How NRG Energy, Inc. stacks up

NRG · against 93 other Utilities companies listed in US-listed

Valuation

45/ 100

Above the middle of the pack.

Ranked #38 of 94 · scores higher than 60% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score

17 peers with a valuation score of 40–49, including NRG · Click a bar to see the companies

Why valuation scores 45?

Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.

Its metrics sit close to the Utilities norm.

lower earnings for the price paid: weaker than 66% of peers. Earnings yield: 4.2% vs peer median 4.8%
less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 65% of peers. EBITDA yield: 8.4% vs peer median 8.6%
Free cash flow yield is close to the peer norm. Free cash flow yield: 1.7% vs peer median 0.0%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = NRG, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	NRG	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Earnings yieldHigher is better · 91 reported	4.0%	4.5%	29%	30%
EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 93 reported	7.4%	7.7%	43%	50%
Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 87 reported	1.6%	-4.6%	79%	20%
Book yieldHigher is better · 88 reported	20.8%	51.9%	8%	Context only

Ranking by valuation score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around NRG

Rank	Company	Market cap	Valuation	Overall
1	Entergy Texas, Inc.ETI-P · US-listed	Unavailable	97	69
2	Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad AnónimaEDN · US-listed	710M USD	96	72
2	Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.HE · US-listed	1.5B USD	96	67
4	Korea Electric Power CorporationKEP · US-listed	13.6B USD	93	57
5	Central Puerto S.A.CEPU · US-listed	1.5B USD	92	93
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34	Pinnacle West Capital CorporationPNW · US-listed	13.1B USD	47	46
35	Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.BIP · US-listed	29.7B USD	46	57
35	Evergy, Inc.EVRG · US-listed	19.7B USD	46	46
35	OGE Energy Corp.OGE · US-listed	10.1B USD	46	46
38	NRG Energy, Inc.NRG · US-listed	20.2B USD	45	40
39	MGE Energy, Inc.MGEE · US-listed	2.8B USD	44	57
39	Vistra Corp.VST · US-listed	46.9B USD	44	45
41	Black Hills CorporationBKH · US-listed	6.3B USD	42	38
41	MDU Resources Group, Inc.MDU · US-listed	4.1B USD	42	43

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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