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 $3,276,400 were sold by Kinney Virginia on Nov 14 ’25. At $163.82 per share, Kinney Virginia sold 20,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 43,191 shares worth approximately $7.29 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Kinney Virginia purchased 20,000 shares, netting a total of over 3,323,000 in proceeds.
Before that, Liyanearachchi Dak had sold 10,672 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,654,160, the Exec VP, Chief Technology Ofc. traded NRG Energy Inc shares for $155.00 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 10,672 shares, worth approximately $8.2 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Wells Fargo on October 28, 2025, NRG Energy Inc [NRG] has been an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $202. Analysts at Scotiabank started covering the stock with ‘”a Sector outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in late September. As of August 20, 2025, Melius has initiated its “Buy” rating for NRG. Earlier on June 26, 2025, Barclays initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for NRG stock.
Analyzing NRG Stock Performance
On last trading session, NRG Energy Inc [NYSE: NRG] rose 1.41% to $168.8. The stock’s lowest price that day was $166.29, but it reached a high of $173.49 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.02%. Over the course of the year, NRG Energy Inc shares have jumped approximately 83.10%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $180.54 on 10/29/25 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 165.53, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 162.27. In the upper region, resistance lies at 172.79. The next price resistance is at 176.79. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 51.45 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 2025-10-31 dropping by -0.16 million shares to 4.53 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-30 was 4.69 million shares. A decline of -3.48% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.07 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.07.
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 198 in the next 12 months, up nearly 18.95% from the previous closing price of $166.45. Analysts anticipate NRG Energy Inc stock to reach 202 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 144. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked NRG Energy Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On June 13, 2025, Raymond James assigned a price target of “a Strong buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $195.
