NRG Stock — NRG Energy Inc.

NRG Energy Inc. (NRG)

Updated October 16, 2026.

NRG is a Stock. its distribution rate is 1.83%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.80%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 65/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 1353.4% over the past 22.9 years, 371.5 points ahead of SPY at 981.9%.

NRG Energy operates as an integrated energy and home services company across the United States and Canada, offering retail electricity and energy management solutions to residential customers, large-scale generation and energy storage assets to commercial and industrial clients, and smart home security and automation services through its Vivint subsidiary. The company distributes dividends quarterly at a modest current distribution rate. This security appeals to income investors seeking exposure to the energy sector and utilities space.

NRG performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 1353.4% over the past 22.9 years, 371.5 points ahead of SPY at 981.9%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -38.2%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 47.9%.

NRG key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

65 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

1.19%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

12/02/2003

Distribution rate

1.83%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.80%

5-year average yield

1.99

Last close

$103.75 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$21,809,337,611

Average volume

2555500.0

Dividend

$0.475

Ex-dividend date

08/03/2026

Payment date

08/17/2026

Beta

1.161

Payout ratio

27.4%

P/E ratio

27.16

Forward P/E

9.0253

EPS

$3.82

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.83%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.80%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

NRG risks and drawbacks

NRG's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 47.9%.

Who may consider NRG — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (NRG pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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