NRG Energy Q4 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Expectations

NRG Energy, Inc. NRG reported fourth-quarter 2025 earnings of $1.03 per share, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.01 by 2%. However, the bottom line decreased 32.2% from the year-ago quarter.

Revenues of NRG Energy

Total revenues were $7.75 billion, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.32 billion by 45.9%. The top line also increased 13.7% from the prior-year quarter’s level of $6.82 billion.

Full-year 2025 revenues totaled $30.71 billion compared with $28.13 billion last year.

NRG Energy, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

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Highlights of NRG’s Q4 Earnings Release

The company recorded adjusted EBITDA of $847 million in the fourth quarter, down 6.1% from $902 billion registered a year ago.

Total operating costs and expenses in 2025 amounted to $28.84 billion, up 11.3% from $25.91 billion in the prior year.

Operating income for the year totaled $1.85 billion compared with $2.42 billion last year.

In 2025, the company returned $1.6 billion to shareholders through $1.3 billion in share repurchases and $344 million in common stock dividends.

NRG’s Financial Highlights

As of Dec. 31, 2025, NRG had cash and cash equivalents worth $4.71 billion compared with $0.97 billion as of Dec. 31, 2024.

As of Dec. 31, 2025, long-term debt and finance leases amounted to $16.41 billion compared with $9.81 billion as of Dec. 31, 2024.

Cash provided by operating activities in 2025 totaled $1.91 billion compared with $2.31 billion last year.

Capital expenditures summed at $1.15 billion in 2025 compared with $0.47 billion last year.

NRG’s Guidance

NRG Energy expects its 2026 adjusted net income to be in the range of $1.685-$2.115 billion.

The company expects its 2026 adjusted EPS to be in the range of $7.90-$9.90. The Zacks Consensus Estimate is pegged at $9.79, which is at the higher end of the company’s guided range.

Free Cash Flow before Growth for 2026 is anticipated to be in the range of $2.8-$3.3 billion.

NRG projects 2026 adjusted EBITDA in the band of $5.325-$5.825 billion.

NRG’s Zacks Rank

NRG Energy has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) at present. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

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