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

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Signals for this name

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

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 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.98 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How NRG has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.98 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), NRG Energy Inc. moved 0.98% on average · correlation 0.19 · higher than 86% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.49 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −3.60% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −2.85% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

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 Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — NRG Energy Inc.

NRG in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet 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
Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet tracks it
NRG holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no seat in our Rubin index and no Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet’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.

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 Closelooknet 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 →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.86%, 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 1.86% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • 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.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is NRG Energy Inc. (NRG)?

NRG Energy Inc. trades as NRG on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is NRG in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — NRG Energy Inc. is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does NRG trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -14.9% vs the 50-day and -29.4% vs the 200-day average, 47% below the 52-week high and +2.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does NRG Energy Inc. trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year NRG Energy Inc. had a beta of 0.98 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 86% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −3.60% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

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. Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet 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 1.86% on the 2026-09-25 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 Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

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