NRG Energy
NRG
108.61
+5.01
+4.84%
NRG Energy
US · NRG
#926 by market cap
Listed 1970
108.61
+5.01
+4.84%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 131s ago
· 2026-10-08 08:38
Pre-market
108.50
-0.11%
After-hours
109.25
+0.59%
Overnight
107.63
-0.90%
- Market cap
- 22.83B
- P/E (TTM)i
- 28.28
- P/Bi
- 5.43
- EPSi
- 4.01
- Div yieldi
- 1.68%
- 52W posi
- 16%
Reader sentiment
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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed
Fair
- Altman Z-Score is 2.08, in the 1.8-3.0 "grey zone".
- Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.
Revenue annual, last 8 years
Latest year +9.18% YoY
Margins
- Gross margin
- 19.38%
- Operating margin
- 6.33%
- Net margin
- 2.60%
Key ratios & quality
- Enterprise valuei
- 34.60B
- Altman Z-Scorei
- 2.08
Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.
Income statement
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 9.48B | 9.82B | 9.09B | 26.99B | 31.54B | 28.82B | 28.13B | 30.71B |
| Gross profit | 2.37B | 2.52B | 2.55B | 6.51B | 4.10B | 2.34B | 6.03B | 5.95B |
| Selling & admin expenses | 799.00M | 760.00M | 810.00M | 1.29B | 1.15B | 2.09B | 2.35B | 2.60B |
| Research & development | 11.00M | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | 1.14B | 1.29B | 1.20B | 3.73B | 2.22B | -1.05B | 2.28B | 1.94B |
| Pretax profit | 467.00M | 786.00M | 761.00M | 2.86B | 1.66B | -213.00M | 1.45B | 1.13B |
| Tax | 7.00M | -3.33B | 251.00M | 672.00M | 442.00M | -11.00M | 323.00M | 270.00M |
| Net profit | 268.00M | 4.44B | 510.00M | 2.19B | 1.22B | -202.00M | 1.13B | 864.00M |
| Basic EPS | 1 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 5 | -1 | 5 | 4 |
| Diluted EPS | 0.87 | 16.81 | 2.07 | 8.93 | 5.17 | -1.12 | 4.99 | 4.01 |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 8.59B | 6.74B | 7.64B | 7.75B | 10.26B | 7.48B |
| Gross profit | 2.02B | 1.11B | 1.39B | 1.42B | 1.40B | 2.01B |
| Selling & admin expenses | 549.00M | 724.00M | 612.00M | 717.00M | 593.00M | 562.00M |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | 1.15B | 43.00M | 422.00M | 330.00M | 373.00M | 955.00M |
| Pretax profit | 985.00M | -153.00M | 238.00M | 64.00M | 83.00M | 663.00M |
| Tax | 235.00M | -49.00M | 86.00M | -2.00M | -42.00M | 157.00M |
| Net profit | 750.00M | -104.00M | 152.00M | 66.00M | 125.00M | 506.00M |
| Basic EPS | 4 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Diluted EPS | 3.61 | -0.62 | 0.69 | 0.28 | 0.52 | 2.31 |
Balance sheet
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 3.60B | 3.09B | 6.03B | 10.84B | 16.23B | 9.73B | 8.96B | 13.15B |
| Cash & ST investments | 563.00M | 345.00M | 3.91B | 250.00M | 430.00M | 541.00M | 966.00M | 4.71B |
| Inventory | 412.00M | 383.00M | 327.00M | 498.00M | 751.00M | 607.00M | 478.00M | 461.00M |
| Total assets | 10.63B | 12.53B | 14.90B | 23.18B | 29.15B | 26.04B | 24.02B | 29.14B |
| Total current liabilities | 2.40B | 2.36B | 1.92B | 7.92B | 12.98B | 9.50B | 8.81B | 8.03B |
| Short-term debt | 72.00M | 161.00M | 70.00M | 85.00M | 146.00M | 710.00M | 1.06B | 66.00M |
| Long-term debt | 6.45B | 5.80B | 8.69B | 7.97B | 7.98B | 10.13B | 9.81B | 16.41B |
| Total liabilities | 11,843,000,000.00 | 10,853,000,000.00 | 13,222,000,000.00 | 19,582,000,000.00 | 25,318,000,000.00 | 23,132,000,000.00 | 21,544,000,000.00 | 27,459,000,000.00 |
| Total equity | -1.22B | 1.68B | 1.68B | 3.60B | 3.83B | 2.91B | 2.48B | 1.68B |
| Retained earnings | -6.02B | -1.62B | -1.40B | 464.00M | 1.41B | 820.00M | 1.54B | 1.98B |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 9.88B | 8.20B | 8.12B | 13.15B | 9.92B | 9.65B |
| Cash & ST investments | 693.00M | 180.00M | 732.00M | 4.71B | 178.00M | 162.00M |
| Inventory | 373.00M | 451.00M | 452.00M | 461.00M | 665.00M | 793.00M |
| Total assets | 24.99B | 24.09B | 23.97B | 29.14B | 40.05B | 39.94B |
| Total current liabilities | 9.30B | 8.78B | 7.71B | 8.03B | 11.85B | 9.98B |
| Short-term debt | 1.05B | 1.17B | 813.00M | 66.00M | 3.41B | 1.55B |
| Long-term debt | 9.81B | 9.81B | 11.16B | 16.41B | 19.78B | 21.74B |
| Total liabilities | 22,214,000,000.00 | 21,800,000,000.00 | 22,001,000,000.00 | 27,459,000,000.00 | 35,179,000,000.00 | 35,085,000,000.00 |
| Total equity | 2.78B | 2.29B | 1.97B | 1.68B | 4.87B | 4.86B |
| Retained earnings | 2.16B | 1.97B | 2.00B | 1.98B | 1.97B | 2.37B |
Cash flow
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 1.38B | 1.41B | 1.84B | 493.00M | 360.00M | -221.00M | 2.31B | 1.91B |
| Depreciation & amortization | 540.00M | 425.00M | 489.00M | 836.00M | 688.00M | 1.17B | 1.07B | 896.00M |
| Free cash flow | 989.00M | 1.19B | 1.60B | 224.00M | -13.00M | -843.00M | 1.82B | 765.00M |
| Dividends paid | -37.00M | -32.00M | -295.00M | -319.00M | -332.00M | -381.00M | -405.00M | -411.00M |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -1.23B | -1.44B | -228.00M | -47.00M | -606.00M | -1.17B | -985.00M | -1.40B |
| Ending cash balance | 613.00M | 385.00M | 3.93B | 1.11B | 2.18B | 649.00M | 1.17B | 5.00B |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 855.00M | 451.00M | 484.00M | 123.00M | -169.00M | 1.12B |
| Depreciation & amortization | 218.00M | 226.00M | 223.00M | 229.00M | 277.00M | 325.00M |
| Free cash flow | 635.00M | 66.00M | 234.00M | -170.00M | -486.00M | 738.00M |
| Dividends paid | -121.00M | -86.00M | -119.00M | -85.00M | -135.00M | -100.00M |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -354.00M | -326.00M | -364.00M | -359.00M | -560.00M | -470.00M |
| Ending cash balance | 1.44B | 643.00M | 1.09B | 5.00B | 411.00M | 379.00M |
Returns & efficiency
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | -- | 2,093.40 | 30.56 | 82.84 | 32.88 | -8.42 | 51.81 | 55.75 |
| ROA %i | 1.58 | 38.33 | 3.72 | 11.49 | 4.67 | -0.93 | 4.23 | 3.00 |
| ROIC %i | -- | 70.78 | 8.27 | 22.63 | 12.72 | 2.97 | 12.01 | 8.94 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 446.25 | 37.93 | 42.97 |
| EBIT margin %i | 10.02 | 12.21 | 12.78 | 12.39 | 6.59 | 1.58 | 7.46 | 6.10 |
| FCF / sales %i | 10.43 | 12.07 | 17.56 | 0.83 | -- | -- | 6.46 | 2.49 |
| Current ratioi | 1.50 | 1.31 | 3.15 | 1.37 | 1.25 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.64 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.66 | 0.58 | 2.51 | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.43 | 0.51 | 1.09 |
| Debt / assetsi | 61.36 | 51.45 | 60.66 | 35.75 | 28.48 | 42.13 | 45.75 | 57.04 |
| LT debt / equityi | -- | 379.13 | 533.87 | 227.83 | 213.06 | 454.83 | 543.16 | 1,605.82 |
| Interest coveragei | 1.97 | 2.90 | 2.90 | 6.89 | 4.99 | 0.68 | 3.22 | 2.53 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | -8.39 | 3.28 | 0.07 | 41.74 | 47.54 | 46.90 | 1.39 | -0.88 |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | 101.33 | -34.96 | -- | -19.88 | -10.89 |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | 45.66 | -4.56 | 5.60 | -39.04 | -- | -- | 100.89 | -- |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | 54.34 | 19.74 | 86.14 | 55.75 | 5.42 | 26.77 |
| ROA %i | 5.15 | 1.83 | 5.76 | 3.00 | 0.53 | 2.44 |
| ROIC %i | 13.64 | 8.17 | 14.32 | 8.94 | 3.39 | 7.98 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| EBIT margin %i | 8.20 | 4.02 | 8.08 | 6.10 | 3.38 | 6.26 |
| FCF / sales %i | 7.72 | 4.70 | 5.71 | 2.49 | -- | 0.95 |
| Current ratioi | 1.06 | 0.93 | 1.05 | 1.64 | 0.84 | 0.97 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.53 | 1.09 | 0.33 | 0.37 |
| Debt / assetsi | 43.96 | 46.15 | 50.52 | 57.04 | 58.32 | 58.76 |
| LT debt / equityi | 467.18 | 607.20 | 855.91 | 1,605.82 | 472.16 | 521.14 |
| Interest coveragei | 3.63 | 1.82 | 3.87 | 2.53 | 1.27 | 2.02 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed
Lead segment, long tail
- East is the largest reported line at 46.95% of revenue, across 5 reported segments.
- Texas follows at 36.72%, so the top line still matters most but isn’t the whole story.
Revenue breakdown most recent period
Business
East46.95%
Texas36.72%
West/Other8.61%
Vivint Smart Home7.85%
Quote time 2026-10-08 08:38:01 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.