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How NRG Energy, Inc. stacks up
NRG · against 357 other Utilities companies
Profitability
27/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #260 of 358 · scores higher than 27% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score36 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 · 349 reported | 5.7% | 5.2% | 59% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 353 reported | 6.1% | 18.6% | 15% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 345 reported | 2.1% | 2.7% | 37% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 342 reported | 23.8% | 8.1% | 96% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 361 reported | 18.8% | 35.5% | 21% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around NRG| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.1B BRL (≈$561M) | 100 | 77 | |
| 1 | 1.62T CLP (≈$1.8B) | 100 | 56 | |
| 3 | 7.9B CNY (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 85 | |
| 3 | 15.9B BRL (≈$2.9B) | 99 | 56 | |
| 3 | 15.5B USD | 99 | 72 | |
| 257 | 5.8B USD | 28 | 41 | |
| 257 | 12.2B THB (≈$342M) | 28 | 41 | |
| 260 | 260M EUR (≈$286M) | 27 | 51 | |
| 260 | 3.1B EUR (≈$3.4B) | 27 | 44 | |
| 260 | 20.2B USD | 27 | 40 | |
| 260 | 3.1B BRL (≈$559M) | 27 | 15 | |
| 264 | 28.3B CNY (≈$4.0B) | 26 | 53 | |
| 264 | 1.28T CLP (≈$1.4B) | 26 | 56 | |
| 264 | 10.3B SGD (≈$7.8B) | 26 | 18 |
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