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 $1,938,631 were sold by Chung Bruce on Jan 07 ’26. At $156.56 per share, Chung Bruce sold 12,383 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 79,147 shares worth approximately $11.93 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, WOO-SUNG CHUNG purchased 7,383 shares, netting a total of over 1,178,548 in proceeds.
Before that, Gaudette Robert J had sold 45,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $7,144,200, the Exec VP, NRG Business traded NRG Energy Inc shares for $158.76 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 45,000 shares, worth approximately $9.63 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] rose 1.19% to $150.68. The stock’s lowest price that day was $147.24, but it reached a high of $151.9199 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.06%. Over the course of the year, NRG Energy Inc shares have jumped approximately 44.18%.
Is NRG Energy Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of NRG Energy Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -1.07 million shares to 3.94 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 5.02 million shares. A decline of -27.24% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.34 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.34.
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 202 in the next 12 months, up nearly 35.65% from the previous closing price of $148.91. Analysts anticipate NRG Energy Inc stock to reach 211 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 144. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked NRG Energy Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2026. On June 26, 2025, Barclays assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $197.
