NRG Energy, Inc.

NRG Energy, Inc.

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$133.39

-0.28%
UtilitiesIndependent Power Producers

NRG Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated power company in the United States. It operates through Texas, East, and West. The company is involved in the producing, selling, and delivering electricity and related products and services to approximately 6 million residential, commercial, industrial, and wholesale customers. It generates electricity using natural gas, coal, oil, solar, nuclear, and battery storage. The company also provides system power, distributed generation, renewable products, backup generation, storage and distributed solar, demand response, and energy efficiency, and advisory services, as well as carbon management and specialty services; and on-site energy solutions. In addition, it trades in electric power, natural gas, and related commodities; environmental products; weather products; and financial products, including forwards, futures, options, and swaps. Further, the company procures fuels; provides transportation services; and directly sells energy, services, and products and services to retail customers under the NRG, Reliant, Direct Energy, Green Mountain Energy, Stream, and XOOM Energy. As of December 31, 2021, it owns and leases power generation portfolio with approximately 18,000 megawatts of capacity at 25 plants. NRG Energy, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

At a Glance

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Market Cap$28.14B
EPS4.0900
P/E Ratio32.61
Earnings Date08/05/2026
NRG Energy, Inc.

NRG Energy, Inc. Fair Value Envelope

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Our analysis suggests that NRG has a fair value of HIDDEN per share in the Base Case projection. With shares currently trading at $133.39, this represents a potential HIDDEN relative to our calculated worth for NRG Energy, Inc..

Intrinsic Value
Current Price: $133.39

Owner Earnings Valuation Tool

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DCF Valuation Summary

Calculation flow from present value to intrinsic value per share

Present Value$1.5B
+ Cash & Equivalents$4.7B
Firm Value$6.2B
- Debt$16.8B
Equity Value-$10.6B
/ Shares Outstanding191,639,408B
DCF Value-$55
OVERVALUED BY 141%

Owner Earnings Projections

Operating Cash Flow - Maintenance CapEx = Owner Earnings

Metric
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Operating Cash Flow
$956.5M
$478.3M
$239.1M
$119.6M
$59.8M
$29.9M
$14.9M
$7.5M
$3.7M
$1.9M
Maintenance CapEx
-$114.7M
-$57.4M
-$28.7M
-$14.3M
-$7.2M
-$3.6M
-$1.8M
-$896.1K
-$448.0K
-$224.0K
Owner Earnings
$841.8M
$420.9M
$210.5M
$105.2M
$52.6M
$26.3M
$13.2M
$6.6M
$3.3M
$1.6M
Discount Factor
0.926
0.857
0.794
0.735
0.681
0.630
0.583
0.540
0.500
0.463
Present Value
$779.4M
$360.9M
$167.1M
$77.3M
$35.8M
$16.6M
$7.7M
$3.6M
$1.6M
$761.6K
Terminal Value represents 0.9% of Enterprise Value