Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. NRG Energy Inc shares valued at $4,527,000 were purchased by RASESH M PATEL on Jun 10 ’25. At $150.90 per share, RASESH M PATEL acquired 30,000 shares.
Also, Howell Kevin sold 50,000 shares, netting a total of over 7,725,000 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $154.50 each, the insider now holds 55,427 shares.
Before that, RASESH M PATEL had added 24,553 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $3,922,342, the Officer bought NRG Energy Inc shares for $159.75 each.
As published in their initiating research note from Barclays on June 26, 2025, NRG Energy Inc [NRG] has been an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $197. Analysts at Raymond James started covering the stock with ‘”a Strong buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid June. As of April 04, 2025, Goldman has initiated its “Buy” rating for NRG. Earlier on January 21, 2025, Evercore ISI upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for NRG stock which previously was a “an In-line”.
Analyzing NRG Stock Performance
On last trading session,, NRG Energy Inc [NYSE: NRG] rose 5.36% to $161.54. The stock’s lowest price that day was $156.27, but it reached a high of $162.2184 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 5.83%. Over the course of the year, NRG Energy Inc shares have jumped approximately 98.06%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $162.33 on 06/03/25 and a 52-week low of $79.57 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for NRG Energy Inc (NRG)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 157.80, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 154.06. In the upper region, resistance lies at 163.75. The next price resistance is at 165.96. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 69.14 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is NRG Energy Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of NRG Energy Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-13 jumping by 0.14 million shares to 6.17 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 6.03 million shares. A jump of 2.21% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.69 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.69.
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In terms of NRG Energy Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 182 in the next 12 months, up nearly 18.71% from the previous closing price of $153.32. Analysts anticipate NRG Energy Inc stock to reach 197 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 167. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked NRG Energy Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On November 26, 2024, Jefferies assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $113.
