NRG Energy, Inc.

Day range

$90.80 – $94.35

Open

$93.92

Prev close

$94.38

Volume

1.81M

Market cap

$19.84B

Shares out

210.99M

P/E

25.37

P/S

0.60

P/B

4.09

P/FCF

57.01

ROE

16.1%

ROA

2.0%

Debt/Equity

4.79

Div yield

2.21%

As of Oct 22, 2026

• Investor communicationsJul 15, 2026

  On July 14, 2026, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. ("PJM") announced the results of its capacity auction for the 2028-2029 delivery year. The total cleared power plant generation capacity of NRG Energy, Inc. (the "Company") in PJM was 6,839 MW at an average clearing price of $325 per MW-day.

• Board of directorsMay 21, 2026

  Upon the recommendation of the Governance and Nominating Committee of NRG Energy, Inc. (the "Company"), the Board of Directors (the "Board") appointed Glenn Wright to serve as an independent director, effective May 26, 2026, until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Dr. Wright was also appointed to serve on the Finance and Risk Management Committee of the Board.

• Shareholder activismMay 1, 2026

  Proposal 5 - A stockholder proposal to give shareholders the ability to call for a special shareholder meeting... The foregoing Proposal 5 was approved. [102,919,685 votes for, 82,121,166 votes against]

• Debt activityApr 28, 2026

  On April 28, 2026, the Company, as borrower, and certain subsidiaries of the Company, as guarantors, entered into the Sixteenth Amendment (the "Sixteenth Amendment") to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2016 (the "Credit Agreement")... which amended the Credit Agreement, in order to (i) establish a new term loan B facility with borrowings of $900.0 million in aggregate principal amount (the "Incremental Term Loan B Facility").

• Debt activityApr 14, 2026

  NRG issued concurrent offerings of (1) senior secured first lien notes due 2031 (the "Secured Notes") and (2) senior unsecured notes consisting of (i) senior unsecured notes due 2034 (the "2034 Notes") and (ii) senior unsecured notes due 2036 (the "2036 Notes"). The pricing consisted of (i) $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.955% Secured Notes, (ii) $1,050 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% 2034 Notes and (iii) $1,050 million aggregate principal amount of 6.125% 2036 Notes.

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Days to cover

2.1

Short interest

6.14M

Avg volume

2.9M

As of Sep 30, 2026 · reported to FINRA twice monthly.

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