Yahoo · Aug 11, 2026
NRG Energy (NRG) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Adjusted EBITDA surged 34% on LS Power integration and smart home growth.
NYSE · NRG
NRG Energy, Inc.
Utilities · Independent Power Producers
$115.56
Down-$6.81 (-5.57%)
Updated Aug 19, 2026, 3:37 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
- 1.52%
- 52-week range
- $112.50 – $189.96
- Volume
- 2.63M
- Avg. volume
- 2.17M
Price performance
NRG price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
NRG closed at $115.56 after 21 trading sessions, down 12.19% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $115.56
- Period change
- -12.19%
- Period low
- $115.56
- Period high
- $142.99
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | $121.92 | $122.52 | $115.08 | $115.56 | 2.63M |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $127.40 | $127.53 | $121.37 | $122.37 | 1.96M |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $120.00 | $126.27 | $120.00 | $126.24 | 1.45M |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $120.00 | $122.065 | $119.41 | $119.75 | 1.26M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $122.00 | $124.19 | $119.93 | $120.66 | 2.22M |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $119.75 | $122.41 | $119.45 | $119.79 | 1.93M |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $118.13 | $121.44 | $116.56 | $118.91 | 2.21M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $119.00 | $123.31 | $117.86 | $118.13 | 3.61M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $121.27 | $122.97 | $118.8675 | $119.05 | 3.47M |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $118.37 | $124.71 | $117.78 | $120.73 | 6.12M |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $140.00 | $140.03 | $112.50 | $117.04 | 13.78M |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $134.70 | $140.72 | $131.5301 | $138.47 | 2.65M |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $136.58 | $137.95 | $132.21 | $134.29 | 2.7M |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $129.00 | $135.53 | $128.685 | $133.97 | 2.62M |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $126.90 | $128.60 | $122.45 | $124.23 | 2.55M |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $134.73 | $135.58 | $126.80 | $127.56 | 3.17M |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $141.99 | $142.015 | $135.395 | $136.50 | 2.28M |
| Jul 24, 2026 | $142.77 | $144.19 | $139.24 | $141.03 | 2.27M |
| Jul 23, 2026 | $138.84 | $143.19 | $137.84 | $142.99 | 2.93M |
| Jul 22, 2026 | $131.11 | $140.59 | $131.11 | $139.98 | 2.61M |
| Jul 21, 2026 | $132.54 | $134.36 | $131.06 | $131.60 | 1.78M |
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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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- —
- Average target
- $192.33
- Implied upside
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Jul 28, 2026 | UBS | Buy | — |
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Benzinga · Aug 7, 2026
Here’s How Much You Would Have Made Owning NRG Energy Stock In The Last 5 Years
NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 10.51% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 22.31%. Currently, NRG Energy has a market capitalization of $24.94 billion.
Yahoo · Aug 6, 2026
Why Shares of NRG Energy Are Crashing This Week
August is off to a rocky start for this utility stock.
Yahoo · Aug 6, 2026
NRG Energy Q2 Earnings Call Focuses on Customer-Backed Power
NRG builds its growth strategy around a 1.2-GW Texas data-center power project, targeting protected returns and customer-backed cash flows.
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