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NRG Energy forward PE NRG

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 2005.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
8.9×
10-year median
11.3×
Against its 10-year history
25th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
4.3× to 38.2×
Peer median
16.2×

NRG Energy's forward PE is 8.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 11.3×, lower than on 75% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 4.3× in Dec 2022 to 38.2× in Mar 2017.

The median for 10 utility stocks of a similar size is 16.2×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far8.9×8.9×23.6×
202521.2×12.7×26.1×
202412.1×9.2×13.4×
202310.1×4.4×10.1×
20224.4×4.3×24.5×
202125.8×7.5×25.8×
20207.7×5.8×9.6×
20199.4×8.1×13.5×
201812.3×9.4×14.8×
201710.9×10.2×38.2×
201626.1×4.9×27.4×
20156.0×4.6×16.9×
201416.0×15.3×41.5×
201340.8×22.9×43.9×
201241.1×20.1×223×
2011227×7.9×274×
20107.9×6.2×11.9×
200910.6×6.1×11.9×
20087.8×5.7×17.5×
200715.5×14.0×24.3×

Against its peers

Companies in Utilities nearest NRG Energy's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
NRGNRG Energy8.9×
EVRGEvergyn/m
NINiSourcen/m
LNTAlliant Energyn/m
CMSCMS Energy16.8×
EIXEdison International9.2×
ESEversource Energy14.3×
PPLPPL16.9×
FEFirstEnergy16.1×
CNPCenterPoint Energy20.5×
DTEDTE Energy16.2×
Peer median16.2×

Where NRG Energy ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.