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NRG Energy Inc has a consensus price target of $178.94 based on the ratings of 16 analysts. The high is $308 issued by Melius Research on August 20, 2025. The low is $46 issued by B of A Securities on July 20, 2023. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by UBS, BMO Capital, and Morgan Stanley on December 9, 2025, November 7, 2025, and October 28, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $183.33 between UBS, BMO Capital, and Morgan Stanley, there's an implied 14.79% upside for NRG Energy Inc from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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| Dec 9, 2025 | 32.11% | 211 | Previous Initiates Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Nov 7, 2025 | 22.1% | 185195 | Previous Market Perform Current Market Perform | Get Alert | |
| Oct 28, 2025 | -9.84% | 144145 | Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight | Get Alert | |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 26.48% | 202 | Previous Initiates Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| Oct 8, 2025 | 26.48% | 198202 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Sep 22, 2025 | 32.74% | 212 | Previous Initiates Current Sector Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Aug 20, 2025 | 92.85% | 308 | Previous Initiates Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 27.11% | 197203 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 15.83% | 167185 | Previous Market Perform Current Market Perform | Get Alert | |
| Jul 17, 2025 | 15.83% | 133185 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Jun 26, 2025 | 23.35% | 197 | Previous Initiates Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| Jun 13, 2025 | 22.1% | 195 | Previous Initiates Current Strong Buy | Get Alert | |
| May 14, 2025 | 4.56% | 115167 | Previous Market Perform Current Market Perform | Get Alert | |
| May 13, 2025 | 25.23% | 165200 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| May 13, 2025 | 8.32% | 138173 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| May 5, 2025 | -17.35% | 113132 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Apr 4, 2025 | -19.23% | 129 | Previous Initiates Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Mar 3, 2025 | -27.99% | 100115 | Previous Market Perform Current Market Perform | Get Alert | |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -9.21% | 134145 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 3.31% | 140165 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| Feb 19, 2025 | -38.01% | 8699 | Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight | Get Alert | |
| Jan 23, 2025 | -16.1% | 118134 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Jan 21, 2025 | -21.11% | 74126 | Previous In-Line Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Nov 26, 2024 | -29.25% | 93113 | Previous Hold Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Nov 19, 2024 | -37.39% | 94100 | Previous Market Perform Current Market Perform | Get Alert | |
| Nov 11, 2024 | -12.34% | 130140 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -37.39% | 84100 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -18.6% | 120130 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| Oct 29, 2024 | -41.14% | 9094 | Previous Market Perform Current Market Perform | Get Alert | |
| Oct 8, 2024 | -26.12% | 77118 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -43.65% | 8890 | Previous Market Perform Current Market Perform | Get Alert | |
| Sep 13, 2024 | -51.16% | 78 | Previous Initiates Current Hold | Get Alert | |
| Sep 5, 2024 | -24.86% | 110120 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| May 28, 2024 | -48.03% | 7083 | Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight | Get Alert | |
| May 15, 2024 | -31.13% | 100110 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| May 8, 2024 | -48.66% | 7382 | Previous Market Perform Current Market Perform | Get Alert | |
| May 8, 2024 | -37.39% | 85100 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| Mar 26, 2024 | -60.55% | 5163 | Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight | Get Alert | |
| Mar 25, 2024 | -46.78% | 7885 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| Mar 19, 2024 | -51.16% | 6578 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | -59.3% | 5565 | Previous In-Line Current In-Line | Get Alert | |
| Mar 1, 2024 | -61.18% | 5262 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Feb 29, 2024 | -63.06% | 5859 | Previous Market Perform Current Market Perform | Get Alert | |
| Nov 21, 2023 | -69.32% | 4649 | Previous Market Perform Current Market Perform | Get Alert | |
| Nov 1, 2023 | -68.69% | 50 | Previous Neutral Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Oct 25, 2023 | -74.33% | 4041 | Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight | Get Alert | |
| Aug 9, 2023 | -71.2% | 4546 | Previous Market Perform Current Market Perform | Get Alert | |
| Jul 20, 2023 | -71.2% | 4346 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Jun 26, 2023 | -73.7% | 4042 | Previous Market Perform Current Market Perform | Get Alert | |
| Jun 23, 2023 | -73.08% | 4243 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Jun 23, 2023 | -74.95% | 4040 | Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight | Get Alert | |
| Jun 2, 2023 | -73.7% | 42 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| May 14, 2023 | -77.46% | 3636 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Apr 27, 2023 | -77.46% | 36 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Apr 20, 2023 | -74.95% | 3940 | Previous Current Equal-Weight | Get Alert | |
| Mar 20, 2023 | — | — | Previous Neutral Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Jan 23, 2023 | -75.58% | 3739 | Previous Current Equal-Weight | Get Alert | |
| Dec 19, 2022 | -79.96% | 3238 | Previous Underperform Current Neutral | Get Alert |
The latest price target for NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) was reported by UBS on December 9, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $211.00 expecting NRG to rise to within 12 months (a possible 32.18% upside). 23 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) was provided by UBS, and NRG Energy initiated their buy rating.
The last upgrade for NRG Energy Inc happened on January 21, 2025 when Evercore ISI Group raised their price target to $126. Evercore ISI Group previously had an in-line for NRG Energy Inc.
There is no last downgrade for NRG Energy.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of NRG Energy, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for NRG Energy was filed on December 9, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around December 9, 2026.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest NRG Energy (NRG) rating was a initiated with a price target of $0.00 to $211.00. The current price NRG Energy (NRG) is trading at is $159.63, which is within the analyst’s predicted range.
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