NRG Energy (NRG)

NYSE Utilities Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders S&P 500
$88.29
+7.74 (+9.61%)
Close of Nov 06, 2026 · end-of-day data
Source: NRG Energy's 10-K / 10-Q XBRL data on SEC EDGAR · fetched Nov 06, 2026

Revenue, net income & free cash flow

Income statement

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$8.91B$9.07B$8.15B$7.99B$8.69B$26.78B$31.49B$28.26B$27.75B$30.35B
Cost of revenue$6.68B$6.89B$7.11B$7.30B$6.54B$20.48B$27.44B$26.48B$22.10B$24.76B
Gross profit$2.24B$2.19B$1.04B$688.00M$2.15B$6.29B$4.04B$1.77B$5.65B$5.59B
Research & development$48.00M$22.00M$11.00M$7.00M$8.00M—————
Selling, general & admin$1.03B$836.00M$799.00M$760.00M$810.00M$1.29B$1.15B$2.09B$2.35B$2.60B
Operating income$33.00M-$741.00M$982.00M$1.29B$1.10B$3.34B$2.02B$384.00M$2.42B$1.84B
Interest expense$583.00M$557.00M$483.00M$413.00M$401.00M$485.00M$417.00M$667.00M$651.00M$741.00M
Pre-tax income-$931.00M-$1.39B$467.00M$786.00M$761.00M$2.86B$1.66B-$213.00M$1.45B$1.13B
Income tax$25.00M-$44.00M$7.00M-$3.33B$251.00M$672.00M$442.00M-$11.00M$323.00M$270.00M
Net income-$774.00M-$2.15B$268.00M$4.44B$510.00M$2.19B$1.22B-$202.00M$1.12B$864.00M
EBITDA$789.00M-$145.00M$1.40B$1.66B$1.54B$4.13B$2.74B$1.68B$3.83B$3.25B
EPS (basic)$-2.22$-6.79$0.88$16.94$2.08$8.93$5.17$-1.12$5.14$4.09
EPS (diluted)$-2.22$-6.79$0.87$16.81$2.07$8.93$5.17$-1.12$4.99$4.01
Diluted shares316.00M317.00M308.00M264.00M246.00M245.00M236.00M228.00M212.00M199.00M
Gross margin25.1%24.1%12.8%8.6%24.7%23.5%12.8%6.3%20.4%18.4%
Operating margin0.4%-8.2%12.1%16.1%12.7%12.5%6.4%1.4%8.7%6.1%
Net margin-8.7%-23.7%3.3%55.5%5.9%8.2%3.9%-0.7%4.1%2.8%

Balance sheet

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Cash & equivalents$591.00M$770.00M$563.00M$345.00M$3.90B$250.00M$430.00M$541.00M$966.00M$4.71B
Receivables$1.06B$900.00M$1.02B$1.02B$904.00M$3.25B$4.77B$3.54B$3.49B$4.07B
Inventory$721.00M$453.00M$412.00M$383.00M$327.00M$498.00M$751.00M$607.00M$478.00M$461.00M
Total current assets$6.71B$4.44B$3.60B$3.09B$6.03B$10.84B$16.23B$9.73B$8.96B$13.15B
Goodwill$662.00M$539.00M$573.00M$579.00M$579.00M$1.79B$1.65B$5.08B$5.01B$5.02B
Total assets$30.68B$23.36B$10.63B$12.53B$14.90B$23.18B$29.15B$26.04B$24.02B$29.14B
Total current liabilities$4.70B$3.35B$2.40B$2.36B$1.92B$7.92B$12.98B$9.50B$8.81B$8.03B
Short-term debt$516.00M$204.00M$72.00M$88.00M$1.00M$4.00M$63.00M$620.00M$996.00M$31.00M
Long-term debt$16.70B$9.49B$6.69B$5.80B$8.69B$7.97B$7.98B$10.13B$9.81B$16.41B
Total debt$17.22B$9.70B$6.76B$5.89B$8.69B$7.97B$8.04B$10.75B$10.81B$16.44B
Total liabilities$26.19B$21.31B$11.84B$10.85B$13.22B$19.58B$25.32B$23.13B$21.54B$27.46B
Shareholders' equity$4.45B$1.97B-$1.23B$1.66B$1.68B$3.60B$3.83B$2.91B$2.48B$1.68B

Cash flow

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Operating cash flow$1.91B$1.61B$1.38B$1.41B$1.84B$493.00M$360.00M-$221.00M$2.31B$1.91B
Capital expenditures$544.00M$254.00M$388.00M$228.00M$230.00M$269.00M$367.00M$598.00M$472.00M$1.15B
Free cash flow$1.36B$1.36B$989.00M$1.19B$1.61B$224.00M-$7.00M-$819.00M$1.83B$766.00M
Investing cash flow-$757.00M-$639.00M-$205.00M$556.00M-$494.00M-$3.04B-$332.00M-$910.00M-$24.00M-$1.64B
Financing cash flow-$768.00M-$1.14B-$1.53B-$2.15B$2.20B-$272.00M$1.04B-$400.00M-$1.75B$3.55B
Dividends paid$76.00M$38.00M$37.00M$32.00M$295.00M$319.00M$332.00M$381.00M$405.00M$411.00M
Share buybacks$0$0$1.25B$1.44B$229.00M$48.00M$600.00M$1.15B$935.00M$1.31B
Stock-based compensation$10.00M$35.00M$25.00M$20.00M$22.00M$21.00M$28.00M$101.00M$102.00M$134.00M
Depreciation & amortization$756.00M$596.00M$421.00M$373.00M$435.00M$785.00M$720.00M$1.29B$1.40B$1.41B

Quarterly figures are rebuilt from the year-to-date totals companies report — Q4 is the full year minus the first nine months, since no 10-Q is filed for it. Values are as filed; later restatements replace earlier ones. Fiscal years are labelled by the calendar year in which they end.