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CEPU vs NRG

Side-by-side comparison of Central Puerto S.A. (CEPU) and NRG Energy Inc. (NRG): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both CEPU 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 12.5x CEPU ($2.35B).
  • Over the past year, CEPU is up 35.6% and NRG is down 8.7% - CEPU leads by 44.2 points.
  • NRG has hit the wire 14 times in the past 4 weeks while CEPU has been quiet.
  • NRG has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 1 for CEPU).
PerformanceCEPU+35.57%NRG-8.66%
2025-06-23+0.00%2026-06-22
MetricCEPUNRG
Company
Central Puerto S.A.
NRG Energy Inc.
Price
$15.59-0.57%
$138.83+2.75%
Market cap
$2.35B
$29.31B
1M return
+11.92%
+3.62%
1Y return
+35.57%
-8.66%
Industry
Electric Utilities: Central
Electric Utilities: Central
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2018
News (4w)
0
14
Recent ratings
1
25
CEPU

Central Puerto S.A.

Central Puerto S.A. generates and sells electric power to private and public customers in Argentina. It also produces steam. As of December 31, 2020, the company owned and operated five thermal generation plants, one hydroelectric generation plant, and seven wind farms with a total installed capacity of 4,709 MW. Central Puerto S.A. was founded in 1989 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

NRG

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.

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