NRG Energy Valuation

Is NRG undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of NRG when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NRG ($94.52) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($380.67)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NRG is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NRG?

Key metric: As NRG is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NRG. This is calculated by dividing NRG's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NRG's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio21.3x
EarningsUS$897.00m
Market CapUS$19.22b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does NRG's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for NRG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average20.2x
LNT Alliant Energy
24.2x11.2%US$16.0b
FE FirstEnergy
27x17.7%US$24.0b
EVRG Evergy
17.3x6.6%US$14.7b
AGR Avangrid
12.4x0.5%US$13.9b
NRG NRG Energy
21.3x10.3%US$19.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NRG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.3x) compared to the peer average (20.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NRG's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Electric Utilities Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies available in this PE range
NRG 21.3xIndustry Avg. 21.0xNo. of Companies7PE01020304050+
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NRG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.3x) compared to the US Electric Utilities industry average (21x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NRG's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

NRG PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio21.3x
Fair PE Ratio23.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NRG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.2x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst NRG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$94.52
US$95.11
+0.6%
25.5%US$140.00US$43.00n/a10
Nov ’25US$86.72
US$90.41
+4.3%
23.2%US$130.00US$43.00n/a10
Oct ’25US$92.65
US$85.47
-7.7%
22.1%US$120.00US$43.00n/a10
Sep ’25US$85.01
US$84.97
-0.05%
21.1%US$110.00US$43.00n/a9
Aug ’25US$73.50
US$83.64
+13.8%
22.3%US$110.00US$41.00n/a9
Jul ’25US$77.85
US$83.53
+7.3%
22.3%US$110.00US$41.00n/a9
Jun ’25US$81.00
US$81.13
+0.2%
22.6%US$110.00US$41.00n/a8
May ’25US$73.66
US$66.89
-9.2%
22.6%US$88.00US$41.00n/a9
Apr ’25US$70.15
US$59.64
-15.0%
18.9%US$85.00US$41.00n/a11
Mar ’25US$56.71
US$55.55
-2.1%
15.1%US$66.00US$38.00n/a11
Feb ’25US$54.25
US$53.64
-1.1%
13.6%US$65.00US$38.00n/a11
Jan ’25US$51.70
US$48.20
-6.8%
10.8%US$56.00US$38.00n/a10
Dec ’24US$48.37
US$46.33
-4.2%
10.9%US$52.00US$38.00n/a9
Nov ’24US$43.86
US$43.11
-1.7%
12.4%US$50.00US$33.00US$86.729
Oct ’24US$38.52
US$41.11
+6.7%
12.9%US$48.00US$33.00US$92.659
Sep ’24US$38.45
US$40.78
+6.1%
12.2%US$46.00US$33.00US$85.019
Aug ’24US$37.82
US$41.33
+9.3%
14.2%US$52.00US$33.00US$73.509
Jul ’24US$37.39
US$40.67
+8.8%
13.5%US$52.00US$33.00US$77.859
Jun ’24US$32.40
US$39.88
+23.1%
16.0%US$52.00US$30.00US$81.008
May ’24US$34.00
US$39.44
+16.0%
15.5%US$52.00US$30.00US$73.669
Apr ’24US$34.29
US$39.67
+15.7%
15.2%US$52.00US$30.00US$70.159
Mar ’24US$33.02
US$39.22
+18.8%
15.8%US$52.00US$30.00US$56.719
Feb ’24US$34.60
US$38.44
+11.1%
15.9%US$52.00US$30.00US$54.259
Jan ’24US$31.82
US$39.56
+24.3%
15.7%US$52.00US$30.00US$51.709
Dec ’23US$42.13
US$44.50
+5.6%
10.5%US$52.00US$37.00US$48.3710
Nov ’23US$44.03
US$43.90
-0.3%
9.8%US$52.00US$37.00US$43.8610

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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