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How NRG Energy, Inc. stacks up
NRG · against 58 other Utilities companies of similar size
Profitability
27/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #52 of 59 · scores higher than 12% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score5 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including NRG · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 27?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Mainly because of its operating margin and return on assets, which are weaker than most Utilities peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 85% of peers. Operating margin: 6.1% vs peer median 18.6%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 63% of peers. Return on assets: 2.1% vs peer median 2.7%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 5.7% vs peer median 5.2%
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 | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 58 reported | 5.7% | 5.4% | 61% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 57 reported | 6.1% | 22.5% | 5% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 55 reported | 2.1% | 3.0% | 22% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 55 reported | 23.8% | 9.7% | 98% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 59 reported | 18.8% | 44.1% | 7% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around NRG| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15.5B USD | 99 | 72 | |
| 2 | 27.0B EUR (≈$29.7B) | 94 | 63 | |
| 3 | 2.41T INR (≈$29.0B) | 91 | 69 | |
| 4 | 23.3B USD | 90 | 78 | |
| 5 | 12.5B USD | 89 | 69 | |
| 48 | 76.7B MYR (≈$16.9B) | 32 | 58 | |
| 48 | 2.24T JPY (≈$15.2B) | 32 | 55 | |
| 50 | 27.3B USD | 29 | 39 | |
| 51 | 896.4B THB (≈$25.1B) | 28 | 44 | |
| 52 | 20.2B USD | 27 | 40 | |
| 53 | 85.8B CNY (≈$12.0B) | 24 | 42 | |
| 53 | 39.9B USD | 24 | 54 | |
| 55 | 2.96T JPY (≈$20.1B) | 19 | 48 | |
| 55 | 21.3B EUR (≈$23.4B) | 19 | 36 |
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