NRG NRG Energy, Inc.
Trend channel, buy level and 3-month target. Information only, not financial advice.
Inside the channel · 8-month channel falling
Price is between the lines.
- 8-month channel
- US$87.30 – US$103.23 · falling, −54% a year
- Price in channel
- 55% (0% = floor, 100% = ceiling)
- Ceiling overhead
- US$103.23
- Turns bearish below
- US$87.30
What broke this trend
- The fall
- -50% from US$182.9024 Feb 2026 → 23 Oct 2026
- Whose problem it was
- Its sector2 of 4 Independent Power Producers peers fell with it
- Does it resolve?
- Temporary falls like it have resolved on the record
- Regained so far
- 4%of what it lost
- What the record says
- 90% of 8 comparable falls came back, typically in 76 days measured on its own peer group
Fell -50% (24 Feb 2026 → 23 Oct 2026); regained 4% so far; sector-wide.
Reported at the time: Short Seller Jim Chanos Calls Elon Musk's Orbital Datacenter Goals 'AI Snake Oil' — Says Need To See 'Actual' Savings — 19 Feb 2026
Price history, with the path projected 3 months forward
Updated 8:05 PM ET (16 h ago)
- Daily close
- Upper trend line (8 months)
- Lower trend line (8 months)
- Dashed after today: projected 3 months
- Our buy
- Our target
Suggested path
Buy at or below
US$96.08
level as at 1 Nov 2026
Our target
US$103.07
by 15 Nov 2026
Projected move
7.3%
gross, before costs
Price is at or below our buy.
Target: the projected upper line.
This move size: reached in 41% of 21 past stretches, typically in 14 days. (0.52% per day)
- Upper line touches
- 3
- Lower line touches
- 3
- Fit confidence
- 73%
- Fitted
- 1 Nov 2026
Company information
About NRG Energy, Inc.
NRG Energy, Inc., together with its affiliated entities, operates as a comprehensive power utility spanning the United States. Its operations are divided into three main geographical divisions: Texas, East, and West. The company plays a crucial role in generating, distributing, and selling electricity and various related services, serving approximately six million customers across residential, commercial, industrial, and wholesale sectors. Their energy generation capabilities are diverse, drawing from natural gas, coal, oil, solar, nuclear, and battery storage technologies. Beyond core power provision, NRG offers an extensive array of solutions, including centralized system power, decentralized generation, renewable energy products, emergency backup power, distributed solar and storage installations, demand-side management, energy efficiency programs, expert advisory services, carbon management initiatives, and bespoke on-site energy solutions. Furthermore, NRG actively engages in the trading of electric power, natural gas, and associated commodities, alongside environmental credits, weather-related products, and various financial instruments such as forwards, futures, options, and swaps. The company also manages fuel procurement and transportation services. It directly markets energy, services, and products to retail consumers through several established brands, including NRG, Reliant, Direct Energy, Green Mountain Energy, Stream, and XOOM Energy. As of December 31, 2021, NRG Energy's generation assets encompassed approximately 18,000 megawatts of capacity across 25 owned and leased facilities. The corporation was founded in 1989 and maintains its corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas.
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Independent Power Producers
- CEO
- Robert J. Gaudette
- Employees
- 16,702
- Country
- US
Scorecard
Our own scores from the fundamentals below (not Morningstar ratings).
- Valuation
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- Profitability
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Key statistics
- Market cap
- US$20.19B
- Enterprise value
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- Beta
- 1.16
- Avg volume
- 2.93M
- Revenue per share
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- Dividend yield
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- 52-week range
- 90.8-189.96
- Exchange
- NYSE
Key ratios
- P/E (TTM)
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- PEG
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- Price / sales
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- Price / book
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- EV / EBITDA
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- Gross margin
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- Operating margin
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- Net margin
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- Current ratio
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- Quick ratio
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- Debt / equity
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- Interest cover
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Income statement
Balance sheet
Cash flow
Trend lines are fitted to past swing highs and lows and may not continue. Information only, not financial advice.