Investors Are Waking Up To NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE: NRG) After Rising 115.87% Over The Past 12 Months

NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE:NRG) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.68M but it saw 4899907 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 18.11B USD, the company’s current market price of $87.73 came rising about 2.85 while comparing to the previous closing price of $85.30. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $96.40 and as low as $40.10. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $85.235 while lowest mark touched by it was $88.0.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Jefferies which initiated the stock as “Hold” in its note to investors issued on September 13, 2024, recommending a price target of $82 for it. UBS issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $33 and $46.

Over the week, NRG’s stock price is moving -3.90% down while it is -0.22% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 69.69% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 115.87%.

Currently, NRG Energy Inc.’s total number of outstanding shares is 208.13M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 14.14% and return on equity (ROE) at 59.64%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 9.41 while having a 13.19 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.09. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 6.12 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.63. Its return on asset (ROA) is 7.58% on average.