NRG Energy, Inc.

NRG Utilities Utilities Independent Power Producers

NRG Energy, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $30.7 billion, up 9.18% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 11.0%, EPS grew 474.2%, free cash flow grew 8,715.1% and total debt rose 112.5%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

103.75 0.89 +0.87%
Market cap
$21.6B
P/E
27.3×
Fwd P/E
14.9×
Dividend yield
1.80%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.25
Beneish M
−2.52
Dividend safety
72/100

NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) Free cash flow margin

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NRG Energy, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 1.10%, down 1.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (2.51%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.30% (fiscal 2022) to 27.1% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Utilities Independent Power Producers industry median of 0.50% and above the Utilities sector median of −11.7%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 2.51% (5.73)
FY2024 8.24% 4.12
FY2023 4.12% 3.82
FY2022 0.30% (3.61)
FY2021 3.91% (14.54)
FY2020 18.5% (6.90)
FY2019 25.4% (1.79)
FY2018 27.1% 6.73
FY2017 20.4% 2.41
FY2016 18.0% 14.85

Against its own ten years

Low 0.30% High 27.1%
Ten-year median 8.24%
Current reading's percentile 18

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
TLN Talen Energy Corporation compare 12.9%
VST Vistra Corp. compare 12.6%
NRG NRG Energy, Inc. 1.10%
CEG Constellation Energy Corporation compare 0.99%
OKLO Oklo Inc. compare 0.00%
HNRG Hallador Energy Company compare −10.5%
KEN Kenon Holdings Ltd. compare −21.3%
DGXX Digi Power X Inc. compare −428.9%
Utilities Independent Power Producers industry median 0.50%
Utilities sector median −11.7%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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