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Consensus Ratings for NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) (?) The ratings breakdown includes the most recent rating from each analyst that has rated the stock within the last twelve months. The consensus price target is a mean average of the most recent price target set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months.| Ratings Breakdown: | 2 Hold Rating(s), 13 Buy Rating(s), 1 Strong Buy Rating(s) |
| Consensus Rating: | Buy |
| Consensus Price Target: | $30.04 (7.25% upside) |
Analysts' Ratings History for NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG)| Date | Firm | Action | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old Price Target | New Price Target | Details |
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| 5/16/2013 | Ladenburg Thalmann | Boost Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | $29.00 | $31.00 | View |
| 5/9/2013 | Wunderlich | Boost Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | $27.00 | $31.00 | View |
| 5/9/2013 | Jefferies Group | Boost Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | $27.50 | $31.00 | View |
| 5/9/2013 | Zacks | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | Neutral | Neutral | | $29.00 | View |
| 5/9/2013 | UBS AG | Boost Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | $28.00 | $30.00 | View |
| 5/8/2013 | S&P Equity Research | Boost Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | $27.00 | $30.00 | View |
| 5/8/2013 | Deutsche Bank | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Hold | | $27.00 | View |
| 5/6/2013 | ISI Group | Boost Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | $27.50 | $32.00 | View |
| 4/24/2013 | Barclays Capital | Boost Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Overweight | $28.00 | $31.00 | View |
| 4/19/2013 | Macquarie | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | | $29.50 | View |
| 4/17/2013 | Deutsche Bank | Boost Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Hold | $25.00 | $27.00 | View |
| 3/25/2013 | Macquarie | Boost Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Outperform | $27.00 | $29.50 | View |
| 3/18/2013 | TheStreet | Upgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Hold | Buy | | | View |
| 3/11/2013 | Jefferies Group | Boost Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | $24.50 | $27.50 | View |
| 3/11/2013 | UBS AG | Boost Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | $26.00 | $28.00 | View |
| 3/1/2013 | Jefferies Group | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | $24.50 | $27.50 | View |
| 2/28/2013 | Wunderlich | Boost Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | $25.00 | $27.00 | View |
| 2/25/2013 | Zacks | Upgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Underperform | Neutral | | $25.00 | View |
| 1/21/2013 | Zacks | Downgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Neutral | Underperform | | $22.00 | View |
| 1/18/2013 | Deutsche Bank | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Hold | $22.00 | $25.00 | View |
| 1/17/2013 | Morgan Stanley | Initiated Coverage | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Overweight | | $33.00 | View |
| 1/15/2013 | Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Overweight | $26.00 | $29.00 | View |
| 1/11/2013 | Goldman Sachs | Upgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Buy | Conviction-Buy | | | View |
| 11/19/2012 | Zacks | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | Neutral | Neutral | | $21.00 | View |
| 11/5/2012 | UBS AG | Initiated Coverage | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | | | View |
| 11/5/2012 | Tudor Pickering | Downgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Buy | Accumulate | | | View |
| 11/5/2012 | Jefferies Group | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | | $24.50 | View |
| 11/5/2012 | Citigroup | Upgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Neutral | Buy | $24.00 | $26.00 | View |
| 11/1/2012 | Deutsche Bank | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Hold | | $22.00 | View |
| 10/24/2012 | Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Overweight | | $24.00 | View |
| 10/23/2012 | Wunderlich | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | | $25.00 | View |
| 10/16/2012 | Macquarie | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | outperform | | $26.00 | View |
| 9/10/2012 | Goldman Sachs | Upgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Neutral | Buy | | $25.00 | View |
| 9/4/2012 | Macquarie | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Outperform | | $26.00 | View |
| 8/20/2012 | Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Overweight | | | View |
| 8/9/2012 | Zacks | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | Neutral | Neutral | | $21.00 | View |
| 7/24/2012 | UBS AG | Upgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Neutral | Buy | | | View |
| 7/24/2012 | Wunderlich | Boost Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | $23.00 | $25.00 | View |
| 7/24/2012 | Deutsche Bank | Downgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Buy | Hold | $19.00 | $20.00 | View |
| 7/23/2012 | Bank of America | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | | | View |
| 7/23/2012 | Barclays Capital | Upgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Equalweight | Overweight | | | View |
| 7/17/2012 | Goldman Sachs | Initiated Coverage | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Neutral | | | View |
| 7/10/2012 | Zacks | Upgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Underperform | Neutral | | $18.00 | View |
| 5/10/2012 | Morgan Stanley | Lower Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | | $30.50 | $28.50 | View |
| 5/4/2012 | International Strategy & Investment | Lower Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | $24.50 | $23.00 | View |
| 4/17/2012 | Deutsche Bank | Upgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Hold | Buy | $18.00 | $18.00 | View |
| 4/4/2012 | Macquarie | Upgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Neutral | Outperform | | | View |
| 2/29/2012 | Deutsche Bank | Lower Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | | | $17.00 | View |
| 2/29/2012 | Wunderlich | Lower Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | $27.00 | $23.00 | View |
| 1/24/2012 | UBS AG | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Neutral | | | View |
| 1/18/2012 | Morgan Stanley | Initiated Coverage | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Overweight | | | View |
| 12/19/2011 | UBS AG | Raise Estimates | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Neutral | | $20.00 | View |
| 12/15/2011 | Bank of America | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | | | View |
| 12/8/2011 | UBS AG | Downgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Buy | Neutral | $25.00 | $20.00 | View |
| 11/30/2011 | ISI Group | Lower Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | | $27.00 | $24.50 | View |
| 11/14/2011 | Ladenburg Thalmann | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | | | View |
| 11/4/2011 | Deutsche Bank | Lower Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | | | $21.00 | View |
| 11/4/2011 | Bank of America | Lower Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | | | $26.00 | View |
| 11/4/2011 | Wunderlich | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | | $27.00 | View |
| 10/17/2011 | Zacks | Downgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Neutral | Underperform | | $19.00 | View |
| 10/14/2011 | JPMorgan Chase | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Overweight | | | View |
| 10/12/2011 | ISI Group | Initiated Coverage | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | | | View |
| 10/4/2011 | JPMorgan Chase | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Overweight | | | View |
| 10/4/2011 | Wunderlich | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | | | View |
| 10/4/2011 | Jefferies Group | Lower Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | | | $23.00 | View |
| 10/4/2011 | UBS AG | Lower Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | | $25.00 | View |
| 10/4/2011 | Bank of America | Lower Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | | | $28.00 | View |
| 10/4/2011 | Deutsche Bank | Lower Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | | | $23.00 | View |
| 10/4/2011 | Citigroup | Lower Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | | | $22.00 | View |
| 8/23/2011 | UBS AG | Upgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Neutral | Buy | $26.00 | $26.00 | View |
| 8/15/2011 | Goldman Sachs | Boost Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Neutral | | $26.00 | View |
| 7/7/2011 | Wunderlich | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | | $27.00 | View |
| 6/28/2011 | Jefferies Group | Upgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | | $27.00 | View |
| 5/10/2011 | Dahlman Rose | Initiated Coverage | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | | $29.00 | View |
| 5/6/2011 | Barclays Capital | Boost Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Equal Weight | $19.00 | $22.00 | View |
| 5/6/2011 | Jefferies Group | Boost Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Hold | $23.00 | $26.00 | View |
| 4/13/2011 | Jefferies Group | Boost Price Target | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Hold | $21.00 | $23.00 | View |
| 2/9/2011 | Zacks | Downgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Outperform | Neutral | | $22.00 | View |
| 12/17/2010 | Goldman Sachs | Initiated Coverage | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Neutral | | $20.00 | View |
| 12/15/2010 | Wunderlich | Reiterated Rating | NRG Energy (NRG) | | Buy | | | View |
| 12/13/2010 | Oppenheimer | Upgrade | NRG Energy (NRG) | Market Perform | Outperform | | $23.00 | View |
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Earnings History for NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG)
About NRG Energy

NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) is an integrated wholesale power generation and retail electricity company. NRG is a wholesale power generator engaged in the ownership and operation of power generation facilities; the trading of energy, capacity and related products, and the transacting in and trading of fuel and transportation services. NRG is a retail electricity company engaged in the supply of electricity, energy services, and cleaner energy products to retail electricity customers in deregulated markets through Reliant Energy, Green Mountain Energy, and Energy Plus (collectively, the Retail Businesses). Finally, NRG is focused on the deployment and commercialization of potential disruptive technologies, like electric vehicles, distributed solar and smart meter technology. As of December 31, 2011, NRG's global generation portfolio included 47 fossil fuel plants, three Utility Scale Solar facilities and four wind farms, as well as Distributed Solar facilities.