NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 6.750-7.750 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 7.370. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have issued reports on NRG. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of NRG Energy from $86.00 to $99.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of NRG Energy from $84.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Evercore ISI raised NRG Energy from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $74.00 to $126.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on NRG Energy from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of NRG Energy from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $93.00 to $113.00 in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NRG Energy has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $113.71.

NRG Energy Stock Performance

Shares of NRG Energy stock traded up $10.77 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $113.21. 1,128,943 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,926,381. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.57, a current ratio of 1.17 and a quick ratio of 1.10. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.33, a PEG ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.15. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $100.99 and a 200-day simple moving average of $93.23. NRG Energy has a 1 year low of $52.57 and a 1 year high of $115.38.

NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 26th. The utilities provider reported $1.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.04 by $0.48. NRG Energy had a return on equity of 48.96% and a net margin of 3.43%. As a group, analysts forecast that NRG Energy will post 6.36 EPS for the current year.

NRG Energy Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.44 per share. This is a positive change from NRG Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.41. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 3rd. NRG Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 44.22%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NRG Energy news, VP Robert J. Gaudette sold 60,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $91.41, for a total transaction of $5,484,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president now owns 64,448 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,891,191.68. This represents a 48.21 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Bruce Chung sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $97.63, for a total value of $1,952,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 69,454 shares in the company, valued at $6,780,794.02. This represents a 22.36 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.61% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About NRG Energy

NRG Energy, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy and home services company in the United States and Canada. It operates through Texas; East; West/Services/Other; Vivint Smart Home; and Corporate Activities segments. The company produces and sells electricity generated using coal, oil, solar, and battery storage; natural gas; and a cloud-based home platform, including hardware, software, sales, installation, customer service, technical support, and professional monitoring solutions.