NRG Energy FY2026 EPS Forecast Lowered by Seaport Res Ptn

NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) – Investment analysts at Seaport Res Ptn decreased their FY2026 EPS estimates for NRG Energy in a report issued on Wednesday, March 5th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst A. Storozynski now anticipates that the utilities provider will post earnings of $8.05 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $8.59. The consensus estimate for NRG Energy’s current full-year earnings is $6.36 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for NRG Energy’s FY2027 earnings at $8.94 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $10.05 EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of NRG Energy from $140.00 to $165.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, February 27th. Jefferies Financial Group raised NRG Energy from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $93.00 to $113.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. BMO Capital Markets raised their price objective on NRG Energy from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, March 3rd. Evercore ISI raised NRG Energy from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $74.00 to $126.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Finally, StockNews.com lowered NRG Energy from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $123.29.

NRG Energy Stock Performance

NYSE:NRG opened at $88.02 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $17.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.13. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $102.41 and its 200 day simple moving average is $94.18. NRG Energy has a twelve month low of $59.50 and a twelve month high of $117.26. The company has a quick ratio of 1.10, a current ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.57.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NRG Energy

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of NRG. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC bought a new stake in shares of NRG Energy during the 3rd quarter valued at about $26,000. Covestor Ltd grew its stake in shares of NRG Energy by 74.7% during the 3rd quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 325 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 139 shares during the period. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of NRG Energy during the 4th quarter valued at about $32,000. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of NRG Energy during the 3rd quarter valued at about $35,000. Finally, Mizuho Bank Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of NRG Energy during the 4th quarter valued at about $41,000. 97.72% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Bruce Chung sold 20,000 shares of NRG Energy 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 directly owns 69,454 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,780,794.02. This trade represents a 22.36 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, VP Robert J. Gaudette sold 60,000 shares of NRG Energy stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $91.41, for a total value of $5,484,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now owns 64,448 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,891,191.68. The trade was a 48.21 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.86% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

NRG Energy Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 18th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were issued a $0.44 dividend. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.00%. This is an increase from NRG Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.41. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd. NRG Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 35.92%.

NRG Energy Company Profile

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.