The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. NRG Energy Inc shares valued at $1,267,560 were purchased by UNJHA RSP PARTNERS LP on Jul 31 ’25. At $168.00 per share, UNJHA RSP PARTNERS LP acquired 7,545 shares.
Before that, Howell Kevin had sold 50,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $7,725,000, the Director traded NRG Energy Inc shares for $154.50 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 50,000 shares, worth approximately $9.27 million.
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 0.37% to $167.2. The stock’s lowest price that day was $165.55, but it reached a high of $169.24 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 5.84%. Over the course of the year, NRG Energy Inc shares have jumped approximately 124.94%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $169.24 on 07/31/25 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 165.38, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 163.57. In the upper region, resistance lies at 169.13. The next price resistance is at 171.06. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 67.96 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 steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -1.58 million shares to 4.59 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 6.17 million shares. A decline of -34.36% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.48 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.48.
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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 9.25% from the previous closing price of $166.59. 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.
