Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. 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 $6.46 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 $7.26 million.
As published in their initiating research note from UBS on December 09, 2025, NRG Energy Inc [NRG] has been a Buy. Analysts at Wells Fargo started covering the stock with ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in late October. As of September 22, 2025, Scotiabank has initiated its “Sector outperform” rating for NRG. Earlier on August 20, 2025, Melius initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for NRG stock.
Analyzing NRG Stock Performance
On last trading session, NRG Energy Inc [NYSE: NRG] plunged -6.66% to $149.48. The stock’s lowest price that day was $147.98, but it reached a high of $161.0775 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -11.11%. Over the course of the year, NRG Energy Inc shares have jumped approximately 57.38%. 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 144.61, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 139.75. In the upper region, resistance lies at 157.71. The next price resistance is at 165.94. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 34.73 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 rise in short interest on 2025-11-28 jumping by 0.49 million shares to 5.02 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-10-31 was 4.53 million shares. A jump of 9.69% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.38 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.38.
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 200 in the next 12 months, up nearly 24.88% from the previous closing price of $160.15. Analysts anticipate NRG Energy Inc stock to reach 211 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 26, 2025, Barclays assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $197.
