NRG Energy Inc’s recent filing unveils that its EVP & CFO Chung Bruce unloaded Company’s shares for reported $1.94 million on Jan 07 ’26. In the deal valued at $156.56 per share,12,383 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Chung Bruce now holds 79,147 shares worth roughly $11.78 million.
Then, WOO-SUNG CHUNG bought 7,383 shares, generating $1,178,548 in total proceeds.
Before that, Gaudette Robert J sold 45,000 shares. NRG Energy Inc shares valued at $7,144,200 were divested by the Exec VP, NRG Business at a price of $158.76 per share. As a result of the transaction, Gaudette Robert J now holds 63,920 shares, worth roughly $9.52 million.
UBS initiated its NRG Energy Inc [NRG] rating to a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Wells Fargo’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in late October with a ‘”an Overweight”‘ rating. Scotiabank began covering NRG with “Sector outperform” recommendation on September 22, 2025. Melius started covering the stock on August 20, 2025. It rated NRG as “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of NRG
On Monday, NRG Energy Inc [NYSE:NRG] saw its stock fall -0.25% to $148.89. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -7.86%. NRG Energy Inc shares have risen nearly 51.10% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -6.50% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in NRG Energy Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in NRG Energy Inc stocks on 2025-12-31, dropping by -1.07 million shares to a total of 3.94 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 5.02 million shares. There was a decline of -27.24%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on June 26, 2025 when Barclays began covering the stock and recommended ‘”an Overweight”‘ rating along with a $197 price target.
