NRG Energy Inc. (NRG · NYSE)
NRG · MARKET VIEW
Market view · as of Sep 28, 2026
Price (last ~year)
NRG shares have fallen 28.5% over three months and sit 45.1% below their 52-week high, though the stock bounced 2.6% on the last session with RSI(14) at 20 and volume at 0.9x the 20-day average. The company missed consensus in two of its last four quarters, including the most recent (reported $1.49 vs. $1.66 est., -10.2%), while earnings fell 85.6% year over year despite revenue growth of 11.0% to $33.12B TTM. Leverage is elevated at 7.2x debt/EBITDA on $23.47B of total debt against $162.0M in cash, though the June quarter generated $779.0M in free cash flow and quarterly results improved sequentially (revenue $11.06B, EBITDA $1.99B). The stock trades at a P/E of 26.14 with a PEG of 0.387, and the analyst target of $188.56 sits well above the last price of $100.37.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $21.10B
- P/E
- 26.14
- PEG
- 0.387
- P/B
- 5.04
- P/S
- 0.637
- EV/EBITDA
- 12.08
- Beta
- 1.173
- Analyst target
- $188.56
Quality & returns
- Gross margin
- 18.8%
- Operating margin
- 12.8%
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- ROE
- 23.8%
- ROA
- 4.1%
Price movement
- Last
- $100.37
- 1-month
- -12.3%
- 3-month
- -28.5%
- RSI (14)
- 20
- vs SMA200
- -29.2%
- 52-wk position
- 3.0% -45.1% vs high
Quarterly trajectory
Revenue by quarter (oldest → newest)
| Quarter | Revenue | Op income | Net income | EBITDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | $11.06B | $1.05B | $506.0M | $1.99B |
| 2026-03-31 | $10.30B | $257.0M | $125.0M | $237.0M |
| 2025-12-31 | $7.75B | $251.0M | $66.0M | $1.21B |
| 2025-09-30 | $7.63B | $422.0M | $152.0M | $786.0M |
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Sources this view read
- fundamentals Company overview & valuation (Alpha Vantage OVERVIEW)
- filing Quarterly financial statements (Alpha Vantage INCOME/BALANCE/CASH)
- earnings Reported earnings history (Alpha Vantage EARNINGS)
- prices Adjusted daily prices (Alpha Vantage TIME_SERIES_DAILY_ADJUSTED)