XNYS · Utilities - Independent Power Producers
Last stored close · Nov 10, 2026
Close · Nov 10, 2026
$97.11-0.30%
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Valuation methods
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TickerWhale Score
31/100
Weak
Score components
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NRG Energy scores 31 out of 100 overall, which we rate weak. Valuation is its strongest area and Risk its weakest.
What helps
- Valuation
- Sentiment Signal
What to watch
- Technical
- Quality & growth
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%32Weak
- Revenue growth 12.8%
- EPS growth 76.2%
Valuation
25%59Positive
- P/E 26.3
- EV/Sales 1.3
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 26 gigawatts of coal, gas, and oil power generation capacity in Texas and the Eastern US. NRG exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a stand-alone entity in December 2003.
#459 by market cap in our coverage · ~16,702 employees · Listed 1993-10-20 · www.nrg.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#45 / 49sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 31 vs sector average 48.1 (-17.1)
Revenue growth (sector)Top 15%
Gross margin (sector)Top 100%
Return on equity (sector)Top 12%
P/E (sector)Pricier than 87%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
10/100Weak vs universe
Ranks 10th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 20/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
2 buy · 4 sell · 2 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates NRG's technical setup weak — 10th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
4 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day-27.1%
- vs 50-day-4.3%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)50 · neutral
- Stochasticsell
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rsell
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength29· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)buy(histogram 0.337)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 4 buy vs 5 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 2 buy · 3 sell · 2 neutral.
Result — 2 buy vs 4 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-11-10 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)26.3
- P/S (TTM)0.6
- P/B4.2
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales1.3
- PEG—
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin18.8%
- Net margin2.4%
- ROE16.1%
- Debt/Equity4.79
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)12.8%
- EPS growth (YoY)76.2%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs sector peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $20.6B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRGCurrentNRG Energy | 31 | 20 | 26.3 | — | 4.2 | 1.3 | $97.11 | -0.30% | +12.8% | ||
| SRSpire | 71 | 74 | 10.0 | — | 1.5 | 4.9 | $89.44 | +0.65% | +10.7% | ||
| EDConsolidated Edison | 70 | 80 | 19.9 | — | 1.7 | 4.0 | $119.28 | +0.75% | +9.5% | ||
| AESAES | 69 | 61 | 5.6 | — | 2.2 | 3.2 | $14.92 | +0.13% | +8.5% | ||
| SWXSouthwest Gas Holdings | 68 | 65 | 12.9 | — | 1.6 | 5.7 | $92.05 | -0.44% | -15.3% | ||
| EIXEdison International | 66 | 37 | 6.2 | — | 1.2 | 3.4 | $60.20 | +0.10% | +10.7% |
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