NRG analyst scorecard · NRG Energy
20 rating changes on NRG in the last 12 months. 35% of bullish calls were right at 30 days. Street grade F on 18 scored calls. Consensus target $189, 73% above the last close.
Graded through 2026-09-14 · last close $108.96 (2026-09-14). Rebuilt every morning.
Holds on NRG, read: 0 cut to or raised to Hold (graded as the change) · 3 Holds whose target leaned 10%+ one way (graded that way) · 1 true Holds, not graded.
Firm by firm
| Firm | Calls | Scored | Right | Accuracy | Grade | Avg 30d | Avg 90d | Latest | Date | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | -5.3% | -13.0% | Equal-Weight | 2026-08-21 | $162 |
| Jefferies | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | +8.6% | -4.1% | Buy | 2026-01-27 | $181 |
| Wolfe Research | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | +5.4% | -17.0% | Outperform | 2026-03-18 | $190 |
| Seaport Global | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | +3.0% | -4.7% | Buy | 2025-10-08 | $202 |
| Barclays | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | -1.9% | +2.0% | Overweight | 2026-07-28 | $204 |
| Wells Fargo | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | +2.6% | -3.8% | Overweight | 2026-07-16 | $209 |
| Scotiabank | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | -5.3% | -8.2% | Sector Outperform | 2026-08-05 | $211 |
| UBS | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | -12.1% | -6.8% | Buy | 2026-07-28 | $216 |
| BMO Capital | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | -7.6% | -16.3% | Market Perform | 2026-07-28 | $212 |
| Evercore ISI Group | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | -1.4% | — | Outperform | 2026-08-05 | $195 |
Dimmed rows have fewer than 4 scored calls on NRG — too few to grade.
Every call, last 12 months
| Date | Firm | Change | Action | Graded as | Price at call | Run before | +30d | +60d | +90d | Target · 90d check | Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight | maintained | Leans bullish · Equal-Weight, target +43% | $113.11 | -19.2% | — | — | — | $162 | pending |
| 2026-08-05 | Scotiabank | Sector Outperform → Sector Outperform | maintained | Bullish | $120.73 | -14.4% | -1.4% | — | — | $211 | ✗ |
| 2026-08-05 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform → Outperform | maintained | Bullish | $120.73 | -14.4% | -1.4% | — | — | $195 | ✗ |
| 2026-07-28 | UBS | Buy → Buy | maintained | Bullish | $127.56 | -14.6% | -10.3% | — | — | $216 | ✗ |
| 2026-07-28 | BMO Capital | Market Perform → Market Perform | maintained | Leans bullish · Market Perform, target +66% | $127.56 | -14.6% | -10.3% | — | — | $212 | ✗ |
| 2026-07-28 | Barclays | Overweight → Overweight | maintained | Bullish | $127.56 | -14.6% | -10.3% | — | — | $204 | ✗ |
| 2026-07-16 | Wells Fargo | Overweight → Overweight | maintained | Bullish | $132.75 | +0.5% | -7.8% | -17.9% | — | $209 | ✗ |
| 2026-07-15 | Scotiabank | Sector Outperform → Sector Outperform | maintained | Bullish | $137.90 | +5.8% | -8.5% | -21.0% | — | $226 | ✗ |
| 2026-04-21 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight | maintained | True hold · target +2% | $149.86 | +2.8% | -8.6% | -7.3% | -12.9% | $154 missed | not graded |
| 2026-03-31 | Barclays | Overweight → Overweight | maintained | Bullish | $146.14 | -18.3% | +6.5% | -11.4% | +2.0% | $200 missed | ✓ |
| 2026-03-18 | Wolfe Research | Peer Perform → Outperform | upgrade | Bullish | $159.11 | -7.7% | +5.4% | -21.1% | -17.0% | $190 missed | ✓ |
| 2026-01-27 | Jefferies | Buy → Buy | maintained | Bullish | $156.04 | -3.0% | +16.2% | -9.5% | +2.6% | $181 missed | ✓ |
| 2026-01-20 | Wells Fargo | Overweight → Overweight | maintained | Bullish | $148.91 | -4.7% | +17.5% | +1.9% | +5.5% | $206 missed | ✓ |
| 2025-12-09 | UBS | Buy | initiated | Bullish | $166.75 | -3.3% | -13.9% | -6.6% | -6.8% | $211 missed | ✗ |
| 2025-11-07 | BMO Capital | Market Perform → Market Perform | maintained | Leans bullish · Market Perform, target +13% | $172.50 | +3.0% | -4.9% | -7.5% | -16.3% | $195 missed | ✗ |
| 2025-10-28 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight | maintained | Leans bearish · Equal-Weight, target -16% | $172.76 | +2.5% | -1.9% | -6.8% | -13.2% | $144 hit | ✓ |
| 2025-10-28 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | initiated | Bullish | $172.76 | +2.5% | -1.9% | -6.8% | -13.2% | $202 missed | ✗ |
| 2025-10-20 | Jefferies | Buy → Buy | maintained | Bullish | $167.01 | +1.6% | +1.1% | -6.5% | -10.8% | $198 missed | ✓ |
| 2025-10-08 | Seaport Global | Buy → Buy | maintained | Bullish | $167.52 | — | +3.0% | -2.0% | -4.7% | $202 missed | ✓ |
| 2025-09-22 | Scotiabank | Sector Outperform | initiated | Bullish | $170.97 | — | -6.2% | -6.9% | -8.2% | $212 missed | ✗ |
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Every sell-side rating change from the last 365 days is priced the day it lands and checked again 30, 60 and 90 days later. A call is a hit when the stock moved in the called direction at 30 days. Buy- and Sell-side ratings call their own direction. A Hold is read, not waved through: a downgrade to Hold is graded as a bearish call and an upgrade to Hold as a bullish one, and a maintained Hold whose price target sits 10%+ above the price leans bullish (10%+ below, leans bearish) and is graded that way. A Hold with a target close to the price is a true Hold and is not graded at all. Every call with a price target also gets a target check 90 days later: hit (reached it or within 5%), close (covered at least half the distance) or missed. A firm's accuracy on a single name prints only after 4 scored calls, and a firm gets its own page only after 10 scored calls across every covered name — below that a percentage is noise. "Run before the call" is the stock's move over the 30 calendar days before the rating landed. Data: Yahoo Finance rating history and daily closes, rebuilt each morning. Nothing on this page is advice.
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