Seasonality
NRG seasonality — NRG Energy
Over the last 11 years, NRG's strongest month on average has been May (+5.2%) and its weakest February (-0.5%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +4.48% | +2.95% | 60% | +34.9% | -8.7% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.51% | -0.23% | 50% | +17.2% | -11.8% | 10 |
| Mar | +1.86% | +2.63% | 70% | +22.4% | -18.3% | 10 |
| Apr | +2.86% | +0.59% | 50% | +23.0% | -9.6% | 10 |
| May | +5.24% | +3.20% | 50% | +42.3% | -17.3% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.74% | +3.09% | 60% | +25.4% | -17.1% | 10 |
| Jul | +4.26% | +1.97% | 60% | +43.0% | -8.1% | 10 |
| Aug | +2.24% | +4.20% | 70% | +13.1% | -18.0% | 10 |
| Sep | -0.35% | +2.66% | 60% | +11.3% | -13.1% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.82% | +0.87% | 60% | +16.0% | -3.2% | 10 |
| Nov | +3.24% | +3.57% | 56% | +12.9% | -9.7% | 9 |
| Dec | +1.42% | +3.02% | 70% | +19.6% | -25.0% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — NRG
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -4.2 | 17.2 | -18.3 | 6.5 | -13.8 | 8.9 | -8.1 | -18.0 | -13.1 | 0.4 | -8.1 | -44.6% | |
| 2025 | 13.5 | 3.2 | -9.7 | 14.8 | 42.3 | 3.0 | 4.1 | -12.9 | 11.3 | 6.1 | -1.4 | -6.0 | +76.5% |
| 2024 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 22.4 | 7.4 | 11.5 | -3.9 | -3.5 | 13.1 | 7.2 | -0.8 | 12.4 | -11.2 | +74.5% |
| 2023 | 7.5 | -4.2 | 4.6 | -0.3 | -1.1 | 10.7 | 1.6 | -1.2 | 2.6 | 10.0 | 12.9 | 8.1 | +62.5% |
| 2022 | -7.3 | -5.2 | 1.4 | -6.4 | 28.2 | -17.1 | -1.1 | 9.3 | -7.3 | 16.0 | -4.4 | -25.0 | -26.1% |
| 2021 | 10.3 | -11.8 | 3.3 | -5.1 | -10.2 | 25.4 | 2.3 | 10.7 | -10.6 | -2.3 | -9.7 | 19.6 | +14.7% |
| 2020 | -7.2 | -10.0 | -17.9 | 23.0 | 7.5 | -9.7 | 3.8 | 1.8 | -10.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 14.7 | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 | -3.1 | -17.3 | 3.2 | -2.8 | 6.6 | 8.8 | 1.3 | -1.0 | 0.1 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | -8.7 | -0.6 | 18.1 | 1.5 | 10.4 | -10.3 | 3.2 | 11.8 | 5.7 | -3.2 | 6.2 | 3.0 | +39.0% |
| 2017 | 34.9 | 0.1 | 12.9 | -9.6 | -5.0 | 7.2 | 43.0 | 1.2 | 2.7 | -2.3 | 10.6 | 3.0 | +132.3% |
| 2016 | 8.1 |