NRG Energy, Inc.

NRG stock score: 51/100

$97.84 · -1.55% · Scored Oct 20, 2026

Technical
40
Fundamental
62
News
45

The reading

NRG Energy (NRG) scores 51 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 26% of Utilities stocks and 45% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 40, fundamentals 62.

Among the fundamentals, Price Target at 100 and Asset Turnover at 100 score highest, while Earnings Growth (Annual) at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 28 and contrarian oscillators 53 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 45; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 44 to 65, and it is down 10 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward NRG’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

62

Pulling it up

  • Price Target100

    Price target score compares the current stock price to analyst consensus targets.

  • Asset Turnover100

    Asset turnover is revenue divided by total assets: how much sales a company generates from each dollar of assets.

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

Holding it back

  • Earnings Growth (Annual)0

    Annual earnings growth tracks year-over-year profit expansion.

  • Price to Book Ratio0

    Price-to-Book ratio compares market value to book value.

  • Debt to Equity0

    Debt-to-Equity ratio measures financial leverage by comparing total debt to shareholder equity.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

28

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • Know Sure Thing (KST)99

    Know Sure Thing (KST) combines multiple rate-of-change calculations to identify long-term trend reversals.

  • Chaikin Money Flow (20)93

    Chaikin Money Flow (20-period) measures buying and selling pressure over 20 periods.

Holding it back

  • S&P 500 52W Comparison0

    S&P 500 52-week comparison evaluates the stock's annual performance relative to the broader market.

  • SMA 2000

    Simple Moving Average (200-period) is the most widely followed long-term trend indicator.

  • SMA 200 Cross Up1

    SMA 200 Cross Up tracks when faster moving averages cross above the 200-period SMA.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
45

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly391
Daily283
Weekly302
Monthly522
Quarterly572

Composite score, last 90 days

05010051Jul 25, 2026Oct 20, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 61Jul 26, 2026: 63Jul 27, 2026: 60Jul 28, 2026: 58Jul 29, 2026: 57Jul 30, 2026: 64Jul 31, 2026: 65Aug 2, 2026: 53Aug 3, 2026: 55Aug 4, 2026: 51Aug 5, 2026: 44Aug 6, 2026: 48Aug 7, 2026: 50Aug 8, 2026: 51Aug 9, 2026: 51Aug 10, 2026: 51Aug 11, 2026: 52Aug 12, 2026: 51Aug 13, 2026: 51Aug 14, 2026: 53Aug 15, 2026: 53Aug 16, 2026: 53Aug 17, 2026: 52Aug 18, 2026: 51Aug 19, 2026: 51Aug 20, 2026: 51Aug 22, 2026: 51Aug 23, 2026: 51Aug 24, 2026: 51Aug 25, 2026: 52Aug 26, 2026: 53Aug 27, 2026: 52Aug 28, 2026: 51Aug 29, 2026: 51Aug 30, 2026: 51Aug 31, 2026: 51Sep 1, 2026: 52Sep 2, 2026: 52Sep 3, 2026: 52Sep 4, 2026: 54Sep 5, 2026: 54Sep 6, 2026: 54Sep 7, 2026: 54Sep 8, 2026: 56Sep 9, 2026: 52Sep 10, 2026: 51Sep 11, 2026: 52Sep 12, 2026: 52Sep 13, 2026: 52Sep 14, 2026: 50Sep 15, 2026: 50Sep 16, 2026: 51Sep 17, 2026: 51Sep 18, 2026: 50Sep 19, 2026: 50Sep 20, 2026: 50Sep 21, 2026: 50Sep 22, 2026: 51Sep 23, 2026: 51Sep 24, 2026: 51Sep 25, 2026: 51Sep 26, 2026: 51Sep 27, 2026: 51Sep 28, 2026: 50Sep 29, 2026: 50Sep 30, 2026: 50Oct 1, 2026: 50Oct 2, 2026: 50Oct 3, 2026: 50Oct 4, 2026: 50Oct 5, 2026: 51Oct 6, 2026: 54Oct 7, 2026: 54Oct 8, 2026: 54Oct 9, 2026: 54Oct 10, 2026: 54Oct 11, 2026: 54Oct 12, 2026: 54Oct 13, 2026: 54Oct 14, 2026: 51Oct 15, 2026: 52Oct 16, 2026: 53Oct 17, 2026: 53Oct 18, 2026: 53Oct 19, 2026: 51Oct 20, 2026: 51
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Key facts

Market cap
$20.6B
Sector
Utilities
Industry
Utilities - Independent Power Producers
Beta
1.16
Risk grade (1–10)
2
Next earnings
Nov 5, 2026

Utilities - Independent Power Producers peers

CompanyMarket capScore
CEG Constellation Energy$91.7B51
VST Vistra$50.5B54
TLN Talen Energy$16.5B50
OKLO Oklo$5.1B29
TAC TransAlta$4.1B52

Questions

What is NRG's stock score today?

NRG scores 51/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 20, 2026: technical 40, fundamental 62, and news sentiment 45, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is NRG a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 51 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the NRG score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Utilities ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.