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CNP vs NRG

Side-by-side comparison of CenterPoint Energy Inc (Holding Co) (CNP) and NRG Energy Inc. (NRG): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both CNP 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 the same size as CNP ($28.21B).
  • Over the past year, CNP is up 20.0% and NRG is down 9.4% - CNP leads by 29.5 points.
  • NRG has been more active in the news (14 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for CNP).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceCNP+20.04%NRG-9.45%
2025-06-23+0.00%2026-06-23
MetricCNPNRG
Company
CenterPoint Energy Inc (Holding Co)
NRG Energy Inc.
Price
$43.52+0.89%
$137.64-0.86%
Market cap
$28.21B
$29.31B
1M return
+2.41%
+0.55%
1Y return
+20.04%
-9.45%
Industry
Electric Utilities: Central
Electric Utilities: Central
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
1
14
Recent ratings
25
25
CNP

CenterPoint Energy Inc (Holding Co)

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company operates through Electric, Natural Gas, and Midstream Investments segments. The Electric segment includes electric transmission and distribution services to electric customers and electric generation assets, as well as assets in the wholesale power market. The Natural Gas segment provides natural gas distribution services, as well as home appliance maintenance and repair services to customers in Minnesota; and home repair protection plans to natural gas customers in Texas and Louisiana through a third party. This segment also sells regulated intrastate natural gas, as well as natural gas transportation and storage services for residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation customers. The Midstream Investments segment provides natural gas and crude oil gathering, and natural gas processing services to its producer customers, as well as crude oil, condensate, and produced water gathering services to its producer and refiner customers; and interstate and intrastate natural gas pipeline transportation and storage services to its producer, power plant, local distribution company, and industrial end-user customers. As of December 31, 2020, it served approximately 2.6 million metered customers; owned 239 substation sites with a total installed rated transformer capacity of 69,915 megavolt amperes; operated approximately 99,000 linear miles of natural gas distribution mains, as well as 77,000 linear miles of natural gas transmission mains; and owned and operated 264 miles of intrastate pipeline in Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma. CenterPoint Energy, Inc. was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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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