Benzinga · Oct 22, 2026
HSBC Initiates Coverage On NRG Energy with Buy Rating, Announces Price Target of $179
HSBC analyst Meike Becker initiates coverage on NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) with a Buy rating and announces Price Target of $179.
NYSE · NRG
NRG Energy, Inc.
Utilities · Independent Power Producers
$96.06
Down-$1.48 (-1.52%)
Updated Oct 31, 2026, 8:39 PM
SID Score
4.9/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 32.69B
- P/E ratio
- 22.84
- Dividend yield
- 1.83%
- 52-week range
- $90.80 – $189.96
- Volume
- 2.19M
- Avg. volume
- 2.17M
Price performance · NRG
NRG price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 30, 2026
NRG closed at $96.06 after 21 trading sessions, up 0.87% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $96.06
- Period change
- +0.87%
- Period low
- $92.31
- Period high
- $108.61
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | $95.70 | $97.28 | $94.10 | $96.06 | 2.19M |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $96.63 | $98.8743 | $96.28 | $97.54 | 2.9M |
| Oct 28, 2026 | $96.71 | $97.71 | $94.12 | $96.97 | 2.83M |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $94.64 | $95.97 | $93.895 | $95.27 | 3.25M |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $92.17 | $93.945 | $91.00 | $93.61 | 3.3M |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $93.92 | $94.35 | $90.80 | $92.31 | 3.49M |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $98.99 | $99.295 | $93.61 | $94.38 | 3.88M |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $99.19 | $101.22 | $98.3201 | $99.80 | 2.16M |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $99.28 | $100.21 | $97.64 | $97.84 | 2.33M |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $104.71 | $105.7052 | $97.6054 | $99.38 | 3.26M |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $103.50 | $104.75 | $102.17 | $103.75 | 2.56M |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $99.75 | $103.31 | $97.53 | $102.86 | 2.46M |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $106.17 | $106.38 | $100.20 | $100.85 | 2.49M |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $104.08 | $107.80 | $104.08 | $107.18 | 2.97M |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $107.86 | $108.61 | $104.70 | $106.37 | 3.13M |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $106.82 | $109.32 | $106.13 | $107.97 | 2.28M |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $107.50 | $109.69 | $104.43 | $106.32 | 5.01M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $101.00 | $110.375 | $101.00 | $108.61 | 5.39M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $101.00 | $105.715 | $100.13 | $103.60 | 4.63M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $96.35 | $98.25 | $94.8975 | $96.80 | 3.22M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $97.63 | $98.51 | $93.42 | $95.23 | 3.34M |
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NRG Energy is one of the largest retail energy providers in the US, with 6 million customers. Vivint Smart Home, which NRG acquired in 2023, has 2 million home-services customers. NRG also is one of the largest US independent power producers, with 13 gigawatts of coal, gas, and oil power generation capacity primarily in Texas. The LS Power asset acquisition adds 13 GW of gas-fired power plants mostly in the Eastern US. NRG exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a stand-alone entity in December 2003.
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- —
- Average target
- $192.33
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | — |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Scotiabank | Sector Outperform | — |
| Oct 28, 2026 | CIBC | Outperformer | — |
| Oct 27, 2026 | Barclays | Overweight | — |
| Oct 22, 2026 | HSBC | Buy | — |
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Yahoo · Oct 21, 2026
NRG Energy (NRG) Exceeds Market Returns: Some Facts to Consider
NRG Energy (NRG) concluded the recent trading session at $99.8, signifying a +2% move from its prior day's close.
Benzinga · Oct 21, 2026
Morgan Stanley Maintains Equal-Weight on NRG Energy, Lowers Price Target to $144
Morgan Stanley analyst Stephen Byrd maintains NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) with a Equal-Weight and lowers the price target from $159 to $144.
Yahoo · Oct 21, 2026
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