NRG Energy Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 13 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for NRG Energy stock have an average target of 197.77, with a low estimate of 129 and a high estimate of 308. The average target predicts an increase of 27.98% from the current stock price of 154.53.

Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$129	$197.77	$200	$308
Change	-16.52%	+27.98%	+29.42%	+99.31%

* Price targets were last updated on Jan 27, 2026.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for NRG Energy stock from 13 stock analysts is "Strong Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform very well in the near future and significantly outperform the market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26
Strong Buy	6	6	6	7	7	7
Buy	4	5	5	5	4	4
Hold	2	2	2	2	2	2
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	12	13	13	14	13	13

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Julien Dumoulin-Smith Jefferies	Jefferies	Strong Buy Maintains $198 → $181	Strong Buy	Maintains	$198 → $181	+17.13%	Jan 27, 2026
Shahriar Pourreza Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Buy Maintains $202 → $206	Buy	Maintains	$202 → $206	+33.31%	Jan 20, 2026
William Appicelli UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Initiates $30 → $211	Strong Buy	Initiates	$30 → $211	+36.54%	Dec 9, 2025
James Thalacker BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Hold Maintains $185 → $195	Hold	Maintains	$185 → $195	+26.19%	Nov 7, 2025
Stephen Byrd Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $145 → $144	Hold	Maintains	$145 → $144	-6.81%	Oct 28, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

36.16B

from 30.71B

17.73%

from 30.71B

Revenue Next Year

37.79B

from 36.16B

4.51%

from 36.16B

EPS This Year

9.04

from 4.01

125.50%

from 4.01

EPS Next Year

11.06

from 9.04

22.32%

from 9.04

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	26.99B	31.54B	28.82B	28.13B	30.71B	36.16B	37.79B
Revenue Growth	196.81%	16.87%	-8.62%	-2.40%	9.18%	17.73%	4.51%
EPS	8.93	5.17	-1.12	4.99	4.01	9.04	11.06
EPS Growth	331.23%	-42.08%	-	-	-19.64%	125.50%	22.32%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	17.09	13.97
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	18	18

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	49.3B	57.2B
Avg	36.2B	37.8B
Low	30.4B	31.7B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	60.4%	58.3%
Avg	17.7%	4.5%
Low	-1.0%	-12.3%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	10.12	13.63
Avg	9.04	11.06
Low	7.29	8.02

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	152.4%	50.7%
Avg	125.5%	22.3%
Low	81.8%	-11.3%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.