9.80% percent quarterly performance for NRG Energy Inc (NRG) is not indicative of the underlying story

Shaun Noe

On Friday, NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NRG) was -0.58% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $166.15. A 52-week range for NRG has been $79.57 – $180.54.

Utilities Sector giant saw their annual sales slid by -20.43% over the last five years. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 17.97%. With a float of $189.52 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $192.26 million.

NRG Energy Inc (NRG) Insider Activity

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward NRG Energy Inc stocks. The insider ownership of NRG Energy Inc is 0.94%, while institutional ownership is 93.65%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 14 ’25, was worth 3,323,000. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 10 ’25, when Company’s Exec VP, Chief Technology Ofc. sold 10,672 for $155.00, making the entire transaction worth $1,654,160. This insider now owns 48,571 shares in total.

NRG Energy Inc (NRG) Earnings and Forecasts

Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 12/31/2024, it has been observed that the corporation posted 1.52 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was better than consensus figure (set at 0.94) by 0.58. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 3.4 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 17.97% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 17.65% during the next five years compared to -20.43% drop over the previous five years of trading.

NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NRG) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what NRG Energy Inc (NRG) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.99. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.06. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 18.55.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.84, a number that is poised to hit 1.20 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 9.42 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of NRG Energy Inc (NRG)

Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [NRG Energy Inc, NRG], we can find that recorded value of 2.22 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 2.95 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 37.55%.

During the past 100 days, NRG Energy Inc’s (NRG) raw stochastic average was set at 61.40%, which indicates a significant increase from 25.05% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 8.15 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 5.70 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $166.30, while its 200-day Moving Average is $139.04. Now, the first resistance to watch is $170.91. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $176.62. The third major resistance level sits at $182.05. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $159.77, it is likely to go to the next support level at $154.34. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $148.63.

NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NRG) Key Stats

There are 191,639K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 31.66 billion. As of now, sales total 28,130 M while income totals 1,125 M. Its latest quarter income was 7,635 M while its last quarter net income were 152,000 K.

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