NRG Energy is one of the largest retail energy providers in the US, with 6 million customers. Vivint Smart Home, which NRG acquired in 2023, has 2 million home-services customers. NRG also is one of the largest US independent power producers, with 13 gigawatts of coal, gas, and oil power generation capacity primarily in Texas. The LS Power asset acquisition adds 13 GW of gas-fired power plants mostly in the Eastern US. NRG exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a stand-alone entity in December 2003.
Employees16,702IPOJan 18, 2018SIC4911HQ1301 McKinney Street, Houston, TX, USA, 77010
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Financials
Profitability
Metric
Current
Margins
Gross Margin
19.4%
Operating Margin
6.3%
EBITDA Margin
10.7%
Net Margin
2.8%
OCF Margin
—
FCF Margin
2.5%
Returns on Capital
ROE
38.6%
ROA
3.4%
ROIC
7.3%
ROCE
11.2%
ROC (Greenblatt)
53.0%
3Y ROIIC
5.3%
Consistency
Years Profitable / 10Y
7
Valuation
Metric
Current
Earnings Multiples
P/E (TTM)
38.97
Forward P/E
17.20
P/E ex-NRI
25.70
Shiller P/E (CAPE)
41.65
Cash Flow Multiples
P/FCF
40.78
P/OCF
16.02
P/Owner Earnings
75.02
FCF Yield
2.31%
Enterprise Value Multiples
EV / EBIT
24.37
EV / Forward EBIT
18.38
EV / EBITDA
13.93
EV / Forward EBITDA
13.34
EV / Revenue
1.49
EV / Forward Revenue
1.37
Asset / Sales
P/S
0.99
P/B
28.49
P/Tangible Book
—
Growth-Adjusted
PEG
2.14
Capital Returns
Metric
Current
Dividends
Dividend Yield (TTM)
1.14%
Forward Dividend Yield
1.21%
3Y Dividend Growth
7.9%
Payout Ratio
0.29
5Y Yield on Cost
1.64%
Buybacks & Dilution
3Y Buyback Ratio
6.00%
5Y Share Change
−19.1%
Combined
Shareholder Yield
−0.01%
Balance Sheet
Metric
Current
Leverage
Debt / Equity
9.89
Gross Debt / EBITDA
5.07
Cash / Debt
0.28
Equity / Assets
0.06
Coverage
Interest Coverage
2.62
Short-Term Liquidity
Current Ratio
1.64
Quick Ratio
1.58
Cash Ratio
0.59
Composite Scores
Piotroski F-Score
6
Altman Z-Score
2.30
Split History
Date
Split
No split history found.
Ex-date
Amount
Pay date
2026-02-02
$0.475
2026-02-17
2025-11-03
$0.44
2025-11-17
2025-08-01
$0.44
2025-08-15
2025-05-01
$0.44
2025-05-15
2025-02-03
$0.44
2025-02-18
2024-11-01
$0.4075
2024-11-15
2024-08-01
$0.4075
2024-08-15
2024-04-30
$0.4075
2024-05-15
2024-01-31
$0.4075
2024-02-15
2023-10-31
$0.3775
2023-11-15
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Transcript
Type
2026-08-04
Q2 2026 NRG Energy Inc Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2026-05-06
Q1 2026 NRG Energy Inc Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2026-02-24
Q4 2025 NRG Energy Inc Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-11-06
Q3 2025 NRG Energy Inc Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-08-06
Q2 2025 NRG Energy Inc Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-05-12
Q1 2025 NRG Energy Inc Earnings and to Discuss Acquisition of Premier Power Portfolio Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-02-26
Q4 2024 NRG Energy Inc Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2024-11-08
Q3 2024 NRG Energy Inc Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2024-08-08
Q2 2024 NRG Energy Inc Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2024-05-07
Q1 2024 NRG Energy Inc Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
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5-Step DuPont Analysis
ROE %
41.55%
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Net Margin %
2.81%
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Operating Margin %
6.33%
Operating Income
$1.94B
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Revenue
$30.71B
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Tax Burden
0.7619
Net Income
$864M
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Pretax Income
$1.13B
×
Interest Burden
0.5833
Pretax Income
$1.13B
÷
Operating Income
$1.94B
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Asset Turnover
1.16
÷
Revenue
$30.71B
÷
Average Total Assets
$26.58B
Begin Total Assets
$24.02B
End Total Assets
$29.14B
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Equity Multiplier
12.78
÷
Avg Total Assets
$26.58B
÷
Avg Stockholders Equity
$2.08B
Begin Equity
$2.48B
End Equity
$1.68B