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NRG Energy Inc. (NRG) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — NRG Energy Inc.

NRG in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
NRG Energy generates and sells electricity and gas across Texas and other US regions, plus Canada, serving households, businesses and industrial sites. It also owns Vivint, a smart-home security and automation business, and trades power, gas and related financial contracts to manage its own exposure. Its power plants combine fossil-fuel and renewable generation, with new gas and renewable projects under development. It is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Where it sits in the stack
NRG carries no seat in our Rubin index; it sits in the Utilities sector of our universe, in the Independent Power Producers sleeve alongside merchant generators that sell power directly into wholesale and retail markets rather than through regulated rates.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not built a peer group for NRG; the comparison the market most often draws is with Vistra Corp, another Texas-based merchant power and retail generator.
Why Closelook tracks it
NRG holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no seat in our Rubin index and no Closelook score yet; the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether NRG's shares recover toward analyst targets, which were recently trimmed yet still sit above the current price, after a stretch of underperformance relative to both moving averages and the 52-week high.

NRG Energy Inc. (NRG) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for NRG, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by BNP Paribas, 2026-08-19

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for NRG from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target BNP Paribas — target 221 from 232 Target cut to $221 from $232 (+87.4% to spot) 2026-08-19

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Utilities - Independent Power Producers · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities - Independent Power Producers

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against NRG on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.76%, quarterly · last 0.48 USD on 2026-08-03

Dividends and capital return

What NRG pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.87 USD per share · a 1.76% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +7.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.73 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.48 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-03
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.38 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.63 USD · 2025: 1.76 USD · 2026: 1.43 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-31

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is NRG Energy Inc. (NRG)?

NRG Energy Inc. trades as NRG on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is NRG in a Closelook index?

Not currently — NRG Energy Inc. is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does NRG trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -13.2% vs the 50-day and -26.3% vs the 200-day average, 43.9% below the 52-week high and +1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does NRG Energy Inc. do?

NRG Energy generates and sells electricity and gas across Texas and other US regions, plus Canada, serving households, businesses and industrial sites. It also owns Vivint, a smart-home security and automation business, and trades power, gas and related financial contracts to manage its own exposure. Its power plants combine fossil-fuel and renewable generation, with new gas and renewable projects under development. Closelook has not built a peer group for NRG; the comparison the market most often draws is with Vistra Corp, another Texas-based merchant power and retail generator.

Where does NRG Energy Inc. sit in the AI build-out?

NRG carries no seat in our Rubin index; it sits in the Utilities sector of our universe, in the Independent Power Producers sleeve alongside merchant generators that sell power directly into wholesale and retail markets rather than through regulated rates. NRG holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no seat in our Rubin index and no Closelook score yet; the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.

Does NRG Energy Inc. pay a dividend?

NRG Energy Inc. has paid 1.87 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.76% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.48 USD on 2026-08-03. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on NRG Energy Inc. recently?

The most recent analyst action on NRG Energy Inc. on the Closelook wire is a price target by BNP Paribas on 2026-08-19 (target 221 from 232). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for NRG, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Utilities - Independent Power Producers, then Utilities. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.