The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

NRG

Concerning the House

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.

United States · www.nrg.com

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 17 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$28.26B+7.4%
Operating income$2.42B+3.0%
Net income$1.12B+2.0%
Cash from ops$2.31B+0.6%
Quotation

$119.75

-0.91 (-0.8%)

52w hi$182.82
52w lo$117.04
Vol1.24M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.45

Short-0.30
Medium-0.63
Long-0.39

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

NRG Energy, Inc.

Utilities · Utilities - Independent Power Producers

Market cap$25.17B
Enterprise value$49.32B
Trailing P/E31.18x
Forward P/E10.91x
EV / EBITDA15.16x
P / S (ttm)0.76x
Profit margin2.6%
Return on equity23.8%
Revenue growth+11.0%
Earnings growth
Debt / equity483.36
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.57
Corr SPX0.50
Annual vol51.3%
Annual ret+34.5%
Sharpe0.67
Max DD-36.4%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.22
Sector-0.01
Technical-0.18
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$120.00$122.07$119.41$119.751.24M
Aug 12$122.00$124.19$119.93$120.662.22M
Aug 11$119.75$122.41$119.45$119.791.93M
Aug 10$118.13$121.44$116.56$118.912.21M
Aug 7$119.00$123.31$117.86$118.133.61M