Yahoo · Oct 2, 2026
NRG Energy (NRG) Stock Declines While Market Improves: Some Information for Investors
In the latest trading session, NRG Energy (NRG) closed at $95.23, marking a -1.75% move from the previous day.
NYSE · NRG
NRG Energy, Inc.
Utilities · Independent Power Producers
$95.23
Down-$1.70 (-1.75%)
Updated Oct 5, 2026, 2:32 AM
SID Score
4.8/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
62/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 32.69B
- P/E ratio
- 22.84
- Dividend yield
- 1.85%
- 52-week range
- $93.36 – $189.96
- Volume
- 3.34M
- Avg. volume
- 2.17M
Price performance · NRG
NRG price history
1M range · 19 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 2, 2026
NRG closed at $95.23 after 19 trading sessions, down 20.40% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $95.23
- Period change
- -20.40%
- Period low
- $95.23
- Period high
- $119.64
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | $97.63 | $98.51 | $93.42 | $95.23 | 3.34M |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $95.85 | $97.705 | $94.56 | $96.93 | 2.64M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $96.99 | $98.12 | $93.355 | $95.65 | 3.68M |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $97.82 | $99.80 | $96.73 | $97.17 | 2.4M |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $99.88 | $100.12 | $96.86 | $97.00 | 2.85M |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $98.14 | $100.86 | $98.14 | $100.37 | 2.62M |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $99.99 | $100.16 | $97.50 | $97.85 | 2.64M |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $102.00 | $102.42 | $100.13 | $100.72 | 2.55M |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $104.01 | $104.91 | $102.51 | $102.75 | 2.46M |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $104.82 | $104.82 | $101.33 | $103.28 | 3.63M |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $105.72 | $107.099 | $103.49 | $103.66 | 3.7M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $109.74 | $111.25 | $106.03 | $106.23 | 3.3M |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $107.89 | $108.81 | $106.34 | $107.38 | 2.01M |
| 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 |
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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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- —
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | — |
| 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 | — |
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Yahoo · Oct 1, 2026
NRG Energy (NRG) Outperforms Broader Market: What You Need to Know
NRG Energy (NRG) concluded the recent trading session at $96.93, signifying a +1.34% move from its prior day's close.
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Yahoo · Sep 27, 2026
NRG Energy (NRG) Stock May Be Cheap Relative To Earnings
NRG Energy has seen its share price move sharply in both directions in recent years, and that kind of swing inevitably raises a simple question for you as an investor. Is the current valuation of NRG Energy still in line with what its earnings can reasonably support? Over the past 5 years, NRG Energy has delivered a total return of 181.5%. That places greater emphasis on whether its earnings now justify the current share price. The business model is heavily tied to how efficiently it...
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