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NRG

NRG Energy

$111.84USD

Data as of 2026-09-05

Fair value$82.46
Target$95.06
Loss chance72%Moderate-high

Company attributes

SizeLarge cap
SectorUtilities
Dividend1.70%
TypeCommon stock

Price

Interactive 5-year price history chart for NRG. Latest close $111.84.

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Pillar breakdown

0–100 percentile rank against the current universe (sector-relative for Quality / Value / Growth / Profitability)

Utilities median (n=59)
  • Quality
    Profit margins & asset efficiency
    72
    Exceptional
    Utilities median (n=59) 52
  • Value
    Price vs fundamentals
    28
    Weak
    Utilities median (n=59) 48
  • Growth
    Revenue & earnings trajectory
    47
    Average
    Utilities median (n=59) 51
  • Momentum
    Recent price strength
    9
    Poor
    Utilities median (n=59) 43
  • Health
    Balance sheet & solvency
    11
    Poor
    Utilities median (n=59) 15
  • Profitability
    ROE, ROA, ROIC
    38
    Weak
    Utilities median (n=59) 51
  • Technical
    Trend & volatility signals
    40
    Average
    Utilities median (n=59) 53
  • Risk
    Volatility & drawdown profile
    38
    Weak
    Utilities median (n=59) 72
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Exceptional (70+)Strong (55–70)Average (40–55)Weak (25–40)Poor (<25)

Pillars not shown: Sentiment, ML (Phase 5+).

Risk Summary

2 active
Rank gates
  • Altman financial distress[altman_distress]Altman Z″ below 1.10 — financial-distress zone (Altman 1968).
  • Net share issuance — top decile[net_issuance_top_decile]Top-decile net issuance over the trailing year (Pontiff-Woodgate 2008 / Daniel-Titman 2006).

These flags keep the raw composite rank (project Rule 16) but forfeit the entered_top5 badge. Two of them — altman_distress and data_quality_input_corruption — additionally force a cautious recommendation; the others act as Top-5 disqualifiers without dictating the buy/hold/sell label on their own.

Fair price check

3 different valuation methods each estimate what NRG should be worth, then we compare to today's price.

Looks overvalued
Models suggest NRG is trading above fair value
Today's price
$111.84
Median fair price
$82.46
-26% vs today's price
Of 3 methods:3 say pricey
  • EV/EBITDAOvervalued
    thinks it's expensiveestimates $95.06, about 15% below today
  • P/E multiplesOvervalued
    thinks it's expensiveestimates $82.46, about 26% below today
  • P/B multiplesOvervalued
    thinks it's expensiveestimates $45.78, about 59% below today

How to read this: “Cheap” = method's fair price is at least 20% above today. “Fair” = within ±10–20%. “Pricey” = at least 10% below today. Outliers (values more than 5× or less than 0.2× today's price) are excluded.

Fair price ensemble

Median fair
$82.46
Margin of safety(vs fair value)
-35.6%
Max (ex-outliers)
$95.06
Tangible BVPS
  • Cross-source price disagreement

Median of all applicable methods (current price $111.84). Per-method estimates + each method’s cheap/fair/pricey read are in the Fair price check above. Outliers above 5× or below 0.2× current price are excluded from the max but kept in the median. See methodology for the 6-method ensemble + 7 defenses.

Defense layer. Flags mark elevated risk, never confirmed fraud. This model cannot catch every manipulation and decays after publication — weigh it against its stated error rates.

Supporting dataRaw fundamentals & data-quality provenance behind the scores above

Raw fundamentals (SEC EDGAR)

MetricValue
Market cap$23.51B
Revenue (TTM)$33.13B
Net income (TTM)$849.00M
Operating cash flow (TTM)$1.55B
CapEx (TTM)$1.21B
Free cash flow (TTM)CFO − CapEx$348.00M
Total assets$39.94B
Total liabilities$35.09B
Stockholders' equity$4.86B
Cash & equivalents$162.00M
Shares outstanding210.21M
EPS (basic)$4.04
EPS (diluted)$4.04
P/E ratio (TTM)27.69

TTM = trailing twelve months. Balance sheet items are point-in-time (latest filing).

Data quality

Latest filed date
2026-08-04
Latest period end
2026-07-31
Filing lag
32 days
Missing metrics
4(gross_profit, cost_of_revenue, research_and_development, dividends_paid)

Composite is the 8-pillar weighted score over quality, value, growth, momentum, health, profitability, technical, and risk. Sentiment + ML pillars are reserved for a later phase; until then their weight redistributes pro-rata. Fair price is the median of 6 valuation methods (Graham, P/E / P/B / EV-EBITDA multiples, RIM, DCF) with outliers above 5× current price excluded from the max. Risk-overlay flags annotate only — they suppress the entered-top-5 badge but do not modify the composite.