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NRG (NRG Energy) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 40.79 (As of Jul. 07, 2025)


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What is NRG Energy Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-07-07), NRG Energy's current share price is $159.475. NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $3.91. NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 40.79.

The historical rank and industry rank for NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

NRG' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.18   Med: 45.13   Max: 274.8
Current: 40.56

During the past years, NRG Energy's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 274.80. The lowest was 10.18. And the median was 45.13.

NRG's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
77.1% of 131 companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 13.57 vs NRG: 40.56

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

NRG Energy's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $3.128. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $3.91 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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NRG Energy Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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NRG Energy Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

NRG Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 49.11 28.46 11.25 18.22 25.42

NRG Energy Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 23.22 22.31 28.14 25.42 24.44

Competitive Comparison of NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers subindustry, NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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NRG Energy Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=159.475/3.91
=40.79

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

NRG Energy's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, NRG Energy's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=3.128/134.9266*134.9266
=3.128

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

NRG Energy Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 -0.399 100.684 -0.535
201509 1.771 100.392 2.380
201512 -0.455 99.792 -0.615
201603 0.835 100.470 1.121
201606 0.251 101.688 0.333
201609 2.233 101.861 2.958
201612 0.981 101.863 1.299
201703 -0.987 102.862 -1.295
201706 -0.589 103.349 -0.769
201709 3.152 104.136 4.084
201712 2.647 104.011 3.434
201803 0.606 105.290 0.777
201806 0.115 106.317 0.146
201809 1.649 106.507 2.089
201812 0.904 105.998 1.151
201903 -0.500 107.251 -0.629
201906 1.712 108.070 2.137
201909 1.551 108.329 1.932
201912 1.869 108.420 2.326
202003 0.538 108.902 0.667
202006 1.780 108.767 2.208
202009 2.580 109.815 3.170
202012 1.617 109.897 1.985
202103 -4.020 111.754 -4.854
202106 4.976 114.631 5.857
202109 5.722 115.734 6.671
202112 -5.763 117.630 -6.610
202203 6.603 121.301 7.345
202206 6.000 125.017 6.476
202209 -6.451 125.227 -6.951
202212 -6.596 125.222 -7.107
202303 -7.643 127.348 -8.098
202306 1.642 128.729 1.721
202309 1.711 129.860 1.778
202312 0.617 129.419 0.643
202403 0.893 131.776 0.914
202406 4.435 132.554 4.514
202409 -0.425 133.029 -0.431
202412 3.656 133.157 3.705
202503 3.128 134.927 3.128

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


NRG Energy  (NYSE:NRG) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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NRG Energy Business Description

Address
910 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX, USA, 77002
NRG Energy is one of the largest retail energy providers in the US, with 6 million customers. Vivint Smart Home, which NRG acquired in 2023, has 2 million home services customers. NRG also is one of the largest US independent power producers, with 13 gigawatts of coal, gas, and oil power generation capacity primarily in Texas. The LS Power asset acquisition will add 13 GW of gas-fired power plants mostly in the eastern US. NRG exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a stand-alone entity in December 2003.
Executives
Bruce Chung officer: EVP, Strategy and NRG Services 804 CARNEGIE CENTER, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Robert J Gaudette officer: Senior VP, Business Solutions 1155 PERIMETER CENTER WEST, ATLANTA GA 30342
Rasesh M. Patel officer: Exec VP, Vivint C/O VIVINT SMART HOME, INC., 4931 NORTH 300 WEST, PROVO UT 84604
Elizabeth R Killinger officer: Sr. VP & President,NRG Retail NRG ENERGY, INC., 211 CARNEGIE CENTER, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Elisabeth B Donohue director C/O SYNACOR, INC., 40 LA RIVIERE DRIVE, SUITE 300, BUFFALO NY 14202
Heather Cox director 804 CARNEGIE CENTER, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Paul W Hobby director 4400 POST OAK PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77027
Lawrence S Coben director SUNRISE CAPITAL, 685 THIRD AVE 15TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017-4024
Mauricio Gutierrez officer: Exec VP & Chief Operating Ofc 211 CARNEGIE CENTER, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Antonio Carrillo director 500 N AKARD ST. SUITE 400, DALLAS TX 75201
Emily Picarello officer: Vice Pres & Corp Controller 804 CARNEGIE CENTER, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Christopher Moser officer: Exec Vice Pres, Operations 804 CARNEGIE CENTER, PRINCETON NJ 08540
David Callen officer: Chief Accounting Offficer NRG ENERGY, INC., 211 CARNEGIE CENTER, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Alberto Fornaro officer: Executive Vice Pres & CFO 1415 W. 22ND STREET, SUITE 1100, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Gaetan Frotte officer: Interim CFO, Sr VP & Treasurer 804 CARNEGIE CENTER, PRINCETON NJ 08540