NRG short interest declines, indicating growing optimism among investors

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. 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 $8.04 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 Scotiabank on September 22, 2025, NRG Energy Inc [NRG] has been a Sector outperform and the price target has been revised to $212. Analysts at Melius started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid August. As of June 26, 2025, Barclays has initiated its “an Overweight” rating for NRG. Earlier on June 13, 2025, Raymond James initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Strong buy” for NRG stock.

Analyzing NRG Stock Performance

On last trading session, NRG Energy Inc [NYSE: NRG] plunged -1.10% to $165.58. The stock’s lowest price that day was $165.52, but it reached a high of $169.15 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.61%. Over the course of the year, NRG Energy Inc shares have jumped approximately 90.13%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $175.96 on 08/05/25 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 164.34, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 163.09. In the upper region, resistance lies at 167.99. The next price resistance is at 170.39. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 60.51 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 2025-08-29 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.

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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 8.7% from the previous closing price of $167.43. 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 April 04, 2025, Goldman assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $129.

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