analyzing the NRG fundamentals
The NRG Energy Inc [NYSE:NRG] reported sales of 29.76B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 5.26%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.21% 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 0.06, Equity is 0.61 and Total Capital is 0.16. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of6.15.
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 160.54 points at the first support level, and at 157.88 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 167.56, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 171.92.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that NRG Energy Inc [NYSE:NRG]’s Current Ratio is 1.05. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.99, while the Cash Ratio is 0.1. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.05, the price to book ratio is 23.77 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 23.85.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Kinney Virginia, Officer, that happened on Nov 14 ’25 when 20000.0 shares were purchased. Exec VP, Chief Technology Ofc., Liyanearachchi Dak completed a deal on Sep 10 ’25 to sell 10672.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer DON LIYANEARACHCHI bought 10672.0 shares on Sep 10 ’25.
