Yahoo · Sep 11, 2026
NRG Energy (NRG) Laps the Stock Market: Here's Why
NRG Energy (NRG) concluded the recent trading session at $113.46, signifying a +1.62% move from its prior day's close.
NYSE · NRG
NRG Energy, Inc.
Utilities · Independent Power Producers
$105.99
Down-$2.48 (-2.29%)
Updated Sep 16, 2026, 8:35 AM
SID Score
5.0/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
62/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 32.69B
- P/E ratio
- 22.84
- Dividend yield
- 1.66%
- 52-week range
- $107.41 – $189.96
- Volume
- 3.39M
- Avg. volume
- 2.17M
Price performance
NRG price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
NRG closed at $105.99 after 20 trading sessions, down 8.28% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $105.99
- Period change
- -8.28%
- Period low
- $105.99
- Period high
- $120.58
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $109.43 | $109.65 | $105.13 | $105.99 | 3.39M |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $110.00 | $111.47 | $107.41 | $108.47 | 3.06M |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $113.59 | $114.99 | $112.17 | $113.46 | 1.55M |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $114.36 | $114.955 | $111.47 | $111.65 | 3.53M |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $118.55 | $118.9299 | $114.59 | $115.37 | 2.84M |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $120.93 | $121.675 | $118.51 | $119.64 | 2.57M |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $111.29 | $119.25 | $111.29 | $119.02 | 3.4M |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $112.24 | $114.00 | $110.12 | $111.84 | 2.33M |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $110.50 | $111.92 | $108.78 | $111.09 | 2.11M |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $109.50 | $112.15 | $108.34 | $109.51 | 2.18M |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $110.30 | $110.975 | $108.54 | $110.12 | 3.58M |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $114.70 | $115.085 | $110.65 | $111.12 | 2.17M |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $116.16 | $117.3064 | $113.235 | $114.41 | 2.03M |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $113.99 | $117.39 | $113.99 | $116.14 | 1.65M |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $114.01 | $115.625 | $112.90 | $113.61 | 2.97M |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $113.32 | $114.46 | $111.30 | $111.78 | 4.78M |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $116.58 | $117.23 | $113.06 | $113.11 | 2.87M |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $119.96 | $121.10 | $114.9001 | $115.36 | 2.79M |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $116.20 | $120.79 | $115.60 | $120.58 | 2.28M |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $121.92 | $122.52 | $115.08 | $115.56 | 2.63M |
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Company profile
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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Consensus and target data currently published for this company.
- Consensus
- —
- Average target
- $192.33
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | — |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | — |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Scotiabank | Sector Outperform | — |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Barclays | Overweight | — |
| Jul 28, 2026 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | — |
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