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AES vs NRG
Side-by-side comparison of The AES Corporation (AES) and NRG Energy Inc. (NRG): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both AES and NRG operate in Electric Utilities: Central (Utilities), so they compete in similar markets.
- NRG is the larger of the two at $29.31B, about 2.8x AES ($10.45B).
- Over the past year, AES is up 44.7% and NRG is down 9.3% - AES leads by 54.0 points.
- NRG has been more active in the news (14 items in the past 4 weeks vs 5 for AES).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
The AES Corporation
The AES Corporation operates as a diversified power generation and utility company. It owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers, such as utilities, industrial users, and other intermediaries. The company also owns and/or operates utilities to generate or purchase, distribute, transmit, and sell electricity to end-user customers in the residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental sectors; and generates and sells electricity on the wholesale market. It uses a range of fuels and technologies to generate electricity, including natural gas, coal, pet coke, diesel, and oil, as well as renewables, such as hydro, solar, wind, energy storage, biomass, and landfill gas. The company owns and/or operates a generation portfolio of approximately 30,308 megawatts. It has operations in the United States, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia. The company was formerly known as Applied Energy Services, Inc. and changed its name to The AES Corporation in April 2000. The AES Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
NRG Energy Inc.
NRG Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated power company in the United States. It operates through Texas, East, and West. The company is involved in the producing, selling, and delivering electricity and related products and services to 3.6 million residential, industrial, and commercial consumers. It generates electricity using natural gas, coal, oil, solar, nuclear, and battery storage. The company also provides system power, distributed generation, renewable products, backup generation, storage and distributed solar, demand response, energy efficiency, advisory, and on-site energy solutions; and carbon management and specialty services. In addition, it trades in electric power, natural gas, and related commodities; environmental products; weather products; and financial products, including forwards, futures, options, and swaps. Further, the company procures fuels; provides transportation services; and directly sells energy, services, and products and services to retail customers under the NRG, Reliant, Green Mountain Energy, Stream, XOOM Energy, and other brand names. As of December 31, 2020, it owns power generation portfolio with approximately 23,000 megawatts of capacity at 33 plants. NRG Energy, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.
Latest AES
- The AES Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation
- The AES Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events
- SEC Form FWP filed by The AES Corporation
- AES Announces Pricing of $1 Billion of Senior Notes in Public Offering
- SEC Form DEFA14A filed by The AES Corporation
- SEC Form DEFM14A filed by The AES Corporation
- IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. Announces Expiration of Previously Announced Consent Solicitations
- DPL LLC Announces Expiration of Previously Announced Consent Solicitation
- New insider Jarred Aubrey Nicole claimed ownership of 10,907 shares (SEC Form 3)
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by The AES Corporation
Latest NRG
- Exec VP, Chief Admin Officer Kinney Virginia sold $2,550,420 worth of shares (20,000 units at $127.52) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 31% to 45,111 units (SEC Form 4)
- Exec VP, Chief Admin Officer Kinney Virginia exercised 16,955 shares at a strike of $7.67 and covered exercise/tax liability with 7,369 shares, increasing direct ownership by 17% to 65,111 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding obligation
- EVP & CFO Chung Bruce exercised 23,738 shares at a strike of $7.67 and covered exercise/tax liability with 13,409 shares, increasing direct ownership by 13% to 89,592 units (SEC Form 4) (tax liability)
- Director Wright Glenn Tracy was granted 1,422 shares, increasing direct ownership by 2,844% to 1,472 units (SEC Form 4)
- New insider Wright Glenn Tracy claimed ownership of 50 shares (SEC Form 3)
- Director Zlotnik Marcie was granted 1,422 shares, increasing direct ownership by 20% to 8,692 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Pruner Alexandra was granted 1,557 shares, increasing direct ownership by 5% to 32,680 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Pourbaix Alexander J was granted 2,619 shares, increasing direct ownership by 15% to 19,837 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Donohue Elisabeth B was granted 1,499 shares, increasing direct ownership by 5% to 29,050 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Kapoor Sanjay was granted 2,464 shares, increasing direct ownership by 169% to 3,921 units (SEC Form 4)