NRG PEER ANALYSIS

NRG Energy Inc. — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

NRGNRG Energy Inc.

🇺🇸 USA · US · Utilities · Utilities - Independent Power Producers

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Overall Profile & Returns

· Utilities - Independent Power Producers

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

NRGIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	NRG	CPX	TA	AGL	AKSEN	GNE	Ind. Median
P/E	151.88	—	—	—	27.32	12.20●	25.22
P/B	5.89	2.38	4.22	1.19	1.49	0.77●	1.45
EV/EBITDA	18.95	19.76	14.53	6.92	11.62	6.39●	11.10
P/S	0.89	3.15	2.69	0.39●	2.44	0.68	1.86

Financial Health
Metric	NRG	CPX	TA	AGL	AKSEN	GNE	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.84	0.69	0.76	1.02●	0.63	0.89	0.96
Debt/Equity	479.2%	146.0%	317.2%	115.8%	81.8%	51.9%●	74.5%
NetDebt/EBITDA	7.79	7.43	5.96	3.32	3.91	2.49●	2.77

Profitability
Metric	NRG	CPX	TA	AGL	AKSEN	GNE	Ind. Median
Net Margin	0.7%	0.7%	-7.7%	-0.7%	8.9%●	5.5%	5.0%
ROE	6.2%	0.5%	-10.9%	-2.0%	6.4%	6.4%●	6.3%
ROA	0.7%	0.2%	-1.9%	-0.7%	3.3%●	3.1%	2.9%
EBITDA Margin	7.9%	25.6%	31.3%	10.9%	31.7%●	17.3%	24.0%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	NRG	CPX	TA	AGL	AKSEN	GNE	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	10.7%	29.6%●	-16.7%	-1.6%	-0.6%	1.6%	-1.6%
NI Growth	-82.5%	-96.3%	—	—	66.0%●	18.9%	19.6%
Div. Yield	1.3%	3.8%	1.4%	5.9%	0.0%	6.8%●	1.4%
Payout	177.8%	1,445.8%	-74.3%	-319.8%	0.0%	60.0%	13.6%

Valuation
Metric	NRG	VST	CEG	Ind. Median
P/E	151.88	25.22	22.31●	25.22
P/B	5.89	9.45	2.53●	1.45
EV/EBITDA	18.95	11.10●	12.87	11.10
P/S	0.89●	3.26	2.78	1.86

Financial Health
Metric	NRG	VST	CEG	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.84	0.90	1.36●	0.96
Debt/Equity	479.2%	355.8%	67.1%●	74.5%
NetDebt/EBITDA	7.79	2.96	2.58●	2.77

Profitability
Metric	NRG	VST	CEG	Ind. Median
Net Margin	0.7%	13.8%●	12.5%	5.0%
ROE	6.2%	43.0%●	16.4%	6.3%
ROA	0.7%	5.6%●	5.1%	2.9%
EBITDA Margin	7.9%	40.1%●	27.1%	24.0%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	NRG	VST	CEG	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	10.7%	-25.5%	26.0%●	-1.6%
NI Growth	-82.5%	-7.6%	27.5%●	19.6%
Div. Yield	1.3%●	0.6%	0.7%	1.4%
Payout	177.8%	22.0%	13.6%	13.6%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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