NRG Energy Financial Ratios
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NRG Energy ratio analysis
NRG Energy earned a net margin of 2.8% in FY 2025, down from 4.0% a year earlier. Gross margin was 19.4% compared with a median of 24.1% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 51.4%, meaning NRG Energy generated 0.51 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity, an unusually high figure that often reflects a small equity base after share buybacks.
Debt-to-equity stood at 9.78 versus 4.36 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.64. At the end of FY 2025, NRG traded at 41.4 times earnings; across the 7 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 2.3 to 44.9, with a median of 18.1. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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NRG Energy financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 41.44 | 19.74 | — | 6.15 | 4.82 | 18.14 | 2.27 | 44.87 | — | — |
| Price / sales | 1.05 | 0.72 | 0.41 | 0.24 | 0.39 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.25 | 0.99 | 0.43 |
| Price / book | 19.27 | 8.19 | 4.06 | 1.96 | 2.93 | 5.48 | 6.04 | — | 4.59 | 0.87 |
| Gross margin | 19.4% | 21.4% | 8.1% | 13.0% | 24.1% | 28.1% | 25.6% | 25.0% | 24.1% | 25.1% |
| Operating margin | 6.0% | 8.6% | 1.3% | 6.4% | 12.4% | 12.2% | 13.1% | 10.4% | -8.2% | 0.4% |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 4.0% | -0.7% | 3.9% | 8.1% | 5.6% | 45.2% | 2.8% | -23.7% | -8.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | 2.5% | 6.5% | -2.8% | -0.0% | 0.8% | 17.7% | 12.1% | 10.4% | 14.9% | 15.3% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 51.4% | 45.4% | -7.0% | 31.9% | 60.8% | 30.4% | 267.7% | — | -109.4% | -17.4% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 3.0% | 4.7% | -0.8% | 4.2% | 9.4% | 3.4% | 35.4% | 2.5% | -9.2% | -2.5% |
| Debt / equity | 9.78 | 4.36 | 3.70 | 2.10 | 2.21 | 5.17 | 3.55 | — | 4.77 | 3.71 |
| Current ratio | 1.64 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.25 | 1.37 | 3.15 | 1.31 | 1.50 | 1.32 | 1.43 |
| Revenue growth | 9.2% | -2.4% | -8.6% | 16.9% | 196.8% | -7.4% | 3.6% | 4.5% | 1.8% | -27.7% |
| EPS growth | -19.6% | — | -121.7% | -42.1% | 331.4% | -87.7% | 1,832.2% | — | — | — |