NRG Energy price to free cash flow NRG

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 55.8×
10-year median: 12.6×
Against its 10-year history: 87th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 3.0× to 239×
Peer median: 85.4×

NRG Energy's price to free cash flow is 55.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 12.6×, higher than on 87% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 3.0× in Sep 2022 to 239× in Nov 2017.

The median for 10 utility stocks of a similar size is 85.4×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 12.6×

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

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	55.8×	16.8×	76.3×
2025	18.1×	9.0×	23.8×
2024	15.5×	9.4×	17.1×
2023	82.1×	76.5×	83.7×
2022	76.4×	3.0×	109×
2021	5.2×	4.3×	21.2×
2020	5.3×	4.3×	10.8×
2019	10.6×	6.0×	12.9×
2018	11.6×	11.2×	233×
2017	231×	6.4×	239×
2016	10.8×	4.5×	183×
2015	5.6×	4.3×	19.4×
2014	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2013	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2012	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2011	46.8×	3.7×	50.5×
2010	3.7×	3.5×	4.3×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
NRGNRG Energy	55.8×
EVRGEvergy	n/m
NINiSource	n/m
LNTAlliant Energy	n/m
CMSCMS Energy	n/m
EIXEdison International	n/m
ESEversource Energy	85.4×
PPLPPL	n/m
FEFirstEnergy	n/m
CNPCenterPoint Energy	n/m
DTEDTE Energy	n/m
Peer median	85.4×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.