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) Return on assets

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NRG Energy, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 2.44%, down 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.00%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.5% (fiscal 2015) to 38.3% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Utilities Independent Power Producers industry median of 0.93% and below the Utilities sector median of 2.57%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 3.00% (1.23)
FY2024 4.23% 5.16
FY2023 −0.93% (5.60)
FY2022 4.67% (6.82)
FY2021 11.5% 7.77
FY2020 3.72% (34.61)
FY2019 38.3% 36.75
FY2018 1.58% 9.55
FY2017 −7.97% (5.76)
FY2016 −2.21% 15.25

Against its own ten years

Low −17.5% High 38.3%
Ten-year median 3.00%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
VST Vistra Corp. compare 5.02%
CEG Constellation Energy Corporation compare 4.58%
NRG NRG Energy, Inc. 2.44%
KEN Kenon Holdings Ltd. compare 2.06%
HNRG Hallador Energy Company compare −0.21%
TLN Talen Energy Corporation compare −1.77%
OKLO Oklo Inc. compare −7.47%
DGXX Digi Power X Inc. compare −22.7%
Utilities Independent Power Producers industry median 0.93%
Utilities sector median 2.57%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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