NRG Energy, Inc. is an energy and home services company. Co.'s businesses are the sale of electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial and wholesale customers, supported by its wholesale electric generation, as well as the sale of smart home products and services. Across the U.S. and Canada, the Co. delivers sustainable solutions, predominately under the brand names such as NRG, Reliant, Direct Energy, Green Mountain Energy and Vivint. Co.'s segments include Texas, East, West/Services/Other, Vivint Smart Home and Corporate activities. We show 63 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our NRG shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute NRG market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing NRG market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing NRG's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of NRG versus a peer is one thing; comparing
NRG market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like NRG can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching NRG by allowing them to research the NRG market cap history. |
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