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NRG NRG Energy, Inc.

Utilities · Utilities - Independent Power Producers

7 · Fair Momentum 0.0 · Weak Watch 6y streak

120.58

+4.34%

About the company

NRG Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy and home services company in the United States and Canada. It operates through the Texas, East, West/Other, Vivint Smart Home, and Corporate Activities segments. The company offers retail electricity, energy management, demand response and virtual power plant programs, carbon offsets, smart home security, and automation services. It also offers system power, distributed and backup generation, energy storage, energy management, renewable and low-carbon products, and carbon management solutions for large business and commercial customers; a cloud-based home platform, including hardware, software, sales, installation, customer service, technical support, and professional monitoring solutions; and generation portfolio includes fossil fuel and renewable generation assets diversified by fuel type and dispatch level, with ongoing development of new natural gas and renewable projects. In addition, the company trades in power, natural gas, and related products; environmental products; weather products; and financial products, including forwards, futures, options, and swaps. It offers its products and services under the NRG, Reliant, Direct Energy, Green Mountain Energy, and Vivint. It serves residential, commercial, government, industrial, data center, and wholesale customers. NRG Energy, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

1.58%
49.48%
1.90
25.3B
31.40
3.84
150.27

52-week range

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Yield Growth Momentum Safety Value Health

Dividend deep dive

NRG Energy, Inc. operates in the energy sector and has a market capitalization of $27,240,462,336. The company currently offers a dividend of $1.9 per share, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.47%. Information regarding its dividend safety status, momentum score, and value score is not available. Furthermore, the data does not provide details on how the current yield compares to its historical 5-year band.

Dividend history

The provided data does not specify NRG Energy, Inc.'s dividend increase streak, which would indicate its historical consistency in raising payouts. Additionally, the 3-year and 5-year dividend compound annual growth rates (CAGR) are not available. A detailed year-by-year dividend history is also missing from the data. These absences limit the ability to assess the company's past dividend growth performance and its long-term commitment to increasing shareholder distributions.

Dividend safety

NRG Energy, Inc. exhibits a payout ratio of 211.11%, calculated from its annual dividend of $1.9 and earnings per share of $0.9.

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Price history

179 105 30.7 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2020-08 · 34.4 2020-09 · 30.7 2020-10 · 31.6 2020-11 · 32.8 2020-12 · 37.5 2021-01 · 41.4 2021-02 · 36.5 2021-03 · 37.7 2021-04 · 35.8 2021-05 · 32.1 2021-06 · 40.3 2021-07 · 41.2 2021-08 · 45.7 2021-09 · 40.8 2021-10 · 39.9 2021-11 · 36.0 2021-12 · 43.1 2022-01 · 39.9 2022-02 · 37.8 2022-03 · 38.4 2022-04 · 35.9 2022-05 · 46.0 2022-06 · 38.2 2022-07 · 37.8 2022-08 · 41.3 2022-09 · 38.3 2022-10 · 44.4 2022-11 · 42.5 2022-12 · 31.8 2023-01 · 34.2 2023-02 · 32.8 2023-03 · 34.3 2023-04 · 34.2 2023-05 · 33.8 2023-06 · 37.4 2023-07 · 38.0 2023-08 · 37.5 2023-09 · 38.5 2023-10 · 42.4 2023-11 · 47.8 2023-12 · 51.7 2024-01 · 53.0 2024-02 · 55.3 2024-03 · 67.7 2024-04 · 72.7 2024-05 · 81.0 2024-06 · 77.9 2024-07 · 75.2 2024-08 · 85.0 2024-09 · 91.1 2024-10 · 90.4 2024-11 · 102 2024-12 · 90.2 2025-01 · 102 2025-02 · 106 2025-03 · 95.5 2025-04 · 110 2025-05 · 156 2025-06 · 161 2025-07 · 167 2025-08 · 146 2025-09 · 162 2025-10 · 172 2025-11 · 169 2025-12 · 159 2026-01 · 153 2026-02 · 179 2026-03 · 146 2026-04 · 156 2026-05 · 134 2026-06 · 146 2026-07 · 129
Price

Dividend profile

Frequency
Quarterly
Growth (TTM)
+7.9%
CAGR 3y
+7.9%
+8.0%
6 years

(5-year)

Now 1.6%
1.2% avg 2.8% 3.9%

Payment calendar

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Dividend history

CAGR 3y +7.9% CAGR 5y +8.0% 6y streak
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Per-share dividend by year

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Debt & leverage

479.2%
0.84
0.33
Debt vs cash
Debt Cash
Total debt
23.4B USD
Total cash
178.0M USD
2.3B USD

Latest reported balance-sheet figures.

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