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 $1,654,160 were sold by Liyanearachchi Dak on Sep 10 ’25. At $155.00 per share, Liyanearachchi Dak sold 10,672 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 48,571 shares worth approximately $7.99 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, DON LIYANEARACHCHI purchased 10,672 shares, netting a total of over 1,654,160 in proceeds.
Before that, UNJHA RSP PARTNERS LP had added 7,545 shares to its account.
As published in their initiating research note from Melius on August 20, 2025, NRG Energy Inc [NRG] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $308. Analysts at Barclays started covering the stock with ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in late June. As of June 13, 2025, Raymond James has initiated its “Strong buy” rating for NRG. Earlier on April 04, 2025, Goldman initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for NRG stock.
Analyzing NRG Stock Performance
On last trading session, NRG Energy Inc [NYSE: NRG] rose 0.22% to $164.58. The stock’s lowest price that day was $162.305, but it reached a high of $167.08 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.09%. Over the course of the year, NRG Energy Inc shares have jumped approximately 103.08%.
Is NRG Energy Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of NRG Energy Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-29 dropping by -0.91 million shares to 4.99 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 5.9 million shares. A decline of -18.16% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.74 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.74.
Which companies own the most shares of NRG Energy Inc (NRG)?
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 10.83% from the previous closing price of $164.22. 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 January 21, 2025, Evercore ISI assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $126.
